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Ethan Iverson

@ethan_iverson

10 days

John Coltrane is great

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Ethan Iverson

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4 years

John Coltrane is great

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3 years

Coltrane at the drums

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(from inzanelyrejected on insta)

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Ethan Iverson

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7 months

Um I gotta retweet this 😂

Ron Carter

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@bluenoterecords @ethan_iverson I have thoroughly enjoyed playing with Mr. Iverson every time I've been fortunate enough to do so

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Ethan Iverson

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3 years

I will write an obit tonight, but for now, the greatest gig poster in history:

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1 year

Red Garland is underrated

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4 months

51! Please join me in a cup of birthday coffee.

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Ethan Iverson

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9 months

Coltrane's birthday is also my anniversary; I haven't had a drink in eight years.

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Ethan Iverson

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3 years

Happy 60th birthday to Marc-André Hamelin ( @MarcAndreHam ). A little parody for the maestro:

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Ethan Iverson

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8 months

with Carla Bley; photo by the late Ruth Cameron. Thank you Carla. We will miss you

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Ethan Iverson

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3 years

NEW for @thenation : I weigh in on A LOVE SUPREME, the greatest long-form composition of American Classical Music

Which Version of Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme” Reigns Supreme?

Is the latest posthumous addition to his canon released today the Holy Grail?

www.thenation.com

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Ethan Iverson

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1 year

what's her name? I want to post on other feeds with credit

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Ethan Iverson

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8 months

The current issue of The Nation has my deep dive into Louis Armstrong and his archives housed at the Armstrong Center in Queens. It is the cover story! I’m delighted. Absolutely Louis Armstrong should be on the cover of our major magazines.

Louis Armstrong Gets the Last Word on Louis Armstrong

For decades, Americans have argued over the icon’s legacy. But his archives show that he had his own plans.

www.thenation.com

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Ethan Iverson

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7 months

Stan Getz always sounds good

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Ethan Iverson

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11 months

[fact check: The last time a band tuned to a singer was never]

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Ella Fitzgerald was born with perfect pitch so precise that the band musicians she worked with would tune their instruments to her voice.

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Ethan Iverson

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5 months

I was refreshed by a fount of the true tradition yesterday. After three years of setting aside music to care full time for Carla Bley, Steve Swallow is back to practicing the bass and writing beautiful themes.

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Ethan Iverson

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2 years

Never seen these before! Thelonious Monk and Keith Jarrett, backstage at Newport 1976, one of Monk's last concerts. Mitsuhiro Sugawara is credited as the photographer on this one...

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Ethan Iverson

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2 years

American Classical Music

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Ethan Iverson

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2 years

jazz is awesome

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Ethan Iverson

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6 months

Nice to catch up with my mentor Fred Hersch today

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4 years

RIP Stanley Crouch. The one and only!! My memories of the hanging judge:

Stanley Crouch, Towering Jazz Critic, Dead At 74

Crouch's engagement with American culture spanned over five decades, numerous mediums and many dustups. His influence on the life and shape of jazz will remain unquantifiable.

www.npr.org

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Ethan Iverson

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2 years

RIP Pharoah Sanders. My favorite period of his discography is the late 70s and early 80s, when he kept the lights on for a certain authentic community thing with bands featuring William Henderson and Idris Muhammad.

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Ethan Iverson

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2 years

Pat Metheny is 68 years young today. An architect of our musical universe…also imho one of the best “harmolodic” improvisers after the first generation Ornette circle

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Ethan Iverson

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2 years

Re-listened to the stack of Miles Davis “2nd Quintet” studio LPs. E.S.P., MILES SMILES, SORCERER, NEFERTITI… Incredible music that doesn’t give up its secrets easily…

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Ethan Iverson

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4 years

Time for a re-listen

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Ethan Iverson

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25 days

In honor of Miles Davis's birthday I am going to listen to KIND OF BLUE

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Ethan Iverson

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11 months

The Art Ensemble of Chicago

jack wagner

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serious question: if the grateful dead is not the greatest band of all time from the united states then who is?

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Ethan Iverson

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3 years

Today marks my 6th anniversary of being sober. (Also Coltrane's birthday: I was inspired by Trane's example.) The first 6 months were a drag, but after that, it became simply good routine. If anyone was considering such a move: jump in, the water's fine.

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Ethan Iverson

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6 months

1971 @NewportJazzFest

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Ethan Iverson

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3 years

Barry Harris! The last of the bebop pianists. DTM tribute forthcoming. When I took this photo at the Vanguard in October 2019 I suspected it would be the last time I would bathe in presence.

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Ethan Iverson

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1 year

I fussed endlessly about my 50th birthday yesterday, and quite forgot there was another anniversary of considerable personal importance: 20 years since the release of THESE ARE THE VISTAS by The Bad Plus. Cover painting by Stephen Collier.

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Ethan Iverson

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6 months

I am not an objective party, but this does seem to be a pretty interesting line-up for those wanting to get an overview of “the state of the piano trio today.” (I saw the Chris Potter quartet last night and they were state-of-the-art. Incredible performance from Craig Taborn.)

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Ethan Iverson

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8 months

Buddy Rich says

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Ethan Iverson

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4 years

RIP Jimmy Cobb. In his honor I practiced a solo that all pianists fool around with, Wynton Kelly on "Freddie Freeloader" from KIND OF BLUE. Every solo on this classic album seems bathed in an ethereal light, and of course Cobb's beat has *everything* to do with the magic.

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Ethan Iverson

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3 years

Dexter Gordon always sounds good

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Ethan Iverson

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4 years

Theme from THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY by Ennio Morricone (RIP) #ivershow

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Ethan Iverson

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9 months

Currently listening to "As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls" by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays

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Ethan Iverson

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2 years

Dave Brubeck Keith Jarrett Chick Corea Bill Evans

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Ethan Iverson

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1 year

thunderstorms around the manger that day... #whatchaosisthis

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Ethan Iverson

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3 years

The lathe that Rudy Van Gelder used to make the master

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Ethan Iverson

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4 years

Coltrane’s birthday is also my marker for going sober. 5 years now! I know the pandemic is a good reason to drink, and I certainly don’t blame you if that’s what’s required...but if anyone is feeling like quitting, let me assure you: it’s great never waking up with a hangover 👍

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Ethan Iverson

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2 years

Adam Nussbaum sent me this joke

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Ethan Iverson

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4 years

An old friend is trying to get into jazz, asked me for three albums. I suggested Miles Davis KIND OF BLUE Duke Ellington AND HIS MOTHER CALLED HIM BILL JOHN COLTRANE AND JOHNNY HARTMAN

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Ethan Iverson

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1 year

(thread) Burt Bacharach, dead at 94. Thank you Mr. Bacharach for the immortal music.

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Ethan Iverson

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6 years

Marvel: “Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover event in history.” Me:

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Ethan Iverson

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4 months

A unique and beautiful LP

Blue Note Records

@bluenoterecords

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60 years ago #OTD February 25, 1964 #EricDolphy assembled a formidable quintet of modern jazz visionaries w/ Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Bobby Hutcherson on vibraphone, Richard Davis on bass & Tony Williams on drums to record his masterwork "Out to Lunch”

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Ethan Iverson

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“After the Rain” by John Coltrane (Brooklyn was drenched today)

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Happy Birthday Bud Powell

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Ethan Iverson

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1 year

Presumably this is Herbie Hancock at his home piano. Chopin etudes, Beringer daily studies — what’s the book in the middle?

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Ethan Iverson

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10 months

There was only one Richard Davis...in my new post at Transitional Technology I cite favorite tracks with Eric Dolphy, Andrew Hill, Elvin Jones, Thad/Mel, Booker Ervin, Hall Overton, and as a leader

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Ethan Iverson

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3 years

Duke Ellington and Miles Davis are both underrated

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Ethan Iverson

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3 years

take away chord scales from jazz education and replace them with repertoire

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October 10 is Thelonious Monk’s birthday. Here’s the last part of “Crepuscule With Nellie”

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3 years

NEW DTM: an overview of Thomas Harris, the author of RED DRAGON, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, and HANNIBAL.

The Devil is in the Details (Thomas Harris)

Thomas Harris produced six books from 1975 to 2019. Compared to most professional thriller writers active during the same 44-year span, this is a slender bibliography, but the middle four entries c…

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2 years

Hank Mobley is great

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2 years

Happy 80th birthday to Jack DeJohnette. A big swinger, an avant-master, chops for days, and also the most insane phrasing against the time.

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Ethan Iverson

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NEW from me in the pages of @thenation , where I summarize the century of selling music, recount a few personal anecdotes, and weigh in on the current situation.

The End of the Music Business

A century of recorded music has culminated in the infinite archive of streaming platforms. But is it really better for listeners?

www.thenation.com

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Ethan Iverson

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1 year

Sonny Rollins is the greatest, but Miles, Trane, and Monk all figured out "the band *is* the music" in a way that Rollins did not

Hank Shteamer

@DarkForcesSwing

1 year

Something that really comes through in reading the Sonny Rollins bio: how restless he was re: collaborators. Sessions & gigs are just a blur of names cycling in/out of the band (esp. drummers!). Obv derives from viewing his own playing as a perennial work in progress. (1/3)

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Ethan Iverson

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6 years

Happy birthday to McCoy Tyner, who turns 80 today. NEW DTM:

McCoy Tyner’s Revolution

Update: A year later: Two important puzzle pieces have landed in my inbox since this post went up for Tyner’s big birthday. Sami Linna sent me his brand new doctoral dissertation, MCCOY TYNE…

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Ethan Iverson

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4 years

Those were the days

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2 years

Whenever I remind myself to listen to a bunch of classic Sonny Rollins, he always turns out to be even greater than I remember

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God Bless Ye Merry Chaos

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When Robert Plant trends I repost this photo

Ethan Iverson

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7 years

Last night with Frisell and Robert Plant. Plant said the last time he was at Vanguard was to hear Barney Kessel.

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Ethan Iverson

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3 years

Listening to KIND OF BLUE (Miles Davis, 1959)

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Ethan Iverson

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1 year

Branford says an average audience prefers Coltrane/Hartmann, Coltrane/Ellington, and MY FAVORITE THINGS to GIANT STEPS. Branford is obviously correct, and people angry about this truly innocent video need to relax. (Also Branford can play the hell out of "Giant Steps" lol)

Nicole Sweeney 🎤🎶

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Interesting. Thoughts anyone? 🤔

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3 years

Happy Birthday. I'm 48. Cover of March @DownBeatMag ; photo by Jimmy Katz; thanks to Ed Enright for the great interview/article.

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4 years

Very sorry to hear of the passing of Gary Peacock. I recently wrote about his early years for JazzTimes. Gary and I spoke briefly on the phone before publication, he appreciated the comments and said they were accurate.

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Red Garland on "Bye Bye Blackbird" from Miles Davis ROUND MIDNIGHT w. Paul Chambers + Philly Joe Jones #ivershow

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Happy Birthday to Peter Erskine ( @petererskine ), a superb drummer and wonderful person. I took this photo of the maestro a few short months ago:

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Ethan Iverson

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I hate this is a viral tweet lol. Many jazz greats were prolific in the ‘50s, not just Miles. Also, his great productivity came after he kicked his habit. Oh well, it is what it is

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you mean to tell me Miles Davis made 18 albums in 5 years because he was addicted to heroin

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"Friday the Thirteenth" (Thelonious Monk)

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1 year

Wayne Shorter's NATIVE DANCER on in the coffee shop right now. Sounds really good

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1 year

Béla Bartók is awesome

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4 months

I'm writing about "jazz Bossa Novas" in the early/mid 1960s. First three I think of are Kenny Dorham's "Blue Bossa," Joe Henderson's "Recorda-me," and Lee Morgan's "Ceora." Any other famous examples?

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I learned RHAPSODY IN BLUE two summers ago. At one point while practicing, I got off the piano bench and angrily told the empty room, "This is the worst masterpiece!" Now, for the work's centennial, my first think piece in The New York Times [unlocked gift link]…

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Ethan Iverson

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4 years

happy birthday to Carla Bley

A Lifetime of Carla Bley

No album by the legendary composer, pianist, and bandleader sounds like anyone else could have created it.

www.newyorker.com

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3 years

Joe Henderson is great

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2 years

Miles Davis and Red Garland together was something else. "My Funny Valentine" -- what the heck is this music -- it's so good

Miles Davis - My Funny Valentine

From the Prestige release "Cookin' with The Miles Davis Quintet".

www.youtube.com

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11 months

Wynton Kelly really pulled off a coup with "Freddie Freeloader." DAMN that's a great solo

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4 months

Yeah, BB (and In a Silent Way) were groundbreaking but Jack Johnson is def superior

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A strong album where the follow-up was even better. (Yeah, I said it.)

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DON PULLEN COVERED ALL THE BASES, TECHNICALLY, SPIRITUALLY, AND PHILOSOPHICALLY, BUT IS SOMEHOW CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED THESE DAYS DESPITE BEING MORE RELEVANT THAN EVER. WHILE THE EARLY DUO WITH MILFORD IS PURELY AVANT, PULLEN STUDIED SONG AND THE BLUES WITH MINGUS HIMSELF BEFORE

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Today I’m 49 years old and my @bluenoterecords debut is out. In this “First Look,” Don Was says that when he first heard the opening choral piece, “The More it Changes,” he started to cry. YES. This is what we want!

Ethan Iverson on "First Look" with Don Was of Blue Note Records

Blue Note Records Presents "First Look" | This episode features Ethan Iverson discussing his new album "'Every Note Is True"Blue Note President Don Was hosts...

www.youtube.com

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Ethan Iverson

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1 year

At rehearsal today I unthinkingly played a minor eleventh at the end of Charles McPherson minor ballad. Charles stopped and said, “No.” I teased him: “I thought you were a jazz cat!” He shot back: “An old jazz cat! Harmonic minor, please.”

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4 years

You’d think the DRUMMER ON KIND OF BLUE wouldn’t need to sweat medical expenses late in his life...Can’t the goddamn government just award him whatever he needs??? 🇺🇸

Ted Gioia

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Daughter of jazz drummer Jimmy Cobb—last surviving member of the historic ‘Kind of Blue’ band—has launched a crowdfunding project to cover her father’s medical and living expenses.

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2 years

a "new" photo making the rounds: Shadow Wilson, Thelonious Monk, Wilbur Ware. Looks like they are in the recording studio...

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7 months

The Billy Hart Quartet with Mark Turner, Ben Street, and myself plays Smoke Jazz Club, Thursday through Sunday, December 7 through 10. It’s our first time at this great venue.