Ethan Iverson has been writing about jazz for 15 years, mostly on his blog Do the Math. While he was the founding pianist of the Bad Plus, these days Iverson performs in a duo with Mark Turner and in Billy Hart’s quartet, has a longstanding relationship with Mark Morris, and teaches at the New England Conservatory of Music.
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The rhythm section of Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, and Jimmy Cobb enjoyed a celebrated 1959-1962 tenure with Miles Davis, appearing on the studio recordings Kind of … Read More “Chronology: Wynton Kelly Trio at the Left Bank with Three Star Tenor Saxophonists”
Jimmy Lyons had a beautiful and penetrating alto sound: warm, round, slightly bitter. In his lifetime, he mostly put that miraculous sound in service of … Read More “Jimmy Lyons’ Other Afternoons Gets Another Listen”
Today, Gary Peacock is probably best known for his long association with Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette. He also has recorded many excellent albums as … Read More “Chronology: How Gary Peacock Sparked the Avant-Garde”
Bertha Rosemond was born in L.A. in 1936 with perfect pitch and a natural talent for the piano. By junior high she was impressed with … Read More “Chronology: The Underappreciated Career of Bertha Hope”
In September, the jazz community was rocked by the near-simultaneous passings of pianists Harold Mabern, Larry Willis, and Richard Wyands. Each night during his week … Read More “Chronology: Remembering Harold Mabern, Larry Willis, and Richard Wyands”
At the Leverkusen jazz festival in 1993, Shirley Horn sang “The Shadow of Your Smile” at a drag tempo. Her hands delicately drew sensitive harmony … Read More “Chronology: Diva in Bloom”
From this vantage point it may be hard to remember just how influential Dizzy Gillespie was in 1960. Not only did he help connect the … Read More “Chronology: A Statesman with Sticks”
In the late 1980s, the members of the first Ornette Coleman quartet—including Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, and Billy Higgins—were busy remembering their early years in … Read More “Chronology: Don Cherry’s Reunion Blues”
Nobody embodied the jazz tradition quite like Mary Lou Williams. She was born in 1910 and helped define stride piano, big-band, and boogie-woogie when those … Read More “Chronology: Mary Lou Williams and the Spirits of ’76″
Although the Enja label had more room for hard-swinging jazz of the old school than ECM did, producers Matthias Winckelmann and Horst Weber were undoubtedly … Read More “Chronology: Three Munich Nights with John Scofield”
James Newton is still best-known for a remarkable series of jazz albums recorded in the 1970s and 1980s, when the flutist was aligned with fearlessly … Read More “Chronology: James Newton’s Lonely Path”
They still call New York the Big Apple, but it’s less crunchy and tart than it used to be. Going to the Village Vanguard in … Read More “Ethan Iverson Remembers Lorraine Gordon”
The Bad Plus’ pianist examines the classical-jazz paradox
