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Marc Johnson - Eliane Elias: Swept Away

Read "Swept Away" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

La pianista Eliane Elias è nota da tempo sui palcoscenici internazionali, a cominciare dalla sua collaborazione con i leggendari Steps Ahead all'inizio degli anni '80. Dalla bossa nova con cui è cresciuta ai tanti album da leader, sia come pianista che cantante, l'artista brasiliana ha saputo consolidare le proprie credenziali anche grazie ai numerosi dischi incisi ...

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Article: Album Review

Manu Katche: Manu Katche

Read "Manu Katche" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

A celebrated session drummer and solo artist, Manu Katche's infamous method of crafting a backbeat may parallel the lyrical, dancelike aura for which late jazz drummer Paul Motian was noted. However, Katche's jazz roots are largely evident via his small group formats for ECM Records. On this self-titled release comprised of a multinational quartet, rock-solid pulses, ...

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Article: Album Review

Food: Mercurial Balm

Read "Mercurial Balm" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann

In their sophomore outing on the ECM label, Food continues their shape-shifting evolution, both in personnel and musical outcomes. With influences of jazz, electronica and world music, UK saxophonist Iain Ballamy and Norwegian percussionist Thomas Strønen remain as the nucleus of a group that has managed to reinvent itself with each of its seven releases. Through ...

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Fly: Year of the Snake

Read "Year of the Snake" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Esistono album che più di altri mettono in mostra un intenso campionario espressivo e, così facendo, concedono all'ascoltatore vari gradi semantici di lettura. È questo il caso di un disco caleidoscopico come Year of the Snake dei Fly (Mark Turner, Larry Grenadier e Jeff Ballard). Al suo interno troviamo da una parte un nucleo centrale originario, ...

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Eberhard Weber: Positive Pragmatism

Read "Eberhard Weber: Positive Pragmatism" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

There are plenty of positives about getting older: wisdom, maturity and a more balanced outlook are just three of them. But it would be unrealistic to suggest that there aren't a few negatives thrown in there. When bassist Eberhard Weber woke up in his hotel room on the morning of April 23, 2007, in Berlin, Germany, ...

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Article: Album Review

Eberhard Weber: Résumé

Read "Résumé" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann

Composer/bassist Eberhard Weber has been one of the heritage artists to define and exemplify the standards of Manfred Eicher's ECM Records. Résumé continues the tradition of both the label and Weber with an unusually structured collection of live performances culled from more extended pieces. This global collection of bass solos, culled from live Jan Garbarek Group ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Chris Potter: The Sirens

Read "Chris Potter: The Sirens" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

The appearance of saxophonist Chris Potter as a leader on ECM may come as a surprise to some, but a look back at the label's 44-year history makes The Sirens--his label debut and 19th as a leader since first emerging with trumpeter Red Rodney before he'd turned twenty, and releasing his own debut, Presenting Chris Potter ...

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Article: Album Review

Keith Jarrett: Hymns/Spheres

Read "Hymns/Spheres" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

In a career well into its fifth decade, while continuing to make fine music in the new millennium, looking back at Keith Jarrett's discography reveals that the 1970s was a particularly important--and busy--time for the influential pianist. In that single decade, Jarrett released epochal solo piano explorations like The Köln Concert (ECM, 1975); orchestral works including ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Special Edition

Read "Special Edition" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

With drummer/keyboardist Jack DeJohnette entering his eighth decade on planet earth, he's managed to accomplish what few other drummers have. Recipient of the 2012 NEA Jazz Masters Award, there are few jazz drummer s alive today who can cite as many recordings as the Chicago-born DeJohnette can, nor are there many who have been on such ...


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