Pianist Ethan Iverson is one of the most interesting jazz musicians in the United States. Together with star bassist Thomas Morgan, known to us from Jakob Bro and Bill Frisell, he has taken it upon himself to challenge American jazz as we know it. This evening, the two will come to Montmartre together with drummer Kendrick Scott.
Iverson was originally the initiator of the iconic trio The Bad Plus, but he left the group to explore his own exciting universe. It contains both the established piano trio tradition but also challenging excursions outside the mainstream genres.
Both Iverson's and Morgan's expressions are some of the most innovative in the American part of jazz today.
Be ready to be challenged on your ideas about American jazz. But also look forward to being satisfied by a very personal musical expression.
These three musicians together are nothing less than a gem trio that is about to turn American jazz upside down.
One reviewer summed it up like this: "Iverson's respect for and engagement with the jazz tradition imbues his music with a real warmth while avoiding the traps of musty pretentiousness."