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_...

Look what arrived in the mail today, @ethaniversonpiano.bsky.social . #jazz #jazzsky

Jabali!!! Billy Hart turns 85 on November 29. His longstanding quartet with Mark Turner, Ben Street, and myself will be at SMOKE next weekend immediately after Thanksgiving, November 28-30.

Working people have been left behind in New York. In the wealthiest city in the world, one in five can't afford $2.90 for the train or bus. As I told Trump today— it’s time to put those people right back at the heart of our politics.

Vinnie Sperrazza reviews Billy Hart’s book open.substack.com/pub/vinniesp...

Thanks to the incredible @ethaniversonpiano.bsky.social list, I'm totally delighting in this right now. 👇 New to me. Damn. A wonder. 🍷 #jazzsky, #jazz, #nowplaying

NEW: my selection of the greatest jazz piano albums of all time iverson.substack.com/p/tt-556-the...

tonight and tomorrow at Mezzrow

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

new to me: Gieseking plays Handel, Bach, Scarlatti. Tremendous! A reason to live. Uploader Mark Ainley (The Piano Files) says it is one of Gieseking's best studio records. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ4B...

new TT iverson.substack.com/p/business-b...

I also feel that we should reclaim the word "socialist." Unchecked capitalism has clearly run its course.

Lenin: “There are decades when nothing happens. Then there are weeks when decades happen.”

returning to Mezzrow on Friday and Saturday with two of the best, Eivind Opsvik and Vinnie Sperrazza--we have the early shifts at 6 and 7:30

It’s quite rare to have Trump, Musk, and NPR on the same page

Stravinsky's PULCINELLA is the dictionary, the thesaurus, the solution, and the explication

RIP Ray Drummond iverson.substack.com/p/tt-556-a-c...

TONIGHT and TOMORROW! A chance to see my chamber music concept develop in real time!

After much debate, consultation, and a lot of listening, here is our chronological (not ranked!) list of the 25 greatest jazz piano albums of all time. www.everythingjazz.com/story/the-25...

About to watch the movie WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS (2014, dir. Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi)

Thanks @ethaniversonpiano.bsky.social for this comprehensive and personal tribute to the late Jack DeJohnette #JazzSky

For DeJohnette iverson.substack.com/p/tt-555-jac...

Jack DeJohnette, just one of the deepest musicians ever, and a personal hero. Here is my obituary for NPR Music.

3 through-composed pieces for soloist plus string quartet + piano: pocket concertos where a piano quintet is the “band.” Each work will be named for an early jazz master; the first is The Benny Goodman Sextet with Carol McGonnell on clarinet and Orange Road Quartet.

New TT: Yuja Wang plays Ligeti, Georg Friedrich Haas and 50 pianos, Christopher O'Riley and Bach, Aaron Diehl or Craig Taborn for free, Gilmore winners including Sullivan Fortner, Dave Burrell at the library iverson.substack.com/p/tt-554-une...

all about it all iverson.substack.com/p/business-b...

In the 1990s, I supported myself almost entirely through playing for dance classes. It was a lot of fun and I always learned something every day. At least two of my heroes, Roland Hanna and Andrew Cyrille, played for dance class, not to mention important composers like John Cage.

new iverson.substack.com/p/tt-553-thr...

thank you so much for this! some great new music i never would have known about otherwise.

Unix fan, tweaked hex to get in-game resources, jazz musician, emacs/vi user, loves Scheme. Thomas Morgan may be my perfect spirit animal. I can't wait to hear his debut as a leader.

NEW: utterly astonishing essay by bassist Thomas Morgan that explains his first album as a leader iverson.substack.com/p/guest-post...

Happy Birthday to Sphere. All the jazz greats knew what they were doing, but Thelonious Monk REALLY knew what he was doing. It was Precise. iverson.substack.com/p/tt-442-bri...

I feel seen

NEW TT: Jim McNeely + the state of the piano trio in 1985 + Ornette and Jarrett iverson.substack.com/p/tt-552-jim...

The new PTA movie ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is simply terrific. See it in the theater if you can. Due credit to Jonny Greenwood for an amazing score.

Great label!

On November 21, Urlicht Audiovisual will release Miranda Cuckson's recording of Georg Friedrich Haas's 𝙑𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙣 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙤 𝙉𝙤. 2 with the ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien conducted by Markus Poschner on CD and for streaming and HD download. You can download the full press release from the link below.

Behind the red door

Six nights - Ethan Iverson Sextet at the VV - be there! @ethaniversonpiano.bsky.social

Russ Musto has done invaluable work for jazz, and I always enjoy talking with Russ as well. I just donated: gofund.me/bbdde1795

sadly expected news iverson.substack.com/p/jim-mcneely

Next week. September 30—October 5, Tuesday through Sunday, sets at 8 and 10 each night. Jonathan Finlayson, trumpet Sam Newsome, soprano sax Jacob Garchik, trombone Peter Washington, bass Kush Abadey, drums

When John Coltrane recorded A Love Supreme, "it was on each member of the band to deliver immediate versions of their ongoing private compositions on a moment’s notice in Van Gelder’s studio"—love this new @ethaniversonpiano.bsky.social piece www.tabletmag.com/sections/art... #jazz

NEW TT: mini-reviews of George Burton, Paul Cornish, Jon Elbaz, Lex Korten, Chris McCarthy, Yvonne Rogers, and Micah Thomas iverson.substack.com/p/tt-551-you...

[Boston alert]

NEW: Overview of the late great Thomas Perry iverson.substack.com/p/tt-550-tho...