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Stefano Battaglia Trio: The River of Anyder
by John Kelman
After three ECM recordings that finally brought greater international attention to the eclectic breadth of Stefano Battaglia's nearly two-decade career, the Italian pianist turns to a format steeped in jazz orthodoxy for The River of Anyder . But those familiar with his career, if only his ECM dates--the freer terrain explored with two trios on Raccolto ...
Sinikka Langeland: The Land That Is Not
by John Kelman
Four years after her relentlessly beautiful ECM debut, Sinikka Langeland returns with the equally breathtaking The Land That Is Not. Following Starflowers (2007), the Norwegian singer/kantele player took a detour with Maria's Song (ECM, 2009), an intimate recording of folk songs and compositions by J.S. Bach that expanded upon territory visited on Påsketona (Nordic Sound, 2004). ...
Keith Jarrett: Rio
by Orlando Bird
Keith Jarrett's first solo piano album, Facing You (ECM, 1972), came out nearly forty years ago; since then he's become the high priest of piano improvisation, famed for his ability to walk onstage and, as a bemused Vladimir Ashkenazy put it, “play all the right notes" on the spot. Koln Concert (ECM, 1975) has sold almost ...
Keith Jarrett: Rio
by John Kelman
If music is a reflection of where we live, it must also be a reflection of where we are at any given moment. As much as the undercurrent redolent of an artist's home can often be heard, a live performance can equally draw inspiration from where it is, especially if it's a place with its own ...
Chick Corea / Stefano Bollani: Orvieto
by Ian Patterson
Though Chick Corea and Stefano Bollani hail from opposite sides of the Atlantic they're kindred spirits in many ways. Two of jazz's more prolific musicians, both have explored music in any number of settings. Both embrace the roots and traditions of jazz yet refuse to be shackled. A love of Latin melodies is also common ground, ...
Enrico Rava Quintet: Tribe
by Greg Simmons
Italian trumpet virtuoso Enrico Rava masters improvised atmospheric landscapes on Tribe. His thick, dark horn quests for firm structure and often, not finding anything solid, rolls back and forth over the rhythm section as it collaboratively meanders through the soundscape. Being drawn into the adventure is almost irresistible. “Amnesia" sets the expectation that this ...
Marilyn Mazur: Celestial Circle
by John Kelman
Celestial Circle might appear to be a conventional, piano trio-based vocal record on the surface, but it's an impression quickly dismissed with a closer look at its participants. Marilyn Mazur knows her way around a drum kit in no uncertain terms, but it's her more integrated approach, with an oft-times massive array of percussion--gongs, wood blocks, ...
Enrico Rava Quintet: Tribe
by John Kelman
Plenty has happened since Enrico Rava last recorded with his working quintet. All but the piano chair remained stable between Easy Living (ECM, 2004) and The Words And The Days (ECM, 2007), but trombonist Gianluca Petrella is the sole remnant on Tribe. “Change is good," they say, and if the rest of Rava's quintet consists of ...
Mathias Eick: Skala
by AAJ Italy Staff
La storia e l'estetica della ECM sono ben più vaste e complesse di quanto una riduttiva percezione possa evidenziare. Non è certo questa l'occasione per affrontare un tema così impegnativo, ma se dovessi inquadrare questo CD nella produzione dell'etichetta tedesca, lo identificherei come un ritorno ad una delle matrici originarie, come una rivisitazione attualizzata di quell'approccio ...
Nils Okland - Sigbjorn Apeland: Lysoen. Hommage à Ole Bull
by AAJ Italy Staff
Lysoen. Hommage à Ole Bull è un lavoro tutto interno alla tradizione norvegese che piacerà senz'altro a coloro che ne sono appassionati. Lysoen è, infatti, il nome di un'isola norvegese, ma anche quello di una stupenda villa residenza del violinista e virtuoso Ole Bull, sua fonte di ispirazione per numerose composizioni e sede nella quale sono ...
