Apr 15, 2025 11:44 AM
Blindfold Test: Ethan Iverson
Between last Christmas and New Year’s Eve, Ethan Iverson performed as part of the 31st Umbria Jazz Winter festival in…
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(Photo: Caterina di Perri/ECM)Keith Jarrett, Munich 2016 (ECM)
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11 Guys Quartet, Small Blues And Grooves (VizzTone)
Rez Abbasi, Djanto-shift (Whirlwind)
Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids, Shaman! (Strut)
Ryoko Akama, Dial (Another Timbre)
JD Allen, Toys/Die Dreaming (Savant)
Antibalas, Fu Chronicles (Daptone)
Lynne Arriale Trio, Chimes Of Freedom (Challenge)
Gregg August, Dialogues On Race, Volume One (Iacuessa)
Omer Avital Qantar, New York Paradox (jazz&people/Zamzama)
John Bailey, Can You Imagine? (Freedom Road)
Marc Benham, Biotope (SteepleChase)
Frank Bey, All My Dues Are Paid (Nola Blue)
Tim Berne’s Snakeoil, The Fantastic Mrs. 10 (Intakt)
Peter Bernstein, What Comes Next (Smoke Sessions)
Laila Biali, Out Of Dust (Chronograph/ACT)
Jim Black Trio, Reckon (Intakt)
Black Art Jazz Collective, Ascension (HighNote)
Blaer, Yellow (Ronin Rhythm)
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore, Patchouli Blue (Ipecac)
Moses Boyd, Dark Matter (Exodus)
Geof Bradfield/Ben Goldberg/Dana Hall, General Semantics (Delmark)
Peter Brötzmann, I Surrender Dear (Trost)
The Darius Brubeck Quartet, Live In Poland (Ubuntu)
Brody Buster’s One Man Band, Damn! I Spilled The Blues (Booga)
Gary Brunton/Simon Goubert/Bojan Z, Night Bus (Juste Une Trace)
Ernesto Cervini, Tetrahedron (Anzic)
“I’m certainly influenced by Geri Allen,” said Iverson, during a live Blindfold Test at the 31st Umbria Jazz Winter festival.
Apr 15, 2025 11:44 AM
Between last Christmas and New Year’s Eve, Ethan Iverson performed as part of the 31st Umbria Jazz Winter festival in…
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