Pre-order: Jeff Parker ETA IVtet – Happy Today

Recorded and mixed in situ at Lodge Room by engineerBryce Gonzaleswith a custom-made analog mixer and Nagra stereo tape recorder,Happy Todaycaptures a bright moment during dark times. As Parker shares:2025 was a very difficult year for me and my family. Dealing with being displaced from the Eaton fires for eight months, and the kind of toll that instability took on my familys mental health and general outlook, coupled with Donald Trump being back in office and basically making life miserable for everyone There was a lot of sadness and despair. But feeling the sense of community that we created with our concert, and later hearing the recording, seeing the beautiful footage that had been shot and the photographs of such joy to be back in that space and to be making music again: It was a very happy moment. So I called the record Happy Today. Its meant to be a s