Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Saxophone

Tonight

Trump slowly evolving into dril

Hear hear

And finished it today. Good stuff! 👍👍 @ethaniversonpiano.bsky.social

Ethan Iverson trio Calum Gourlay + Alyn Cosker EDINBURGH The Jazz Bar EASTER SUNDAY April 5, 8 PM

Thanks to Mark for the inspiration: open.spotify.com/playlist/7Dv...

I am planning to stop linking to my Substack from the other socials, for these links from X, bsky, and FB rarely generate much engagement. Transitional Technology has 11,000 subscribers, commenting is open, and all content is free.

ECM at TT iverson.substack.com/p/50-tracks-...

for listeners on Apple Music (most of) the list in order, thanks @markstryker.bsky.social music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

Blue Note Records for a desert island.

The final of the trilogy--thanks @markstryker.bsky.social! iverson.substack.com/p/desert-isl...

This is Ira Gitler’s son, who would know.

Part two of three: @markstryker.bsky.social on Riverside LPs iverson.substack.com/p/desert-isl...

Thanks to @ethaniversonpiano.bsky.social for amplifying the Desert Island lists that I recently wrote up for the Prestige, Riverside, and Blue Note labels. I took the opportunity to tweak some things and add a few extra bonus tracks, so close readers will notice some new choices.

NEW: Desert island records from the Prestige label, selected by Mark Stryker (@markstryker.bsky.social) (part 1 of 3) iverson.substack.com/p/desert-isl...

great!

new iverson.substack.com/p/i-like-the...

New TT: RIP Len Deighton iverson.substack.com/p/tt-573-the...

It will take me a while to stop laughing after reading the conclusion. Just when I was going to bed. 🤣

Happy Birthday Gene Gaudette! (@synaphai.com) iverson.substack.com/p/tt-443-que...

The Threepenny Review hosts symposiums on varied topics; the latest is “On New York.” I chose to write about two occasions in the 1990s when I performed “New York, New York” by Kander and Ebb. www.threepennyreview.com/iverson-on-n...

new TT: for film buffs! iverson.substack.com/p/tt-572-pla...

Wherein @thornewip.bsky.social analyzes Mulholland Drive through "a study of production documents, shooting script, and original configuration as a TV pilot, and through analysis of David Lynch’s approach to editing, sound design, scene arrangement, and camera movement." mzs.press/SIGNED-Devio...

On Wednesday I’ll be in Boston, playing a new program called “James P. Johnson and John Coltrane” at GBH studios.

Tonight at Roulette, a celebration of the late great accordion virtuoso Guy Klucevsek. Concert is free but you need to reserve a ticket roulette.org/event/guy-kl...

NEW TT! Georg Friedrich Haas makes an appearance on my site on the occasion of his recent concerto for Miranda Cuckson iverson.substack.com/p/tt-571-int...

A short satire by Veronica Geng, suggested by a @vpkeenan.bsky.social joke (about the end of the Winter Olympics) iverson.substack.com/p/veronica-g...

"blizzard of '26" "trapped inside Birdland" are the ingredients of an apocryphal all-night jam session

My sense is that the NYC jazz clubs are all going to stay open tonight but maybe close tomorrow. Nasheet Waits and I will be there at Birdland Theater tonight, 7 and 9:30. However, I told Buster Williams to stay off the roads (he drives in from New Jersey). Simón Willson will fill in.

At TT: A notably informative lesson with Charles McPherson iverson.substack.com/p/tt-570-int...

tonight, tomorrow, Sunday

The Mellon Foundation and the Jazz Foundation of America (JFA) has announced the second cohort of Jazz Legacies Fellows. The award honors lifetime achievement and gives $100,000 to each member. It’s so great! (see thread)

interesting article www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...

Next weekend, February 20-22, I’ll be downstairs at Birdland Theater with Buster Williams and Nasheet Waits. I have a new rhythm changes piece, “Two Circles and a Square,” which seems appropriate for this ensemble...

Farewell to my mother-in-law: a life well-lived iverson.substack.com/p/ruth-demin...

FASCINATING to listen to short clips of trumpet solos and hear Wynton Marsalis ruminate on them. Jazz fans, this is worth your time.

Part four of four at TT: Interview with Wynton Marsalis iverson.substack.com/p/tt-560-par...

This is a wonderful interview. Putting Considering Genius: Writings on Jazz on my birthday wishlist.

part 3 of 4 iverson.substack.com/p/tt-560-par...

A new low www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...

Brief consideration of Albert Murray, including notes on his memorial service iverson.substack.com/p/tt-560-par...

Always interested to read Ethan's thoughts about the Marsalis effect, but this also includes an excellent writeup about "Jazz: The Experimenters," a 1965 TV program featuring Charles Mingus & Cecil Taylor, w/commentary from Ralph Ellison and Martin Williams.

Thinking about Wynton Marsalis, now that he is moving on from JALC. First of several posts and reposts: iverson.substack.com/p/tt-560-par...

new iverson.substack.com/p/zohran-mam...

Top notch 🎹 trio this 👇. Just fabulous in every way, down to the recording sound. 1989. (Credit to the great @ethaniversonpiano.bsky.social for turning me onto some of this Cowell trio in one of his many insightful deep dives.) #jazzsky, #jazz, #nowplaying