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Tomasz Stanko Quartet: Lontano
by Edward Zucker
Perfect chemistry should not be disturbed, and Tomasz Stanko and ECM reprise their winning combination on Lontano. This is the third ECM release with Stanko and his regular trio of pianist Marcin Wasilewski, bassist Slawomir Kurkiewicz and drummer Michal Miskiewicz. As with the previous two releases, this disc features variations of a tune, in this case ...
Tomasz Stanko Quartet: Lontano
by Budd Kopman
Can a recording be appreciated or understood without knowing the full history of the performer? The answer is, of course, yes and no. In this case, yes, the music on Lontano creates a coherent sound world, has an artistic point of view and many levels, and thus is well worth repeated listens. But no, you'll be ...
Tomasz Stanko Quartet: Lontano
by Chris May
The Beatles got it wrong. When you're 64, Lennon & McCartney predicted, you'll be ready for the knackers yard. But the lovable moptops were only in their twenties then, like Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko, and each had already changed the shape of things, the Beatles with “She Loves You" (1963), Stanko on Astigmatic (1965). It was ...
Trio Beyond (DeJohnette - Goldings - Scofield): Saudades
by AAJ Italy Staff
Questo bellissimo doppio album è sostanzialmente un atto di amore. Un tuffo nella memoria che esalta le splendide doti strumentali dei tre protagonisti, una esternazione vigorosa che riporta l'attenzione su una delle esperienze artistiche più stimolanti, ma ahimé anche meno fortunate, di quella stagione meravigliosa a cavallo fra la fine degli anni sessanta e l'inizio del ...
Tomasz Stanko Quartet: Lontano
by John Kelman
Other bands have been around for longer than Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stańko's current quartet, but few have exhibited such palpable growth in so little time. While Suspended Night (ECM, 2004) showed considerable development from the quartet's first release, Soul of Things (ECM, 2002), Lontano represents a major shift towards free playing that these albums only hinted ...
Anouar Brahem: Le voyage de Sahar
by AAJ Italy Staff
Grande virtuoso dell'oud e ormai da molti anni alfiere dell'etichetta ECM, il tunisino Anouar Brahem prosegue con questo Le voyage de Sahar il suo viaggio tra i piú disparati scenari musicali, che lo ha visto collaborare con artisti del calibro di Jan Garbarek, John Surman, Barbaros Erköse, Dave Holland. Questa volta, come raramente gli accade, si ...
Nik Bartsch: Commitment, Movement, and the Batman Spirit
by Paul Olson
Swiss composer/keyboardist Nik Bärtsch doesn't play jazz, pop, or classical music. Rather, he and his groups Mobile and Ronin play a remarkable synthesis of the above genres, and the result is something Bärtsch calls “ritual groove music." Although Bärtsch has been developing this music--and the elaborate aesthetic and philosophical aesthetic that support and surrounds ...
The Source: The Source
by Budd Kopman
The music that makes up this most delightful and peculiar album is both paradoxical and enigmatic. Everything seems to fit together and make sense, and yet the musical world thus created is unfamiliar. While it has density and gravity, the music feels like it's almost not there. After experiencing the album, you might ask yourself what ...
Arvo Pärt: Arvo Pärt: Lamentate
by AAJ Italy Staff
Arvo Pärt Lamentate ECM Records - distr. Ducale (2005) Il decimo titolo di Arvo Pärt per la collana New Series, uscito in occasione del suo settantesimo compleanno, continua la consolidata tradizione che vede l'etichetta tedesca privilegiata nella pubblicazione di prime incisioni assolute, grazie al rapporto ultraventennale instaurato col compositore estone. I due lavori qui presentati sono ...
Martin Speake: Change Of Heart
by Budd Kopman
One of the more interesting extra-musical things to observe in jazz is how the connections between musicians happen, and then, of course, how those connections affect the music they produce. In 1993, Martin Speake connected with Paul Motian, and they toured as a trio with bassist Mick Hutton, playing both Speake's and Motian's ...
