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Charles Lloyd Quartet: Rabo De Nube
by John Kelman
Woodwind multi-instrumentalist Charles Lloyd has traversed considerable musical territory with nary a misstep across a dozen albums, since joining the ECM fold in 1989. Still, as undeniably fine as albums including Sangam (2006), Jumping the Creek (2005) and Which Way is East (2004) are, what Lloyd's been missing is a consistent line-up to rival his mid-1990s ...
Nik Bartsch's Ronin: Holon
by A. Henkin
It may seem odd to begin a CD review by expressing gratitude over its length, but there you have it. Pianist Nik Bärtsch's Holon, with his Ronin group, is a shade under 56 minutes and it is to his credit that he understands that with his particular brand of music, less is more. Like a walk ...
Charles Lloyd Quartet: Rabo De Nube
by Chris May
It's fitting that the shimmeringly beautiful Rabo De Nube, which is being released to celebrate reed player Charles Lloyd's 70th birthday on March 15, 2008, is a live album. Lloyd became a star forty years ago with a series of paradigm-shifting live discs recorded on a seemingly never-ending tour of the USA and Europe--seven of them ...
Nik Bartsch's Ronin: Holon
by Dan McClenaghan
For those of us who weren't paying attention earlier, Nik Bartsch's Ronin first burst on the scene with its 2007 ECM Records debut, Stoa. But the Swiss composer-pianist had, in fact, been building a just-beneath-the-radar discography for several years on his own Ronin Rhythm Records.Which brings us to Holon, Bartsch's second ECM set, one ...
Marilyn Mazur - Jan Garbarek: Elixir
by AAJ Italy Staff
Se è vero che Marilyn Mazur ha potuto contare sull’appoggio e sul sostegno di tantissimi grandi, tra cui l’ultimo Miles Davis e Gil Evans, d’altra parte anche il suo sodalizio con Garbarek, iniziato nei primi anni Novanta, sembra essere uno dei punti fermi nella sua fulgida carriera. Dunque non stupisce che la percussionista abbia voluto condividere ...
Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock / Jack DeJohnette: Setting Standards: New York Sessions
by Budd Kopman
From the first groan emitted by pianist Keith Jarrett on “Meaning Of The Blues," from Standards, Vol. 1 (ECM, 1985), to the last seconds of the ending cadence of “Prism," from Changes (ECM, 1984) and everything in between, the music and playing on Setting Standards: New York Sessions--a three-CD box that collects these two titles along ...
Nik Bärtsch's Ronin: Holon
by AAJ Italy Staff
“I always leave the concert hall when i start tapping my foot”. Partendo da questa frase di Morton Feldman, monito semiserio (e frase iniziale delle brevi note di copertina) sull’opposizione tra il momento dell’ascolto concentrato e quello della danza e della liberazione, il pianista svizzero Bärtsch cerca di superarne l’intima contraddizione. La chiave di volta dice ...
Manu Katche: Playground
by Nenad Georgievski
It's great to hear drummer Manu Katché finally given the spotlight to present his qualities as composer/bandleader. His first album--It's About Time (BMG France, 1992)--was a flop, despite the many popular names participating. Neighbourhood (ECM, 2006), on the other hand, was a work of genius, presenting Katché's best qualities as a composer, arranger and player. It ...
Enrico Rava / Stefan Bollani: The Third Man
by Budd Kopman
The first thing noticeable about the intensely intimate The Third Man is how acoustically alive it is, even when played back on inferior equipment. Pianist Stefano Bollani posits that the recording venue--the Auditorio Radio Svizzeria in Lugano, Italy--directly affected the musical outcome. He and trumpeter Enrico Rava were able to play without headphones and thus could ...
Nik Bartsch's Ronin: Holon
by Budd Kopman
With the release of Stoa (ECM, 2006), pianist Nik Bärtsch and his band Ronin caused a tsunami of words to be written that attempted to describe what this music was and why it evoked such strong emotions. Certainly, the shock of the new had something to do with it. Upon reflection, however, the key things turned ...
