Jeff Parker and his ETA IVtet announce a new release: The Way Out of Easy. The album features four pieces of improvised jazz, totaling 80 minutes. The first preview of the album is “Late Autumn,” which arrives with a music video directed by Mikel Patrick Avery, featuring footage of mobile toy sculptures built by the artist himself. Watch it below.

The ETA IVtet—guitarist Parker, saxophonist Josh Johnson, double bassist Anna Butterss, and drummer Jay Bellerose—take their name from the Los Angeles cocktail bar where they held a weekly residency from 2016 until it closed in December of last year. Their 2022 album, Mondays at Enfield Tennis Academy, was culled from recordings of several sessions at the venue. The new album, in contrast, was recorded and live-mixed, at the bar, in one evening in January 2023.

PERSONNEL:

Anna Butterss - (amplified double bass)
Jay Bellerose - (drums, cymbals and percussion)
Josh Johnson - (amplified alto saxophone with electronics)
Jeff Parker - (electric guitar with electronics and sampler)

Live at ETA, Highland Park, Los Angeles, California on January 2nd, 2023.

TRACKS:

01. Freakadelic
02. Late Autumn
03. Easy Way Out
04. Chrome Dome