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The Source: The Source
by John Kelman
Norwegian saxophonist Trygve Seim turned heads with his two recordings as a leader, Different Rivers (ECM, 2000), and Sangam (ECM, 2004). But these richly composed discs reveal but one aspect of his work. Though he claimed in a 2005 interview not to “find soloing in the traditional manner particularly interesting," the Source--his decade-old cooperative with trombonist ...
Martin Speake: Change of Heart
by John Kelman
Change of Heart, alto saxophonist Martin Speake's first recording for ECM, will no doubt garner him some well-deserved international exposure. But he's been a fixture on the British scene for two decades, with a varied discography that a larger audience will now hopefully explore. This disc presents only one facet of Speake's interests, but it's as ...
The Source: The Source
by Nic Jones
There were days when albums customarily started with the proverbial flagwaver or something evocative of barns being stormed, but The Source is a radically different proposition. Trombonist Oyvind Braekke's “Caballero" is built around a simple, plodding figure played on bowed bass in tandem with faintly martial drumming. Within the scope of its soundscape, the flags only ...
Martin Speake: Change Of Heart
by Nic Jones
A certain clarity of purpose has always run throughout the documentation of Martin Speake's music on record. In an aspect of his career that has taken in quartets, an alto sax/piano duo and a saxophone quartet, Speake has proven himself to be a musician and composer with the ability to pursue his own vision. This quartet ...
Trio Beyond: Saudades
by Budd Kopman
After a series of ethereal and cerebral releases earlier this year, the double-CD Saudades is a welcome change of pace for the ECM label. Not only is it a well-recorded live date, but the playing is hotter than hot (the whole world seems to prefer the adjective “blistering") and the group interplay is outstanding.
Susanne Abbuehl: Compass
by Budd Kopman
Compass is vocalist Susanne Abbuehl's second recording for ECM, after 2001's April. Five years is a long time between albums, but the wait was well worth it. Her band has not changed, except that Lucas Niggli has replaced Samuel Rohrer on drums and percussion, and Michel Portal has been added as a second clarinet on two ...
Susanne Abbuehl: Compass
by John Kelman
Anyone fortunate enough to have heard Susanne Abbuehl's out-of-print first record, I Am Rose (Evoke, 1997), knows that while the singer's musical direction was already developing, it was not until her 2001 ECM debut, April, that it became fully realized. Compass is a logical evolution, but it manages a few surprises, finding Abbuehl and her unorthodox ...
Trio Beyond: Saudades
by John Kelman
Looking back has become almost de rigeur lately, and with that the risk of putting legacy groups on a pedestal--being fervently imitative, rather than taking the music to new places. Saudades pays tribute to the late drummer Tony Williams' groundbreaking fusion group Lifetime, and Trio Beyond clearly has the right idea. The spirit and energy which ...
Trio Beyond: Saudades
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
This energetic November 2004 London concert was billed as “Lifetime and Beyond: Celebrating Tony Williams." The trio's instrumentation--organ, electric guitar, drums--mirrors the late drummer's seminal jazz-rock Lifetime outfit, but its name emphasizes what lies beyond. Lifetime is not forgotten in the process, of course. Each of two long sets ends with a number from the trio's ...
Trio Beyond: Saudades
by Dan McClenaghan
Trio Beyond, led by drummer Jack DeJohnette, came together in London's Queen Elizabeth Hall in 2004 to present a tip of the hat to Tony Williams' Lifetime, the trio the legendary drummer formed after leaving Miles Davis' second great quintet in 1969. Lifetime featured a full-throttle drums/organ/guitar attack and fired off a loud, rock-infused opening salvo ...
