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Ethan Iverson (the Bad Plus) Talks Harrison Birtwistle’s Chamber Music

By Ethan Iverson | June 18, 2014

By Ethan Iverson | June 18, 2014

Ethan Iverson (the Bad Plus) Talks Harrison Birtwistle’s Chamber Music

Sir Harrison Birtwistle has always dared to ask the hard questions, searching for the most extreme expression that angular modernism can find.

Ethan Iverson (the Bad Plus) Talks Marc-André Hamelin’s Busoni: Late Piano Music

By Ethan Iverson | February 5, 2014

By Ethan Iverson | February 5, 2014

Ethan Iverson (the Bad Plus) Talks Marc-André Hamelin’s Busoni: Late Piano Music

Some composers are more about other music than others. Perhaps no one was about other music more than Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924), the virtuosic...

Various Artists (Elliott Sharp, Liam Wilson, Ethan Iverson and more) Talk Musicians Who Passed Away in 2013

By Various Artists | January 11, 2014

By Various Artists | January 11, 2014

Various Artists (Elliott Sharp, Liam Wilson, Ethan Iverson and more) Talk Musicians Who Passed Away in 2013

Some of our favorite Talkhouse writers remember musicians who passed away in 2013.

Ethan Iverson (the Bad Plus, the Billy Hart Quartet) Talks Andreas Staier’s …pour passer la mélancolie

By Ethan Iverson | October 11, 2013

By Ethan Iverson | October 11, 2013

Ethan Iverson (the Bad Plus, the Billy Hart Quartet) Talks Andreas Staier’s …pour passer la mélancolie

While today “melancholy” simply means being sad, it used to mean a variety of introspective attitudes and, as they were called back then, humors.

Ethan Iverson (the Bad Plus) Talks Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing

By Ethan Iverson | July 17, 2013

By Ethan Iverson | July 17, 2013

Ethan Iverson (the Bad Plus) Talks Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing

Is there anything Joss Whedon can't do? He's a phenomenally successful director and screenwriter with gigantic films and TV shows like...