Ethan Iverson
Ethan Iverson 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.
Before The Bad Plus, he was musical director for the Mark Morris Dance Group and a student of both 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.
He currently studies with John Bloomfield and serves on the faculty at New England Conservatory.
In 2017, the Bad Plus announced that Iverson would be leaving the Bad Plus and that Orrin Evans would replace him.
In the autumn of 2019 on the ECM label Iverson, with trumpeter Tom Harrell, released quartet album Common Practice recorded at the historic New York jazz club the Village Vanguard.Discography
As leader
With The Bad Plus
- The Bad Plus
- Authorized Bootleg: New York 12/16/01
- These Are the Vistas
- Give
- Blunt Object: Live in Tokyo
- Suspicious Activity?
- Prog
- For All I Care
- Never Stop
- Made Possible
- The Rite of Spring
- Inevitable Western
- The Bad Plus Joshua Redman
- It's Hard
As sideman
With Albert Heath
- Live at Small's
- Tootie's Tempo
- Philadelphia Beat
With Billy Hart
- Billy Hart Quartet
- All Our Reasons
- One Is the Other
With Buffalo Collision
With Chris Cheek, Ben Street, and Jorge Rossy
With Avantango
With Patrick Zimmerli'
Twelve Sacred Dances Clockworks''
