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Article: Extended Analysis

Charles Lloyd: Quartets

by John Kelman
March 20, 2013

ECM's Old & New Masters Edition series was not just created to bring material back into print. Some has been available on CD before, but an even bigger carrot for fans of the label is material that has never been on compact disc, like bassist Arild Andersen's three 1970s recordings, collected on Green in Blue (2010), ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Wislawa

by John Kelman
March 18, 2013

Since returning to the ECM fold in 1994 to record Matka Joanna (1995), Tomasz Stańko has virtually rebooted a career that demonstrated significant promise back in the 1970s, when he released Balladyna (1976) for the label, and worked with others including Finnish drummer Edward Vesala and American bassist Gary Peacock. The Polish trumpeter was far from ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Moskus: Salmesykkel

by John Kelman
March 2, 2013

For a country isolated in the north of Europe, Norway has experienced a surprising number of musical waves. The first came in the early '70s, when producer Manfred Eicher and his fledgling ECM Records label brought the Scandinavian “big five"--Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson and, from Norway, saxophonist Jan Garbarek, guitarist Terje Rypdal, bassist Arild Andersen and ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Charles Lloyd / Jason Moran: Hagar's Song

by John Kelman
February 28, 2013

Looking back at Charles Lloyd's sizable discography as a leader, what's becomes immediately clear is that the saxophonist has shared a number of special, long-term musical relationships with pianists: first, Keith Jarrett, in the quartet that brought Lloyd considerable fame and commercial success in the 1960s; and then Bobo Stenson, when he returned from nearly two ...

Article: Opinion

Death, Rebirth & New Revolution

by Ian Patterson
February 20, 2013

The death knell has often been sounded for jazz and many would argue that the last revolution in jazz took place as the '60s handed the baton to the '70s, with the electronic-influenced jazz typified by trumpeter Miles Davis' ground breaking albums In a Silent Way (Columbia, 1969) and Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1970). Many believe that ...

Article: Genius Guide to the Good Life

Someone's in the Kitchen With Genius

by Jeff Fitzgerald, Genius
February 19, 2013

When I am holed up in the 'Dome living the life of a nearly complete recluse (I do occasionally venture out to earn a living, and to buy beer and groceries and then more beer), one of my favorite pastimes is cooking. I first began learning to cook at the age of five, almost forty years ...

Article: Album Review

Scott McLemore: Remote Location

Read "Remote Location" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
February 1, 2013

While musicians relocate all the time, moving from the vibrant New York scene to more remote environs might seem an odd choice. After eight years in NYC playing with artists including guitarist Ben Monder and saxophonist Tim Berne, drummer Scott McLemore relocated with wife Sunna Gunnlaugs to her native Iceland following the pianist's decade-plus American stay. ...

Article: Live Review

ECM: A Cultural Archeology

by John Kelman
January 2, 2013

ECM: A Cultural ArcheologyHaus der KunstMünchen, GermanyNovember 23, 2012-February 10, 2013A trip to München (Munich) is a bit like a pilgrimage for fans of Germany's ECM label, especially right now, with the city's Haus der Kunst hosting a three-month exhibition, ECM: A Cultural Archeology, celebrating the music of this nearly 44 ...

Album

Indicum

By Bobo Stenson

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Your Story; Indikon; Indicum; Ermutigung; Indigo; December; La Peregrinacion; Event VI; Ave Maria; Tit er jeg glad; Sol; Ubi Caritas.

News: Contest

Enter the "Bobo Stenson Trio - Indicum" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

December 22, 2012

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the ECM Records “Bobo Stenson Trio - Indicum“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on January 22nd. Click here to enter the contest (Becoming a fan of Bobo Stenson at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck!