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Paul Motian / Jason Moran / Chris Potter: Lost in a Dream
by Ian Patterson
Pianos have rarely been featured in drummer Paul Motian's ensembles, though his years with Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett have surely left an impression on his approach to balladry. Lost in a Dream is a collection of Motian ballads recorded at the Village Vanguard in early 2009, with Motian in the intriguing company of pianist Jason ...
Dino Saluzzi: El Encuentro
by Dan McClenaghan
On El Ecuentro, Argentine bandoneon master Dino Saluzzi teams with saxophonist brother Felix Saluzzi and cellist Anja Lechner in a meeting with Holland's Metropole Orchestra. It is Saluzzi's first recorded encounter with an orchestra, and his first ever live recording. More familiar ground for Saluzzi is his work with Lechner, on Ojos Negros (ECM, 2007), and ...
Dino Saluzzi: El Encuentro
by John Kelman
Since first emerging on the ECM label in 1983, Argentinean bandoneonist/composer Dino Saluzzi has demonstrated that even the most ethnic of instruments needn't be stylistically pigeonholed. From the solo recital of Kultrum (1983) and unorthodox improvisational pairing with Norwegian drummer Jon Christensen on 2005's Senderos, to the all-star grouping of 1986's Once upon a time--Far away ...
Food: Quiet Inlet
by John Kelman
A reduction in personnel rarely results in a broader musical expanse, but that's just what happened to Food, since trumpeter Arve Henriksen and bassist Mats Eilertsen departed in 2004. Molecular Gastronomy (Rune Grammofon, 2008)--Food's first duo recording, though the use of guests fleshed the group out to a trio--was Food's most accessible album to date, without ...
Tord Gustavsen Ensemble: Restored, Returned
by Ian Patterson
A spare beauty has characterized all of pianist Tord Gustavsen's trio recordings, and in this sense Restored and Returned is a natural continuation of his musical journey, with space and subtle dynamics characterizing these intimate compositions. What sets this recording apart from his most recent efforts is mainly the addition of vocalist Kristen Asbjørnsen, who brings ...
Ketil Bjornstad: Remembrance
by Dan McClenaghan
The disc is called Remembrance, but it could just as well have been tagged “Prayers" or “Hymns," or “The Search for Peace and Tranquility," words that seems a fit with the music of Norwegian pianist Ketil Bjørnstad.Bjørnstad began his sojourn at ECM Records with Water Stories in 1993. In his eight recordings for the ...
Steve Tibbetts: Natural Causes
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
First things first: this is a mellow record. A very mellow record. Not Ben Webster mellow, or Antonio Carlos Jobim mellow, or Morton Feldman mellow, but rather, a record of music depicting a kind of quietism: profoundly passive contemplation. And it's not clear that quietism is a direction all jazz fans will want to go.
Terje Rypdal: Crime Scene
by AAJ Italy Staff
Che bella sorpresa. A differenza del solito prodotto ECM dal suono immacolato e dalle atmosfere rarefatte, questo Crime Scene irrompe con il suo miscuglio di free jazz, rock & roll, funky, drum & bass, musica orchestrale e orizzonti nordici. La voce profonda di Clint Eastwood ci introduce ad una immaginaria colonna sonora nella quale le atmosfere ...
Ambrose Field - John Potter: Being Dufay
by AAJ Italy Staff
Gli incontri improbabili (almeno sulla carta) tra musiche e musicisti apparentemente distantissimi tra loro sono da sempre una scommessa personale, quasi sempre vinta, di Manfred Eicher e delle sue produzioni per la ECM. Basti pensare a quello che forse è il suo maggior successo personale, l'album Officium in cui il sax tenore di Jan Garbarek improvvisava ...
Stefano Battaglia - Michele Rabbia: Pastorale
by AAJ Italy Staff
A sei anni da Stravagario 2 e nove dal precedente Stravagario, Stefano Battaglia e Michele Rabbia tornano a documentare su disco il loro straordinario duo, stavolta per l'etichetta ECM, quanto mai adatta ad un progetto come il loro. La cifra del duo è rimasta sostanzialmente immutata, più che giustamente vista la sua originalità: atmosfere sospese, tra ...
