Tag: Ethan Iverson
Rhapsody in Blue is 100
"Could Ellington and others have done this kind of work earlier if Gershwin hadn't done it? Maybe. But if they wanted to go that direction, they would have done it regardless of what Gershwin did."
Linda May Han Oh Has Faith We Can Do Better
"I use music for a lot of different things. I want to bring something beautiful into the world. I also wanted to use it to question things."
New In Music This Week: January 19th
Eight new album from classical and jazz artists make up this week's list.
Bo23: Cécile McLorin Salvant Talks Arts & Crafts
"I feel really lucky for everything that I’ve been able to do, and I’m very excited to keep making my arts and crafts, which is how I like to think of what I do."
The Look of Love in Mark Morris’s Eyes
"As Burt and I warned each other, it's not a jukebox show. It's not get slightly drunk and sing along. Although you're welcome to, you know, if you do it quietly."
Pianist Gerald Clayton Is In a Intimate Mood
"Just serve the art, serve the music as best as you can, as honestly as you can, as diligently and thoughtfully and thoroughly as possible, and let the rest take care of itself."
Jazz Musician Ethan Iverson: New Ways of Combining Old Things
"I don't think it's going to be better than John Coltrane, frankly. My generation, we're not going to quite get to what that is. So what we have to do is figure out things to add to it, to make something a little different."
Liaisons: 36 Composers Adapt Stephen Sondheim’s Most Famous Works
"I wanted people who felt like they had a connection to Sondheim’s work or who were influenced by and felt strongly about it. Some know the canon of his work much better than others."