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“Negotiating dynamic shifts of emphasis,” The Independent has noted,”Dénes Várjon displays that most valuable of gifts: the ability to play in a way which makes you listen anew to the familiar.” This capacity is to the fore in the Hungarian pianist’s sensitive ...
Composer: Béla Bartók (1881–1945), Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Genre: Instrumental
Subgenre: Piano
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With its overt lyricism, strong themes and a sense of perpetual melodic invention, Norwegian saxophonist Trygve Seim’s new album quickly identifies itself as a classic-in-the-making. Themes of dedication run through Seim’s Helsinki Songs album, a set of tunes ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
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The Near East Quartet has been a force in Korean music since 2010, juxtaposing elements of contemporary jazz and traditional Korean music with pure sound exploration to create new forms. Saxophonist/clarinettist Sungjae Son and guitarist Suwuk Chung have been members ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
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For the album 'The Other Side', Norwegian Tord Gustavsen returns decisively to the piano trio, with faithful drummer Jarle Vespestad, and introducing his excellent new bassist Sigurd Hole. "This is the chill-out as a state of grace, and it can go as deep as you like. ...
Genre: Jazz
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Described by Jazz Times as ...one of the next big deals on jazz piano... , Alexi Tuomarila is amoungst the finest pianists on the European Jazz scene right now. Known for his work with Polish ECM trumpeter Tomasz Stanko, Tuomarila has quietly grown into a musical force to reckon with. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
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In this wonderful collection of works for two guitars by a group of composers hailing from many spots on the globe, Duo Noire provides a compelling snapshot of the range of expression in contemporary chamber music for the instrument. “Night Triptych” opens with Clarice Assad’s ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
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With Nothern Song, Steve Tibbetts made his ECM debut and introduced listeners to what remains one of the label’s most enchanting, if slowly unfolding, maps. The cover seems to tell us everything: silhouettes of islands superimposed on the journey that takes us to them, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
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Yr is yet another fascinating peek into the Steve Tibbetts sound-verse. The feeling of open plains that so characterized his previous efforts remains, only now the production is more immediate, such that the 12-string intimations unlocking the doors of “Ur” ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
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“I am partial to silence, breaks, decay, full stops in music. I could have delineated separate sections in some compositions at a break, but I like the idea of freezing silence or gaps into the fabric of the music. It was tempting to have the entire album appear as one track, one unbroken piece.” ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
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With this release, Steve Tibbetts turned a new leaf in his cartographic imagination. The album’s title betrays its creator’s humility, acknowledging the incompleteness of any landscape, which is never more than a cultural possibility. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
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Guitarist Steve Tibbetts exploded our view when ECM introduced the world to the adroit textures of Northern Song. He did so again with “Test,” the doorway onto the enlightening path that winds through Safe Journey. Don’t let its initial stirrings fool ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
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Italian piano genius Stefano Bollani's album 'Que Bom' is a genuine hymn to life marked by sparkling liveliness and contagious joy. It mainly consists of Bollani's own original tunes and distinctive melodies strongly influenced and informed by Brazilian music culture, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Latin Jazz
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Marc Sinan’s third ECM release is an evocative duo album with Oğuz Büyükberber which subtly covers a lot of ground. The guitarist and the clarinettist have worked together in many contexts since first meeting in Istanbul a decade ago, and Büyükberber previously appeared on ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
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One-of-a-kind guitarist and record-maker Steve Tibbetts has an association with ECM dating back to 1981, with his body of work reflecting that of an artist who follows his own winding, questing path. The BBC has described his music as “an atmospheric brew… brilliant, individual.” ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
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A Suite Of Poems (Lars Saabye Christensen)
Settings of poetry and other literary texts form a special category in the discography of Norwegian pianist-composer Ketil Bjørnstad's and A Suite of Poems, recorded at Oslo's Rainbow Studio in June 2016, is a song cycle to put alongside such projects as A Passion for John Donne, Sunrise, and The Light. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Vocal
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Behind Blindfolded Eyes: Don't let the title of this album fool you. Space Jazz is not about moon landings, worm holes and distant planets. Rather, Inwardness are leading listeners into the spaces between the notes, setting course for equally familiar and alien microcosms. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
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„Awase”, ein Ausdruck aus der Kampfkunst, bedeutet so viel wie „verschmelzen” oder „harmonisieren”, Energien aufeinander abstimmen – eine treffende Metapher für die aufgeweckte Präzision, die mosaikartigen Grooves und den graziösen Minimalismus von Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
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Songs of love, loss and leaving. After two highly acclaimed albums with her jazz quartet, Elina Duni issues her most intimate recording to date. The entirely solo Partir features the Tirana-born vocalist, accompanied by her own piano, guitar and frame drum, interpreting songs ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
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Ravel, Franck, Ligeti, Messiaen
A sense of discovery is a key theme in the third ECM recital of sisters Natascia and Raffaella Gazzana. Alongside a landscape of French music for violin and piano, drawing on a multiplicity of inspirations, the album includes a premiere recording of György Ligeti’s Duo, dedicated to Kúrtag. ...
Composer: Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Cesar Franck (1822-1890), György Ligeti (1923–2006), Olivier Messiaen (1930)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
