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
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
Not to forget the equal billing of drummer Jack DeJohnette and bassist Gary Peacock, without doubt Jarrett's most critically acclaimed line-up. They just know how to play together and feed off their respective dynamics.
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
„Unlike the other two Keith Jarrett trio recordings from January 1983, this collaboration with bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Jack DeJohnette does not feature standards. The trio performs the 30-minute 'Flying' and a 6-minute
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
Throughout the '70s Keith Jarrett maintained two contrasting ensembles, one American based, the other Scandinavian. This is an album by the latter quartet, which had previously recorded the warm and winning BELONGING in 1974.
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Not to forget the equal billing of drummer Jack DeJohnette and bassist Gary Peacock, without doubt Jarrett's most critically acclaimed line-up. They just know how to play together and feed off their respective dynamics.
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
„One of the best recordings for Keith Jarrett's mid-'70s American quartet (whose style differed sharply from its European doppelgänger), Survivor's Suite opens with Jarrett's aching, breathy sigh on the bass recorder, evoking the sound
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
'Creation' features music selected by Keith Jarrett from his improvised solo concerts recorded in 2014 in Japan, Canada, and Europe. Where in the past the solo documentation has shown the improvisational process unfolding over the course
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