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Markus Stockhausen / Florian Weber: Alba
by John Kelman
Sixteen years have passed since Markus Stockhausen was last heard on an ECM recording, but the German trumpeter (and son of renowned composer, Karlheinz Stockhausen) has continued to lead a busy life. The core trio behind 2000's exceptional Karta--notable, in addition to guitarist Terje Rypdal's participation as invited guest, for being largely based on one 90-minute ...
Simin Tander: Daring To Surrender
by Ian Patterson
Luck, so the saying goes, is ninety per cent hard work, as Simin Tander knows only too well. The Afghan/German singer is currently making international waves with What Was Said (ECM, 2016), a haunting collaboration with Tord Gustavsen, and is enjoying a higher profile than ever before. Whilst an element of luck of the right-time right-place ...
Markus Stockhausen & Florian Weber: Alba
by Mark Sullivan
Alba--the first Markus Stockhausen recording for ECM since Karta (ECM, 2000)--is the premiere recording of trumpeter Stockhausen's duo with pianist Florian Weber, a relationship that spun off from Markus' six-piece world music ensemble Eternal Voyage. Initially Stockhausen wrote all of the material, but as the relationship grew Weber contributed tunes: there are also several impromptu performances ...
Groove - With Bill Evans In Russia - Kickstarter Campaign
It was a sensational concert tour: The embassy of the United States in Moscow sent the world's top American saxophonist and bandleader Bill Evans with his rock / jazz / blues formation on an extensive tour to Russia. And that in this time! Evans with his successful Soulgrass project including musicians Mitch Stein, Murali Coryell, Joel ...
Holger Czukay: Movie!
by Nenad Georgievski
Undoubtedly, one of the most potent expression of German experimental music came from the band Can, a group of highly experienced composer-musicians formed in Cologne in the year of 1968. The band had a totally unique approach towards everything it created. Its music had its own basis from an ethnically derived rhythm section, tape collages and ...
Karolina Strassmayer and Drori Mondlak: Of Mystery and Beauty
by Hrayr Attarian
Over the past decade and a half Austrian saxophonist Karolina Strassmayer has established herself as a superbly consummate musician. Her multifaceted compositions are always subtly, engagingly inventive and brim with brilliant wit and lyricism. As an improviser she plays with a reserved intensity and a captivating and suave spontaneity. Her seventh release Of Mystery and Beauty ...
Martin Schulte Quartet featuring Frederik Köster: Walking Distance
by Mark Sullivan
German jazz guitarist Martin Schulte opens this excellent quartet outing with the title tune. The title must be a play on the prominent walking bass line provided by bassist Matthias Nowak, but it's also a catchy, swinging piece with dramatic, unexpected stops (as well as a showcase for guest trumpeter Frederik Köster). Tenor saxophonist Peter Ehwald ...
Ginger Baker's Jazz Confusion in Bergheim
by Phillip Woolever
Ginger Baker's Jazz Confusion Medio.Rhein.Erft Bergheim, Germany November 27, 2015 Ginger Baker looked a bit stiff in his casual shades, but he sure as hell got the job done with unique style. He had people clapping and yelling their approval by around the two-minute mark and from then onward. ...
Ron Carter and the WDR Big Band: My Personal Songbook
by Angelo Leonardi
Ron Carter non è solo un protagonista indiscusso nella storia del contrabbasso ma anche un eccellente compositore che, a dispetto dei 3000 album registrati, non ne ha mai dedicato uno per intero ai suoi brani. Erano anni che il produttore Lucas Schmid voleva realizzare questo progetto ma solo nel novembre 2013, dopo una lunga ...
Simon Nabatov / Mark Dresser: Projections
by John Sharpe
Projections captures an improvised duo encounter between émigré Russian pianist Simon Nabatov and Californian bassist Mark Dresser. Although they first played together as part of German composer Klaus Konig's Orchestra in 1992, it's taken until now for their first head to head. Both are masters of their respective instruments, articulate, persuasive and responsive. They come together ...
