Common Practice

Common Practice

• Former Bad Plus pianist Ethan Iverson heads his own quartet in a program of standards and blues, recorded live at Manhattan's famed Village Vanguard

Former Bad Plus pianist Ethan Iverson heads his own quartet in a program of standards and blues, recorded live at Manhattan's famed Village Vanguard. Tom Harrell whom Iverson extols for his quality of poetic "vulnerability" provides the prime melodic voice but the album courses with an effervescent swing, thanks to the top-flight rhythm team.