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Article: Album Review

Keith Jarrett / Dennis Russell Davies: Ritual

Read "Ritual" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

In pianist Keith Jarrett's vast ECM catalogue, albums on which he does not play aren't exactly common, but nor are they completely uncommon; his 1974 double-disc set In the Light features a handful of tracks on which he performs, but its primary focus is on Jarrett the composer. Ditto Luminessence (1975), a trilogy of compositions for ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Seven Songs for Quartet and Chamber Orchestra

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by John Kelman

While there is still a handful of ECM titles from vibraphonist Gary Burton that remain unreleased on CD, perhaps the most unique of the bunch is Seven Songs for Quartet and Chamber Orchestra, originally issued by the German label in 1974 and the first of two collaborations with Zimbabwe-born, British-resident composer/pianist/trombonist Michael Gibbs. The similarly intriguing ...

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Article: Album Review

Ralph Towner / John Abercrombie: Five Years Later

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by John Kelman

The long overdue release of Ralph Towner and John Abercrombie's Five Years Later, originally released in 1982, may well be the most eagerly anticipated of the Re:Solutions series that brings into print--on CD (four titles for the first time, Five Years Later previously only available for a limited time in Japan), vinyl and high resolution digital ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Miroslav Vitous Group

Read "Miroslav Vitous Group" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

With the ongoing demand for historic titles to see first-time CD issue, ECM has raised the ante even further with Re:solutions: seven classic recordings, released on CD (four available for the first time and one previously only available for a limited time in Japan), vinyl and high resolution digital formats. They're all important, but 1981's Miroslav ...

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Article: Live Review

John Abercrombie Quartet at Library and Archives Canada

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by John Kelman

John Abercrombie Quartet TD Ottawa Jazz Festival Winter Jazz Festival, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Canada February 15, 2014 It's always a treat to see some of your jazz heroes performing in your hometown, but it's an even greater pleasure to see some of them performing together in ...

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Article: Album Review

Carla Bley - Andy Sheppard - Steve Swallow: Trios

Read "Trios" reviewed by Luigi Sforza

by Luigi Sforza

Trios--ultima produzione dello strepitoso trio composto da Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard e Steve Swallow--è uno di quei progetti musicali felicemente riusciti, in cui l'assoluta spontaneità espressiva dell'atto creativo lascia magicamente traccia di sé negli esiti. Questa produzione ECM è intellettualmente stimolante, possiede un suggestivo potere incantatorio e sprigiona una decisa, sana e positiva energia a bassa ...

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Article: Album Review

Yeahwon Shin: Lua Ya

Read "Lua Ya" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro

Piccolo capolavoro di minimalismo vocale (ma anche strumentale), quest'opera seconda della giovane cantante coreana (dopo Yeahwon, del 2010, dedicato al Brasile e come tale insignito di una nomination al Latin Grammy) si muove lungo la sottile linea che va dal duetto, alternativamente con i suoi due dirimpettai, al trio, suo traguardo massimo. Il canto di Yeahwon ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Norma Winstone: Dance Without Answer

Read "Norma Winstone: Dance Without Answer" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

If there's a single accomplishment that can be attributed to ECM Records--though there are, of course, many in its 45-year history--it's that it welcomes unusual instrumentation with open arms, affording such collaborations the opportunity to grow, to evolve, and build a new language. From the pan-cultural CODONA Trilogy (2009), which collected the three genre-defying recordings made ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Tord Gustavsen Quartet: Extended Circle

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by John Kelman

The evolution of Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen and his relationship with ECM Records has always been more about expansion rather than linear forward motion. The closing sentence of an All About Jazz review of The Well (2012), in fact, says it all: “ If Changing Places [2003] announced an important new pianist on the international stage, ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Arild Andersen / Paolo Vinaccia / Tommy Smith: Mira

Read "Arild Andersen / Paolo Vinaccia / Tommy Smith: Mira" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

The debut of Arild Andersen's now longstanding trio with Scottish saxophonist Tommy Smith and Italian expat drummer Paolo Vinaccia on Live at Belleville (ECM, 2008) came as no small surprise, even to those familiar with the Norwegian bassist's work on the label--dating right back to its inception on Jan Garbarek's classic Afric Pepperbird (ECM, 1971), as ...


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