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Carla Bley Big Band: Appearing Nightly
by John Kelman
It's been five years since Carla Bley last worked with a big band on the politically motivated Looking for America (Watt, 2003). In the intervening years, the composer/bandleader has focused on small ensemble work with The Lost Chords (2004), and a follow-up encounter with trumpeter Paolo Fresu on The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu (2007), both ...
Vassilis Tsabropoulos / Anja Lechner: Melos
by John Kelman
Exploring similar territory as the sublimely beautiful Chants, Hymns and Dances (ECM, 2004), pianist Vassilis Tsabropoulos and cellist Anja Lechner switch the emphasis on Melos. Chants focused largely on the writing of rebel philosopher Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff (1866-1949)--for whom musical composition was more a means to an end, encouraging students to strive for a higher state ...
Bobo Stenson Trio: Cantando
by John Kelman
While Bobo Stenson's last record, Goodbye (ECM, 2005), was a fine addition to the Swedish pianist's small but significant discography, it was also something of a transitional record. Drummer Jon Christensen--an essential member of Stenson's trio for decades, appearing on all four of the pianist's previous releases as a leader on ECM from Underwear (1971) through ...
Wolfert Brederode: Currents
by Dan McClenaghan
The word “aesthetic" is defined by the American Heritage Dictionary as: “Of or pertaining to the sense of the beautiful." That word is often paired with the much praised Munich-based ECM Records, a label that delves deeply into beautiful sounds. And its offerings are often (though not always) of a beauty of the spare and ethereal ...
Mathias Eick: The Door
by Budd Kopman
As the ECM label nears its fortieth birthday, its vitality, inventiveness and, of course, its vaunted sound continue to be a source of joy for jazz enthusiasts worldwide. Manfred Eicher, ECM's founder, has always recorded those artists in whom he hears his own vision, which affects the rest of the jazz world with each new release. ...
Wolfert Brederode: Currents
by Budd Kopman
With the intensely emotive Currents, pianist Wolfert Brederode makes his ECM debut, having appeared on vocalist Susanne Abbuehl's April (ECM, 2001) and Compass (ECM, 2006) and been deeply involved in their sound. Now leading instead of accompanying, Brederode has written (with one exception, “As You July Me," sharing credits with Abbuehl) a set ...
Wolfert Brederode: Currents
by John Kelman
Along with Norwegian trumpeter Mathias Eick's first disc as a leader, The Door, ECM's North American release of pianist Wolfert Brederode's debut on the same day is more than happenstance. At 34, Brederode is a few years older than Eick, but the two share much in common. Both are firmly committed to melody as a strong ...
Mathias Eick: The Door
by John Kelman
Not yet 30, Mathias Eick has racked up an impressive number of appearances on ECM, including guitarist Jacob Young's Evening Falls (2004) and Sideways (2008), drummer Manu Katché's Playground (2007) and pianist/harpist Iro Haarla's outstanding Northbound (2005). But that's only the tip of the iceberg, with the Norwegian trumpeter appearing on over fifty albums ranging from ...
Ketil Bjørnstad - Terje Rypdal: Live in Leipzig
by AAJ Italy Staff
Questo disco riassume il percorso avviato da Ketil Bjørnstad e Terje Rypdal nel 1995, quando, assieme al violoncellista David Darling e al batterista Jon Christensen, diedero vita a The Sea, formazione tra le più rappresentative delle sonorità scandinave ECM. Negli anni, il quartetto di origine ha dato vita a dischi e progetti con formazioni ridotte o ...
Wolfert Brederode Quartet: Currents
by AAJ Italy Staff
In questo disco del pianista olandese Wolfert Brederode, noto soprattutto per le sue collaborazioni con Susanne Abbuehl (clicca qui per leggere la recensione di April), c’è il nord e ci sono le rarefatte atmosfere in stile ECM ma, grazie alla presenza del clarinettista svizzero Claudio Puntin, c’è di più: c’è la lezione, splendida, del recentemente scomparso ...
