Common Practice (Live At The Village Vanguard / 2017)
Dass man im klassischen Jazzquartett-Format noch neue individuelle Ansätze finden kann, beweisen Ethan Iversons "Common Practice" und Louis Sclavis' "Characters On A Wall". Nach "Temporary Kings", seiner letztjährigen Duo-Aufnahme mit dem Saxophonisten Mark Turner, und zwei vielgepriesenen ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Das Grammy-nominierte Prism-Projekt des Danish String Quartet verbindet Bach-Fugen, späte Beethoven-Quartette und Werke moderner Komponisten. Im zweiten Band der Reihe wird Bachs Fuge in h-Moll aus dem ersten Teil des „Wohltemperierten Claviers“ (in der Bearbeitung des Wiener Komponisten Emanuel ...
Komponist: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
"Playing The Room" zeugt von der langen und nicht nur musikalischen Freundschaft, die den Trompeter Avishai Cohen mit dem Pianisten Yonathan Avishai verbindet. Bereits als Teenager in Tel Aviv begannen sie gemeinsam den Jazz zu erkunden. Obwohl sich ihre Wege zwischenzeitlich trennten (Cohen ging nach New York, Avishai nach Frankreich), ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Dieses Album, das im November letzten Jahres im Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rom aufgenommen wurde, dokumentiert die Begegnung des Dekans des italienischen Jazz, Enrico Rava, mit Joe Lovano, dem meisterhaften amerikanischen Tenorsaxophisten sizilianischer ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Universo Musical de Egberto Gismonti
Der 1981 geborene brasilianische Gitarrist Daniel Murray begann seine musikalische Ausbildung bereits in jungen Jahren. Nachdem er sich der klassischen Gitarre verschrieben hatte, studierte er das Instrument und Komposition in Brasilien und gründete ein Duo mit seinem Dozenten ...
Genre: Guitar
Subgenre: Jazz
Nach über zehn Jahren Stille meldet sich Egberto Gismontis Label Carmo mit neuen Produktionen von Grazie Wirtti & Matias Arriazu und Daniel Murray bei ECM zurück. 1983 war es, als der Gitarrist, Pianist, Komponist und Arrangeur Egberto Gismonti das nach seiner brasilianischen Geburtsstadt Carmo ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Vocal
Just Music was the moniker for a rotating West German collective whose musical “happenings” were a nascent challenge to mainstream sociopolitical strictures. Although the classical training of these musicians is readily apparent from their technical prowess, the opening outburst tells us we’re in for something ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Free Jazz
Werner Pirchner, Harry Pepl, Jack DeJohnette (Remastered)
Vastly under-recognized malleter and composer Werner Pirchner sharing the same studio with guitarist Harry Pepl and drummer Jack DeJohnette? What could go wrong? Quite a bit, unfortunately. The opening “Africa Godchild” starts intriguingly enough, seeming to creep from the soil like an awakening locust. Pirchner describes with his marimba the feelers ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
The Swiss quartet of OM, which found just the freedom it needed in ECM’s studios for a good decade, flung open the doors with colorful aplomb on Rautionaha, a rare JAPO release. To this early date the group brings a kaleidoscope of shared experience. The sound is appropriately ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Free Jazz
It’s unfortunate that Adelhard Roidinger only cut this one record for ECM. The Austrian-born Renaissance man seems to have been a perfect fit for the label, which by the time of this release (1982) had firmly established its aesthetic hold on the jazz market. Schattseite has a lush, airy sound ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
“I’m Getting Sentimental Over You” welcomes us with open arms as Rava skips, keens, wails, and laughs his way along this journey filled with nostalgia and multilingual communication. D’Andrea is downright ecstatic as he stumbles into a teaser of an ending. The title track is the album’s ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre:
As yet to provide choice “vibes” for Kenny Wheeler’s around 6, in addition to his elusive but well-worth-owning Path, mallet man Tom van der Geld made his ECM debut with this, his second of three “Children At Play” recordings. Less specific than his later work with the group, which was ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Another enigmatic outlier in the land of the as-yet-to-be-reissued, Gallery follows in the tender footsteps of First Avenue. Its talents are immediately sent skyward in “Soaring,” where the sprightly vibes of Dave Samuels find complement in bassist Ratzo Harris and cellist David Darling, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
After an explosive introduction, Arild Andersen’s Lifelines kicks us like a soccer ball down the field of “Cameron,” where we are intercepted by Steve Dobrogosz’s swirling keys. Into this hammered storm, Andersen drops his bass, keeping us centered in this staggering opener. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Over a career spanning more than four decades, Scottish percussionist and vocalist Ken Hyder has developed a strong body of work, though perhaps none so robust as his Talisker outfit. Combining Celtic and jazz influences, Talisker debuted in 1975 with Dreaming Of Glenisla on Virgin Records. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
What began as Lou Reed’s backing in the seventies stepped out on its own as Everyman Band, recording this self-titled debut for ECM in 1982. If a group is only as good as its musicians, then the name is a contradiction: not everyone possesses the firepower of ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Avantgarde Jazz
With Untitled, Jack DeJohnette’s Directions popped a jazz milestone into ECM’s prolifically expanding oven, and it still smells as fresh as the day it was baked. Building off DeJohnette’s robust intro to the 14-minute “Flying Spirits,” a compelling quintet completed by guitar (John Abercrombie), bass (Mike Richmond), sax (Alex Foster), ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Take a little Mr. Bungle, mix in some Elliot Sharp, add a dash of Claudia Phillips, and you may just get something akin to this strikingly outlandish rarity from 1982. The voice of Maggie Nicols is the solder that holds everything together, while Ulrich Lask’s laser-like sax and labored synth weave an ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Fusion
Like its contemporary, the Everyman Band, the Lucerne-based quartet known as OM succeeded in blending rock and free improv idioms to gnarled perfection. Composed of guitarist Christy Doran (Dublin-born but Swiss-raised) and fellow countrymen Urs Leimgruber (reeds), Bobby Burri (bass), ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Free Jazz
Bringing together reedman Denney Goodhew, cellist Eric Jensen, and horn player James Knapp, First Avenue is a ghostly outlier in the ECM backlist. The project germinated within the American Contemporary Dance Company, which paired spontaneous incidental music with indeterminate movement on stage. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Free Jazz
