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

SADAO WATANABE: Today we celebrate the remarkable 93rd birthday of Sadao Watanabe, a musician I feel truly fortunate to have known. Here's a clip from when I played on Sadao’s Orange Express Tour in 1981. All my best to you, Sadao, and thank you for everything. Happy birthday!

Tom Greenland reviews trio hit in THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD

The coming storm www.forbes.com/sites/amirhu...

Bless Ethan Iverson for continuing to document the live concert scene, night after night. An extraordinary account of an extraordinary evening at Zankel Hall last night: open.substack.com/pub/iverson/...

Breaking News: Wynton Marsalis will step down next year as managing director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, 40 years after he founded it.

NEW, concert review iverson.substack.com/p/tt-568-tim...

Breaking news: Composer Philip Glass withdrew his highly anticipated Symphony No. 15 from its scheduled Kennedy Center performance, saying “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony.”

Brief note for the late Richie Beirach iverson.substack.com/p/tt-568-rip...

A major Substack event: Vinnie Sperrazza begins his history of jazz drums! vinniesperrazza.substack.com/p/a-history-...

New TT iverson.substack.com/p/tt-567-the...

While I'm sure most of my followers are on the same page, I'm posting this link just in case there are some brazen Trumpians within my reach who still believe in our current government www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

NEW TT iverson.substack.com/p/thomas-ade...

Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step. 1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish. 2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.

Django Reinhardt, born on this day. I dig this Basie-ish riff tune "Heavy Artillery" with a fantastical guitar solo (and Grappelli violin rhapsody) www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGAI...

ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn

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

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