Defiant Life - the second duo recording by Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith for ECM - is a profound meditation on the human condition and the suffering and resilience that comes with it. Between Leo Smith's unmistakable trumpet howls and Iyer's textured keystrokes on piano and Fender Rhodes, an ethereal shimmer shimmers, creating multidimensional spaces of thoughtful musical conversation. At their Enjoy Jazz concert at the BASF-Gesellschaftshaus Ludwigshafen, the two US-American musicians will present the pieces from their latest collaboration.