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Stefano Bollani / Jesper Bodilsen / Morten Lund: Stone In The Water
by Mark Corroto
There is a conversational thread that runs throughout the trio recording by Italian pianist Stefano Bollani and his Danish trio with bassist Jesper Bodilsen and drummer Morten Lund. Since that colloquia is produced by ECM's Manfred Eicher, the tone is hushed, but the exchange is discerning and intelligent. Bollani's previous disc for ECM was ...
Christian Wallumrod Ensemble: Fabula Suite Lugano
by David McLean
Christian Wallumrød has that rare gift of having an instantly recognizable sound. The pianist's music is characterized by unique blend of early music, romanticism, and traditional Scandinavian folk music idioms played with the looseness of jazz and academic curiosity reminiscent of two of his major influences, John Cage and Morton Feldman. Wallumrød has managed to harmonise ...
Carla Bley - Carla's Christmas Carols.
On November 3rd, ECM released its very first CD of Christmas music! Carla Bley, one of jazz's greatest arrangers, turns her attention this time to a delightful collection of traditional and non-traditional seasonal fare which she's titled: Carla's Christmas CarolsChristmas music has been an enthusiasm of Carla Bley's for decades, and the pieces she ...
Manfred Eicher Appearing in NYC - Open to the Public
Don't miss a rare opportunity to hear Manfred Eicher (Producer and Founder of ECM Records)in conversation with Gary Giddins (critic /author)November 19th, Thursday, 6:30pmProshansky AuditoriumThe Graduate Center, CUNY365 Fifth Ave (at 34th St)FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. NO RESERVATIONS. Information: 212/817.2005centerforthehumanitiesgc.orgManfred Eicher ...
Christian Wallumrød: Fabula Suite Lugano
by AAJ Italy Staff
Jazz, minimalismo, barocco e musica contemporanea sono alcune delle componenti che si fondono nell'universo musicale di Christian Wallumrød. Improvvisatore colto e raffinato caratterizzato da un autentico senso del suono e della struttura, da anni con le sue produzioni incanta per sintesi ed equilibrio nei contrasti. Questo ensemble, è un sestetto che nasce dall'incontro del leader con ...
Manfred Schoof: Resonance
by John Kelman
For every artist that has achieved international attention via the exposure of ECM Records, there are countless others who seem to have been lost beneath the cracks. German trumpeter Manfred Schoof, who recorded three superb albums for the ECM-affiliated JAPO label in the 1970s, was a member of the freewheeling Globe Unity Orchestra alongside Peter Brötzmann, ...
Jon Hassell: Last night the moon came dropping its clothes in the street
by Nenad Georgievski
One of the most significant American composer/musicians of the late twentieth century, Jon Hassell, has served as a synthesist, catalyst, and eventually a sound painter and innovator. He has, over the course of his career, unleashed a stunning new vocabulary that still resounds today in the playing of artists including Nils Petter Molvaer, Arve Henriksen, Paolo ...
Ralph Towner - Paolo Fresu: Chiaroscuro
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il primo contatto tra i due protagonisti di questo lavoro è avvenuto nell'ormai lontano 1992, in occasione del festival jazz di Sant'Anna Arresi. Successivamente - ed in particolare negli ultimi anni - non sono mancate le occasioni di incontro che hanno dato origine anche ad alcuni concerti, ma solo ora emerge il frutto discografico di quella ...
Tomasz Stanko Quintet: Dark Eyes
by David McLean
Tomasz Stanko Quintet Dark Eyes ECM Records 2009 It has been a regular event at the ECM label for artists to change line-ups after three albums. After a trio of releases with the prodigiously talented pianist Marcin Wasilewski--(Soul of Things (ECM, 2002), Suspended Night (ECM, 2003) and Lontano ...
Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble: The Moment's Energy
by AAJ Italy Staff
Tra i progetti di Evan Parker, l'Electro-Acoustic Ensemble riveste un ruolo di crescente centralità come “luogo" di sperimentazione, non solo perché l'organico si va progressivamente allargando - quattordici sono i musicisti coinvolti in questo nuovo disco registrato in occasione del Festival di Huddersfield del novembre 2007 - ma anche per il continuo ridefinirsi del rapporto tra ...
