Hard on the heels of his critically-lauded - and distortion-saturated - collaboration with rock players in ‘lumen drones’ comes the next fine album from norway’s hardanger fiddle master.
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Crossover Jazz
Hard on the heels of his critically-lauded - and distortion-saturated - collaboration with rock players in ‘lumen drones’ comes the next fine album from norway’s hardanger fiddle master.
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Crossover Jazz
For this innovative attempt to bridge the gap between art song and pop song, John Paul Jones (of Led Zeppelin fame), Sting and Genesis-keyboardist Tony Banks were commissioned to write new lute songs, and these are
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
The second ECM album from Swiss/Italian trio Third Reel (comprising reedsman Nicolas Masson, guitarist Roberto Pianca and drummer/pianist Emanuele Maniscalco), 'Many More Days' takes its open-plan music to the next level.
Composer: Nicolas Masson
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
David Torn - ever-intrepid guitarist, producer, improviser, film composer and soundscape artist - returns with 'only sky', an album that explores the far sonic edges of what one man and a guitar can create, a solo recording of almost orchestral
Composer: David Torn
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream
Dino Saluzzi: Imágenes - Music for Piano
Pianist Horacio Lavandera plays the music of the great Argentinean bandoneonist Dino Saluzzi on an ECM New Series album issued to mark Saluzzi's 80th birthday (on 20 May 2015).
Composer: Dino Saluzzi
Genre: Instrumental
Subgenre: Piano
Concentric Cycles (Remaster 2015)
Mit Vassilis Tsabropoulos und Kostas Konstantinou treffen auf dieser CD zwei griechische Musiker aufeinander, die aus unterschiedlichen musikalischen Stilrichtungen zum zeitgenössischen Jazz gefunden haben.
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
In the realm of the piano trio the bar is set high, and creative bassist Gary Peacock has helped raise it in the groups of Bill Evans, Paul Bley and Keith Jarrett. 'Now This' is an album with the bassist's current trio, recorded in the
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
'Three ballads and three powerfully rhythmic pieces demonstrate Jarrett's genius for understanding and bringing out the musical essence of his associates', as biographer Ian Car wrote. Jarrett composes for the springing rhythms of Jon
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Tim Berne s third ECM album, You ve Been Watching Me, sees the saxophonist-composer again leading his ultra-dynamic New York band Snakeoil, but with the quartet now a quintet with the arrival of guitarist Ryan Ferreira, whose sound adds
Composer: Tim Berne
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
Extending the range of his widely-praised Trio Libero project with French bassist Michel Benita and Scottish drummer Seb Rochford, Andy Sheppard adds the Norwegian guitarist and electronics wizard Eivind Aarset to his band for „Surrounded
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
On „Dallendyshe“ ('The Swallow'), her second ECM album, Elina Duni sings songs of love and exile. The troubled history of the Balkan regions has inspired many such songs and the pieces here, primarily from Albanian traditional sources, are
Composer: Elina Duni
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
The Giovanni Guidi Trio plays jazz of uncommon originality and reflective depth. On their second ECM album, Italian pianist Guidi, US bassist Morgan, and Portuguese drummer Lobo continue the work begun on the 2011 recording City
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
Sardinian-born trumpeter Paolo Fresu and bandoneonist Daniele di Bonaventura from Fermo, Italy, indicated the depth of their musical understanding on 2011's 'Mistico Mediterraneo', a collaboration with Corsican singers A Filetta.
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
András Schiff’s reputation as one of the great interpreters of the work of Franz Schubert is long-established. He has always maintained that Schubert’s music is amongst the most moving ever written. Schiff underlined the point on his ECM
Composer: Franz Schubert (1810–1856)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Piano
A Clear Midnight - Kurt Weill and America
Pianist Julia Hülsmann and singer Theo Bleckmann, in a first – and long-awaited – collaborative recording, celebrate the “unsung Weill” alongside the master’s best-loved works including “Mack The Knife”, “Speak Low” and “September
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Savina Yannatou’s fourth ECM album is a dazzling evocation of her band’s hometown, plunging deep into its rich and complex history. Once known colloquially as the Jerusalem of the Balkans, Thessaloniki has been home to a host of
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Crossover Jazz