Chronology: A Statesman with Sticks
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”
Ethan Iverson
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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Chronology: Don Cherry’s Reunion Blues
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”
Chronology: Mary Lou Williams and the Spirits of ’76
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″
Chronology: Three Munich Nights with John Scofield
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”
Chronology: James Newton’s Lonely Path
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”
Ethan Iverson Remembers Lorraine Gordon
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”
Solo: Crossing Streams
The Bad Plus’ pianist examines the classical-jazz paradox