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Marcin Wasilewski Trio: January
by Dan McClenaghan
Listening to “The First Touch," the opening cut on the Marcin Wasilewski Trio's disc, January, is like slipping into a shimmering dream. The piano trio's sound is gentle, drifting and contemplative. Space is a factor, as is intricate three-way interplay. The music fits into the much written of “ECM Records aesthetic"--a sound not too far from ...
Marilyn Crispell: Vignettes
by AAJ Italy Staff
I primi quattro brani di Vignettes si sviluppano lentamente, senza esigenze impellenti, con un senso narrativo ampio, anche se non finalizzato in modo perentorio sotto il profilo melodico. Difficilmente in questo progredire si potrebbe scorgere una ripetitività di stampo minimalista, in quanto la varietà dinamica delle spaziature ritmiche e del tocco della Crispell definisce un pianismo ...
Marcin Wasilewski Trio: January
by John Kelman
They've gone under a number of names but, regardless of the moniker, this Polish piano trio—first gaining international exposure with trumpeter Tomasz Stanko, with whom they still work—has been working together for fifteen years. Stanko's Soul of Things (ECM, 2001) brought them the attention they deserved, but most remarkable has been their rapid growth, with Trio ...
Misha Alperin: Her First Dance
by AAJ Italy Staff
Con Her First Dance il pianista Misha Alperin torna a incidere con la ECM, e lo fa con grande rigore. Musicista ucraino cresciuto in Moldavia e formato musicalmente a Mosca, è giunto alla notorietà in Norvegia (dove per diversi anni ha vissuto e insegnato). Al di là delle vicende biografiche sono palpabili nella sua musica le ...
Jon Balke: Book Of Velocities
by Budd Kopman
As time goes on, the ECM label continues to stretch the meaning of the word jazz, allowing it to encompass almost any kind of music that allows for improvisation or sounds like it does. With Book Of Velocities, pianist/composer/band leader Jon Balke connects with various worlds: of the piano as a physical entity ...
Marilyn Crispell: Vignettes
by John Kelman
A relative latecomer to jazz, occupying the classical and contemporary composition spheres until the age of 28, Marilyn Crispell's early ventures into jazz and improvised music were in the context of a more aggressive approach informed by Cecil Taylor. Over the past decade, however, while the pianist's sense of adventure hasn't diminished, she's introduced a sparer ...
Ketil Bjorstad / Terje Rypdal: Life in Leipzig
by Budd Kopman
What a sound--a feast for the ears! Life in Leipzig presents pianist Ketil Bjørnstad and guitarist Terje Rypdal in concert at Leipzig's Opera House, during that city's jazz festival in 2005, with music that will astound those unfamiliar with these players or the manner in which they interact. This performance is a snapshot ...
Jacob Young: Sideways
by John Kelman
Born of an American father and Norwegian mother, Jacob Young's 2004 ECM debut, Evening Falls, may have introduced him to a more global audience, but he'd already been active on the Norwegian scene for a decade, releasing three albums for smaller independent labels. Still, with a strong quintet that is now back for Sideways, the guitarist ...
Ketil Bjornstad / Terje Rypdal: Life in Leipzig
by John Kelman
The reward is great when a new and unusual teaming of musicians turns out to be not only artistically and critically successful, but the genesis of long term musical relationships. When ECM's Manfred Eicher proposed bringing neoclassical pianist Ketil Bjørnstad, generally rock- inflected, but stylistically broad guitarist Terje Rypdal, cellist David Darling and drummer Jon Christensen ...
Marilyn Mazur: Elixir
by John Kelman
Marilyn Mazur may be best remembered to North American audiences for her work with Miles Davis in the 1980s. Since then, however, the Danish percussionist has continued to lead an active musical life on her own projects including Small Labyrinths (ECM, 1997), as well as collaborating on ECM recordings by Eberhard Weber, Jon Balke and Jan ...
