ECM Archive
Sokratis SINOPOULOS – Metamodal – ECM
An excursion into and beyond modal music by a lyra + a piano trio ensemble of great sensitivity.
Vijay Iyer, Craig Taborn – The Transitory Poems – ECM
In-the-moment improvisation from two master pianists.
Bill Frisell/Thomas Morgan – Epistrophy – ECM Records
Second live collaboration with legendary guitarist shines on this ECM vinyl release!
Jakob BRO: Bay of Rainbows – ECM
Live concert and second ECM offering by minimalistic and ethereal guitar led trio.
Franz SCHUBERT: Die Nacht – Anja Lechner, Pablo Marquez – ECM
A tranquil Schubertiad featuring lieder and nocturnes arranged for cello and guitar.
Avishai Cohen – Into the Silence – ECM
Music as therapy…
Eyolf Dale – Wolf Valley – Edition
Eyolf Dale – Wolf Valley – Edition 1073, 51:28 (6/10/16) ****½: (Eyolf Dale: piano/ Per Zanussi: bass & saw/ Gard Nilssen; drums/ Andre Roligheten: tenor sax, clarinet/ Hayden Powell: trumpet/ Kristoffer Kompen: trombone/ Rob Waring: vibraphone/ Adrian Loseth Waade: violin) Inspired chamber-jazz octet on a cohesive set of original compositions by leader Eyolf Dale. The […]
Atmospheres – Tigran Hamasyan & others- ECM (2 CDs)
Atmospheres (TrackList Follows] – Tigran Hamasyan/ Arve Henriksen/ Eivind Aarset/ Jan Bang – ECM (2 CDs) 2097442724 (9/9/16) ****: (Tigran Hamasyan – piano/ Arve Henriksen – trumpet/ Eivind Aarset – guitar/ Jan Bang – live sampling) An airy journey with ECM. The cover photos and titles of ECM records are chosen with deliberation. They are […]
Audio News for October 25, 2016
Terry Currier of Portland’s Music Millennium Wins Award – The Independent Spirit Award was given to Terry Currier at the Music Biz 2017 Convention in Nashville. He has been a true music business pioneer for four-plus decades, with his concept of live in-store performances, and for helping to create the Coalition of Independent Music Stores […]
Dave Holland, doublebass – Aziza – Dare2
Dave Holland, doublebass – Aziza [TrackList follows] – Dare2 DR2-009, 68:34 (10/14/16) ****: (Dave Holland – bass/ Lionel Loueke – guitar/ Chris Potter – saxophones/ Eric Harland – drums) Dave Holland Quartet keeps the intensity alive. With legendary Bassist Dave Holland celebrating his 70th birthday this year, we might reasonably expect him to settle down […]
Jack DeJohnette, Ravi Coltrane, Matthew Garrison – In Movement – ECM
Family, friendship, musical camaraderie: all part of the latest from Jack DeJohnette. Jack DeJohnette, Ravi Coltrane, Matthew Garrison – In Movement [TrackList follows] ECM 2488, 54:21 [5/6/16] ****1/2: (Jack DeJohnette – drums, piano, electronic percussion; Ravi Coltrane – tenor, soprano and sopranino saxophone; Matthew Garrison – electric bass, electronics) What would the jazz world be […]
Creation – Keith Jarrett, solo piano – ECM
Perhaps his best solo piano effort since the Koln Concerts of 1999.
“Transeamus – English Carols and Motets” – The Hilliard Ensemble – ECM New Series
A Hilliard swansong…and yes, we are going to miss them.
“Tre Voci” = TAKEMITSU: And then I knew ‘twas wind; DEBUSSY; Sonata for flute, viola and harp; GUBAIDULINA: Garten von Freuden und Traurigkeiten – Marina Piccinini, flute/Kim Kashkashian, viola/Sivan Magen, harp – ECM New Series
Mostly very good and somewhat dreamy.
Keith Jarrett/ Charlie Haden/ Paul Motian – Hamburg ’72 – ECM
Revisiting a most special evening with Keith Jarrett’s 1972 trio…
Anthony Pirog, Michael Formanek and Ches Smith [TrackList follows] – Palo Colorado Dream – Cuneiform, Rune
A guitarist who throws out genre boundaries to create his own sense of musical possibilities.
Keith Jarrett, piano; Charlie Haden, doublebass – Last Dance [TrackList follows] – ECM (2 vinyls)
The audiophile double-LP version of the recent Last Dance CD from ECM.
Mark Turner Quartet – Lathe of Heaven [TrackList follows] – ECM
Established tenor meets rising trumpeter meets ECM sound.
Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden – Last Dance – ECM
Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden—a final meeting…
Charles Lloyd – Arrows Into Infinity, Blu-ray (2014)
Documentary shows a spiritual musician on a musical journey.
WEINBERG: Solo Sonata No. 3; Trio for Violin, Viola, and Cello; Sonatina for Violin and Piano; Concertino for Violin and String Orch.; Symphony No. 10 for String Orch. – Gidon Kremer & Kremerata Baltica – ECM New Series
Violinist-conductor Gidon Kremer and his select Baltic ensemble explore the romantic/experimental side of Mieczyslaw Weinberg.
“DOBRINKA TABAKOVA: String Paths” [TrackList follows] = Soloists/ Lithuanian Ch. Orch./ Maxim Rysanov – ECM New Series
Bulgarian composer Dobrinka Tabakova brings us something old and something new, something familiar and yet fresh.