Jeff Parker ETA IVtet - Happy Today (album-length concert film)Since we talked about SML yesterday, let’s talk about that other band that saxophonist Josh Johnson and bassist Anna Butterss play in — the unbelievable ETA IVtet, led by guitarist extraordinaire Jeff Parker and rounded out beautifully by drummer Jay Bellerose. Ever since that first recording appeared on Eremite Records a few years back, I’ve been captivated by the IVtet’s radical grooves; the latest release, Happy Today, only deepens the spell. And you can watch how Happy Today all went down via a perfectly shot/edited film from Charlie Weinmann, captured at the Lodge Room in Los Angeles last summer. It’s great to see the band as well as hear them, as they build up the songs in real time, following the melodies and rhythms into ecstatic territory. Earlier this year, I spent what felt like weeks walking around listening to a promo of Happy Today, and the word that kept coming to mind was “utopian.” Maybe this…
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