Out now on International Anthem / Nonesuch Records Happy Today is the third album from guitarist Jeff Parker's long-running ETA IVtet, recorded live at Lodge Room in Los Angeles on August 20, 2025, and for the first time, outside the walls of the now-shuttered bar that gave the band its name. The context matters. Parker describes 2025 as a very difficult year: displacement from the Eaton fires, family strain, political despair. The Lodge Room show became something else, a mom

Some of the best music happens in the most unlikely places. For guitarist Jeff Parker, it was the back corner of a tiny bar in Highland Park, Los Angeles, every Monday night. Born out of a weekly residency started in 2016 at Northeast LA venue ETA, the IVtet (featuring saxophonist Josh Johnson, bassist Anna Butterss, and drummer Jay Bellerose) began as a band playing mostly standards before evolving into something far more singular. Over seven years, they became known for tra