new TT iverson.substack.com/p/got-my-nyc...

Canadian PM: “We are cutting ties with America and bringing in China.” Then there is pissing off NATO for absolutely no good reason in re: Greenland (of all places). The level of international bungling by Trump and team continues to astonish www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Stay warm, stay safe New York.

Fantastic post from Ethan looking back at the early days of The Bad Plus as the band prepares to sign off. Their cover of Barry Manilow's "Mandy," which could only be described as orgiastic, remains one of my live music highlights.

Si ets una mica stalker de The Bad Plus -que pleguen definitivament al 2026- això t'encantarà. Ethan Iverson, que va ser pianista del grup, passa comptes, fa les paus amb el passat i explica com un grup de músics de jazz va saber tocar les tecles pop com cap altre. Agredolç i amb molta substància.

new TT iverson.substack.com/p/tt-565-str...

This killer is coming from Criterion in April--a hugely influential, visually extraordinary 1967 LA noir. For those who've read Pictures at a Revolution: I originally had a much longer (wisely abandoned) concept that would have included this film. I'm so happy to have done a video for this release!

Solidarity with Minnesota. I’ve checked in with my many friends in the state, especially in the Twin Cities, and the mood is bleak. The list of unpatriotic acts co-signed by the Republican Party grows ever longer.

“This anecdote showcases the impurity of American music. “Chick Corea learned Cuban music from playing along with Vince Guaraldi” is a true sentence.” 😂

“Our friends, Sue Jill Sue Sue Ellen & her husband, Bob Jimmy Bob Don Bob” youtu.be/xS5zNX2zVbk

Update: Robert Mailer Anderson and I will chat and introduce at 6 PM. Robert will even spin some 78s on a 1905 gramophone made in Barcelona! If you have never heard one of these early machines live, you are in for a treat...they are much louder than you might expect

MONDAY January 12 in SAN FRANCISCO. The classic noir ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS (with an epic Miles Davis score) is playing at CinemaSF. Robert Mailer Anderson and I will be on hand to chat and introduce at 7 PM

New teaching article for my students iverson.substack.com/p/tt-564-bac...

New TT: iverson.substack.com/p/ray-harryh...

Barry Altschul is 83 today! a quick listen to his first album: iverson.substack.com/p/happy-birt...

NEW TT: I dug the new movie NO OTHER CHOICE, and use this tremendous moment in Donald Westlake reception as an opportunity to look at what can be a convoluted process: iverson.substack.com/p/tt-562-fro...

new year/new club

A 'Love Supreme' wasn’t just an album — it was a revelation. In this deep dive, @ethaniversonpiano.bsky.social unpacks how Coltrane turned faith, risk, and sound into a language that still resonates today. www.tabletmag.com/sections/art...

new iverson.substack.com/p/kerry-jame...

NEW COCKTAILS & CRIME. Looking at two "old guy" movies - THE SHROUDS and THE ALTO KNIGHTS - after a long, weird year. Then I tenuously tie it into jazz and @ethaniversonpiano.bsky.social's book with Billy Hart. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-87...

Jan 2 + 3 Jazz Genius (new NYC club) w. Joe Martin + Billy Hart Jan 8 The Century Room (Tucson) w. Colin McIlrath + Arthur Vint Jan 9 + 10 Sam First (LA) w. Jermaine Paul + Jonathan Pinson Jan 11 Black Cat (San Francisco) w. Mat Muntz + Scott Amendola

Picked up The Wynton Kelly Trio w/ George Coleman, live at the Left Bank Jazz Society, '68. In the liner notes is a Wynton quote, and it made me realize, I've never read an entire WK interview. Almost an interview, this semi-blindfold test is a treat : jazzjournal.co.uk/2020/11/19/j...

Looking forward to the Christopher Nolan version of THE ODYSSEY. This seems like a good aesthetic fit. I went out to the movies more in 2025 than in previous years: It was great! Enough with small screens at home!

Just watched a bootleg of the 60 Minutes CECOT segment, which is very well done. Will more people will watch it now than if CBS had just ran it as originally planned? archive.org/details/60mi...

it's pretty bad out there

TT wraps for '25 iverson.substack.com/p/last-post-...

Important new Larry Blumenfeld piece on the battle for the cultural soul of New Orleans 20 years after Katrina (in THE NATION) archive.ph/Ejrg1

New TT: It is Duke Ellington O'clock iverson.substack.com/p/tt-561-rev...

new iverson.substack.com/p/gene-lees-...

jazz researchers: www.donaldclarkemusicbox.com/jazzletter/a...

Today and tomorrow, 2 PM, free

Reading and listening to this great selection. #jazzpianohistory #jazzhistory youtu.be/Zwn0IA2jP8w?...

pianoFORTEpianoFORTE! (Beth Levin, Kathleen Supové, and myself) will be playing at the NEW Bargemusic both Saturday and Sunday this coming weekend, December 13 and 14, at 2 PM.

Essential viewing! The Detroit jazz documentary based on the great book by Mark Stryker...Now streaming on Prime: THE BEST OF THE BEST

NEW TT iverson.substack.com/p/tt-560-c-m...

Today on TT: Wynton Kelly with Joe Henderson, George Coleman, and Hank Mobley iverson.substack.com/p/tt-560-b-w...

This book is incredible. The first chapter was about as dark as detective fiction gets, and this chapter had me laughing so hard I got a stitch in my side so bad I had to stop reading.

NEW TT: iverson.substack.com/p/tt-560-a-m...

Mary Tamm personally awarded me second prize in the costume contest (Doctor Who/Star Trek convention, 1984). I dressed as the Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee).

DECEMBER DUO Mark Turner/Ethan Iverson 3 Consevatori del Liceu Barcelona 4 Koorenhuis Den Haag 5 Kunstwerke Dachau 7 Jazzit Musik Club Salzburg 8 Casa del Jazz Roma 9 Torre Unipol Bologna

I would very much like to thank @ethaniversonpiano.bsky.social for the “Crimes of the Century” reading list. More on the way.

probably the best movie ever tbh

November 29! Happy Birthday to Billy Hart!!! Jabali is 85 today. The new record on Smoke Sessions is out: MULTIDIRECTIONAL. We started our three night run at Smoke last night; Billy sounds GREAT, as do Mark Turner and Ben Street.

Mark Morris’s dad was an amateur jazz organ player who died young. Mark’s first ever professional dance choreography was a tribute, set to Milt Buckner playing “Robbin’s Nest.” Never seen this 1980 footage until today www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk87...

Randy Brecker is 80 today. GREAT trumpet solo out of the gate after the head on Don Grolnick's "Or Come Fog" from the London Concert youtu.be/qZaad6CN0LE?...

Thanks to this excellent article and another by Ethan, I have a literal ton of crime novels headed my way.

Thanks again, Ethan, for the inspiration. open.spotify.com/playlist/6g8...

new TT iverson.substack.com/p/tt-559-the...

Listas de pianistas Fantástica lista de @ethaniversonpiano.bsky.social: iverson.substack.com/p/tt-556-the... Con cita incluida de: www.everythingjazz.com/story/the-25...

I may be the only person on earth, among the billions, who's sitting in a coffee shop* listening, on headphones, to George Shearing & Barry Tuckwell play the music of Cole Porter. The thought pleases me. As does the album. 😄 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_...