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Take Five: John Fordham's month in jazz – April

- Source: The Guardian Music Blog

A lot more connects the Bad Plus pianist Ethan Iverson and the late drummer/composer Paul Motian than the happenstance that Iverson plays a non-Bad Plus trio gig and a masterclass in London this weekend, and ECM has just released a box set of classic Motian-led albums from the 1970s and 80s, graced by Iverson's informally scholarly liner notes.

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Adam Kromelow Trio – Youngblood (2012)

- Source: Something Else!

Pianist Adam Kromelow has long studied karate, and upon reading that little fact I could immediately draw a parallel between the disciplined power and fluidity of the martial arts and Kromelow's music as he presents it on the debut release by Adam Kromelow Trio, Youngblood.

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The Bad Plus - Made Possible

- Source: BBC Music

In the years since pianist Ethan Iverson, bassist Reid Anderson and drummer David King formed The Bad Plus in 2000, the trio has built a solid reputation as a refreshingly innovative group that brings the energy of rock music to jazz.

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The Bad Plus Raise a Ruckus on Tour Opener in Knoxville

- Source: Rolling Stone

A few songs into their lean, heavy-hitting set at Knoxville's Bijou Theatre, during the reflective coda of "The Empire Strikes Backwards" Bad Plus drummer Dave King squeaked an amplified toy duck, while pianist Ethan Iverson bathed the enthusiastic crowd in oceanic arpeggios.

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Billy Hart - All Our Reasons

- Source: BBC Music

The band on this recording has been together since 2003, and were initially known as the Ethan Iverson/ Mark Turner Quartet, before becoming the Billy Hart Quartet a couple of years later.

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The Bad Plus – These Are The Vistas (2003)

- Source: Something Else!

The surface comparisons were nearly impossible to ignore and, I have to admit, I immediately associated the Bad Plus to Medeski Martin and Wood. But while the Bad Plus were just as rhythmically centered as MMW, the music as represented on These Are The Vistas steered back toward more traditional jazz elements.

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