Ethan Iverson

• digipak edition

A very different album than you might expect – certainly different than the music that pianist Ethan Iverson was giving us when he was a member of The Bad Plus – and a set that may well stand as a great testament to his decision to break out on his own! There's a subtle sort of majesty here as Ethan plays in a trio with Jack DeJohnette on drums and Larry Grenadier on bass – often with the kind of rhythmic pulse of his previous work, but with themes that travel at a deeper level, and which have the record bristling with meaning at each new twist and turn – thanks to the fresh vision of Iverson's music! Make no mistake, this is hardly a standard piano trio album – something that's signaled on the initial tune, "The More It Changes", which has a vocal chorus – then continues through the trio titles "Had I But Known", "For Ellen Raskin", "The Eterna Verities", "She Won't Forget Me", "At The Bells & Motley", "Praise Will Travel", and "Merely Improbable"

TRACKS:

• 01. The More It Changes
• 02. The Eternal Verities
• 03. She Won’t Forget Me
• 04. For Ellen Raskin
• 05. Blue
• 06. Goodness Knows
• 07. Had I But Known
• 08. Merely Improbable
• 09. Praise Will Travel
• 10. At The Bells Of Motley