All Our Reasons - CD

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First <span data-scayt_word="ECM" data-scaytid="1">ECM</span> recording of a quartet formed in 2003. Originally billed as the Ethan Iverson-Mark Turner Quartet, it soon became the Billy Hart Quartet, and under this name has played shows to packed houses each year in New York City. The group's first album for hard-bop label High Note in 2005 figured on many critics' best-of-the year list. Since then, the ensemble's music has gotten more free and spacious, a sensibility that aligns perfectly with <span data-scayt_word="ECM" data-scaytid="2">ECM</span>. While drummer Hart's swinging beat and delicate cymbal tracery have previously been heard on the label behind Charles Lloyd and Bennie <span data-scayt_word="Maupin" data-scaytid="3">Maupin</span>, and <span data-scayt_word="tenorist" data-scaytid="4">tenorist</span> Mark Turner has appeared on acclaimed recording with the Fly Trio and <span data-scayt_word="Enrico" data-scaytid="5">Enrico</span> <span data-scayt_word="Rava" data-scaytid="6">Rava</span>, "All Our Reasons" is a label debut for Bad Plus pianist Ethan Iverson and bassist Ben Street. Hart, Iverson and Turner all contribute material, which includes modern blues, a <span data-scayt_word="Coltrane" data-scaytid="7">Coltrane</span> tribute and an Iverson-penned homage to Paul <span data-scayt_word="Bley" data-scaytid="8">Bley</span>, the wonderfully-titled "Nostalgia for the Impossible".