Ethan Iverson Trio

More than a strong, original pianist and composer—though he's certainly that, and his work in the Bad Plus proves it—Ethan Iverson is among the city's most important conservators of the jazz tradition. You can see it in his blogging at Do the Math, and you can witness it every time he hits the bandstand with elder statesmen like those in tonight's rhythm section: bassist Buster Williams and drummer Ben Riley.