Ethan Iverson | |
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 Iverson in 2009 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | February 11, 1973 Menomonie, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, avant-garde jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Piano |
| Labels | Fresh Sound, Sunnyside, HighNote, Criss Cross, ECM |
| Website | www |
Ethan Iverson (born February 11, 1973) is a pianist, composer, and critic best known for his work in the avant-garde jazz trio The Bad Plus with bassist Reid Anderson and drummer Dave King.
Iverson was born in Menomonie, Wisconsin. [1] Before forming The Bad Plus, he was musical director of the Mark Morris Dance Group and a student of Fred Hersch and Sophia Rosoff. He has worked with artists such as Billy Hart, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Tim Berne, Mark Turner, Ben Street, Lee Konitz, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Paul Motian, Larry Grenadier, Charlie Haden and Ron Carter. [2] He currently studies with John Bloomfield and is on the faculty of the New England Conservatory. [3]
In 2017, the Bad Plus announced that Iverson was leaving the group, to be replaced by Orrin Evans. [4] Also in 2017, the Mark Morris Dance Group premiered Pepperland, for which Iverson composed the score (derived from parts of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ) and led the band during performances. [5]
In 2018, Iverson premiered his Concerto to Scale with the American Composers Orchestra; [6] released the album Temporary Kings with saxophonist Mark Turner on the ECM label; and toured Europe with the Billy Hart Quartet. [7]
In 2019, Iverson and trumpeter Tom Harrell released the album Common Practice, recorded at the Village Vanguard, on ECM. Iverson also served as an artistic director of the 2019 Jazz te Gast festival in the Netherlands, at which his orchestral piece Solve for X premiered. [5]
In 2021, Iverson's album Bud Powell in the 21st Century, featuring Ingrid Jensen, Dayna Stephens, Ben Street, Lewis Nash, and the Umbria Jazz Orchestra, was released on Sunnyside Records. [8]
2022 saw the release of Iverson's first record for Blue Note, "Every Note is True", with Larry Grenadier and Jack DeJohnette. The album contains mostly Iverson originals for trio, plus DeJohnette's "Blue" and Iverson's song "The More It Changes" for 44-person socially distanced choir.
Iverson also writes about music and music-related topics and has been published by The New Yorker , [9] NPR , [10] and The Nation . [11]
An aficionado of crime writing, Iverson is an expert in the works of Donald E. Westlake, and was friends with the writer. [12] After Westlake's death, Iverson wrote an extensive essay reviewing almost all of Westlake's more than 100 books. [13] He assisted editor Levi Stahl in assembling Westlake's posthumous collection The Getaway Car. [14]
| Year recorded | Title | Label | Notes |
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| 1993 | School Work | Mons | Some tracks trio, with Johannes Weidenmueller (bass), Falk Willis (drums); some tracks quartet, with Dewey Redman (tenor sax) added [15] |
| 1998 | Construction Zone (Originals) | Fresh Sound New Talent | Trio, with Reid Anderson (bass), Jorge Rossy (drums) [16] |
| 1998 | Deconstruction Zone (Standards) | Fresh Sound New Talent | Trio, with Reid Anderson (bass), Jorge Rossy (drums) [16] |
| 1999 | The Minor Passions | Fresh Sound New Talent | Trio, with Reid Anderson (bass), Billy Hart (drums) [16] |
| 2000 | Live at Smalls | Fresh Sound New Talent | Quartet, with Bill McHenry (tenor sax), Reid Anderson (bass), Jeff Williams (drums); in concert [16] [17] |
| 2012 | Costumes Are Mandatory | HighNote | Most tracks quartet, with Lee Konitz (alto sax), Larry Grenadier (bass), Jorge Rossy (drums); some tracks trio, duo, solo [18] |
| 2016 | The Purity of the Turf | Criss Cross | Most tracks trio, with Ron Carter (bass), Nasheet Waits (drums); one track solo piano [19] [20] |
| 2017 | Temporary Kings | ECM | Duo, with Mark Turner (tenor sax) [21] [22] |
| 2017 | Common Practice | ECM | Quartet, with Tom Harrell (trumpet), Ben Street (bass), Eric McPherson (drums) |
| 2018 | Bud Powell in the 21st Century | Sunnyside | With the Umbria Jazz Orchestra plus quintet with Dayna Stephens (tenor sax), Ingrid Jensen (trumpet), Ben Street (bass), Lewis Nash (drums) [23] |
| 2021 | Every Note Is True | Blue Note | Trio, with Larry Grenadier (bass), Jack DeJohnette (drums) |
| 2024 | Technically Acceptable | Blue Note | Trios with Thomas Morgan/Kush Abadey and Simón Willson/Vinnie Sperrazza |
With The Bad Plus
With Albert Heath
With Billy Hart
With Buffalo Collision (incl. Tim Berne, Hank Roberts, David King)
With Chris Cheek, Ben Street, and Jorge Rossy
With Avantango (Thomas Chapin and Pablo Aslan)
With Patrick Zimmerli
Iverson lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife, the writer Sarah Deming. [5]
Albert "Tootie" Heath is an American jazz hard bop drummer, the brother of tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath and the double-bassist Percy Heath.
Larry Grenadier is an American jazz double bassist.
The Bad Plus is an American jazz quartet, formerly a trio, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, consisting of founding bassist Reid Anderson and drummer David King, as well as guitarist Ben Monder and tenor saxophonist Chris Speed.
Michael Cain is a pianist and composer.
David King is an American drummer from Minneapolis. He is known for being a founding member of the jazz groups The Bad Plus and Happy Apple. King is also active in many other projects including free jazz collective Buffalo Collision with NYC "downtown" musicians Tim Berne and Hank Roberts and the electronic art/pop group Halloween, Alaska. He is also a member of the noise/prog band The Gang Font with former Hüsker Dü bassist Greg Norton. He also has a jazz quintet called Dave King Trucking Company.
Mark Turner is an American jazz saxophonist.
Ben Street is an American jazz double bassist. Street has performed and recorded with many renowned artists, including John Scofield, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Mark Turner, Ben Monder, Michael Eckroth, Sam Rivers, Billy Hart, Danilo Perez, Aaron Parks, and Adam Cruz, among others.
Ben Monder is an American modern jazz guitarist.
Reid Anderson is a bassist and composer from Minnesota. He is a member of The Bad Plus with drummer Dave King, saxophonist Chris Speed, and guitarist Ben Monder. The original lineup of The Bad Plus first played together in 1989 and formally established the band in 2000. Anderson attended the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music.
Billy Hart is an American jazz drummer and educator. He is known internationally for his work with Herbie Hancock's "Mwandishi" band in the early 1970s, as well as with Shirley Horn, Stan Getz, and Quest, among many others.
Jeff Ballard is an American jazz drummer. He has played with Ray Charles and Pat Metheny and played periodically with Chick Corea in many groups such as Origin and the Chick Corea New Trio. He also played with many New York–based jazz musicians such as Reid Anderson, Brad Mehldau, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Mark Turner, Miguel Zenon and Eli Degibri. He has also played with the Joshua Redman Elastic Band.
Jakob Bro is a Danish guitarist and composer.
Playing is a live album by American jazz quartet Old and New Dreams recorded at the Cornmarket Theater in Austria and released on ECM the following year. The quartet consists brass section Don Cherry and Dewey Redman and rhythm section Charlie Haden and Ed Blackwell.
Jorge "Jordi" Rossy is a spanish jazz drummer, pianist and vibraphonist.
All Our Reasons is a jazz album by drummer Billy Hart, recorded in June 2011 and released on ECM in March the following year.
Bill McHenry is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He is the leader of the Bill McHenry Quartet and has released over a dozen albums under his own name, in addition to collaborating on many more.
Billy Hart Quartet is an album by American jazz drummer Billy Hart recorded in 2005 and released on the HighNote label.
One Is the Other is an album by the Billy Hart Quartet recorded in April and May 2013 and released on ECM March the following year. The quartet features saxophonist Mark Turner, pianist Ethan Iverson, and bassist Ben Street.
Costumes Are Mandatory is a studio album by American jazz pianist Ethan Iverson recorded with saxophonist Lee Konitz, bassist Larry Grenadier, and drummer Jorge Rossy. The album was recorded in 2012 and released by the HighNote label the following year, on July 23, 2013.
Temporary Kings is an album by saxophonist Mark Turner and pianist Ethan Iverson recorded in June 2017 and released on ECM September the following year.
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