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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)
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"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
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Oh I dunno. Just do what feels right. Probably I work out most of my voicings on everything but the stuff under COMMON PRACTICE, which is more open, just see what happens
tonight, tomorrow, Sunday
Buster joins myself and Nasheet Waits this weekend at Birdland Theater, Fri-Sun. We will mostly playing standards and maybe a couple of easy originals. The sets are selling out, so get tix now if you want to see what’s happening...
I feel especially happy to see Charles McPherson and Buster Williams on this list, for they have not received an NEA Jazz Masters award—and they certainly deserve one.
Dee Alexander
Kenny Barron
Gary Bartz
William Cepeda
Marilyn Crispell
Donald Harrison
Oliver Lake
Bennie Maupin
Charles McPherson
Archie Shepp
Mary Stallings
Buster Williams
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)
Ethan Iverson at Birdland Theater
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
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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
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This is a wonderful interview. Putting Considering Genius: Writings on Jazz on my birthday wishlist.
#jazzsky
Brief consideration of Albert Murray, including notes on his memorial service iverson.substack.com/p/tt-560-par...
thanks Phil!
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...
Album playing Stanley Cowell Trio, "Sienna"
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!
