Ethan Iverson

ETHAN IVERSON TRIO featuring Andrew Jones (bass) and Matt Mayhall (drums)21+Pianist, composer, and writer Ethan Iverson was a founding member of The Bad Plus, a game-changing collective with Reid Anderson and David King. The New York Times called TBP Better than anyone at melding the sensibilities of post-60s jazz and indie rock. During his 17-year tenure, TBP performed in venues as diverse as the Village Vanguard, Carnegie Hall, and Bonnaroo; collaborated with Joshua Redman, Bill Frisell, and the Mark Morris Dance Group; and created a faithful arrangement of Igor Stravinskys The Rite of Spring and a radical reinvention of Ornette Colemans Science Fiction.Since leaving TBP, Iverson has kept very very busy.2017: Co-curated a major centennial celebration of Thelonious Monk at Duke University and premiered the evening-length Pepperland with the Mark Morris Dance Group.2018: premiered an original piano concerto with the American Composers Orchestra and released a duo album of new compositions with Mark Turner on ECM.2019: Common Practice with Tom Harrell (ECM), standards tracked live at the Village Vanguard.2021: Bud Powell in the 21st Century, a vigorous reconsideration of the bebop master, is featured on the March cover of DownBeat.2022: The current release is Every Note is True on Blue Note records, an album of original work in trio with Larry Grenadier and Jack DeJohnette.Iverson also has been in the critically-acclaimed Billy Hart quartet for well over a decade and occasionally performs with elder statesmen like Albert Tootie Heath or Ron Carter or collaborates with noted classical musicians like Miranda Cuckson and Mark Padmore.For almost 20 years, Iversons website Do the Math has been a repository of musician-to-musician interviews and analysis. Time Out New York selected Iverson as one of 25 essential New York jazz icons: Perhaps NYCs most thoughtful and passionate student of jazz traditionthe most admirable sort of artist-scholar. Iverson has also published articles about music in the New Yorker, NPR, The Nation, and JazzTimes. Notes on Seating: The Jack London provides two options for ticket purchasers. Reserved Seating is purchased on a table-by-table basis in the central part of the venue and is only available for select shows. Seating in the General Admission section is limited, first come first served, and may be standing room only.