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John Surman: Free and Equal
by AAJ Staff
Back in 1948, when John Surman was only four years old, the United Nations announced the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - which, among other things, proclaimed all humans to be “free and equal." Surman takes this document and this idea as inspiration for his new collaboration with Jack DeJohnette and the ten-piece London Brass.
Tord Gustavsen Trio: Changing Places
by AAJ Staff
Whether by intent or coincidence--unlikely!--ECM Records has carved out a special niche for the jazz piano trio. With almost no exceptions, the label's trio records sound at once quiet and restless, introspective and searching. Leading the pack is American pianist Keith Jarrett's Standards Trio, with 14 records since 1983. Jarrett's insistent fixation on melody, especially in ...
Yves Robert: In Touch
by AAJ Staff
It takes a few minutes to warm up, but by the time In Touch gets there it's cozy indeed. This project falls under the leadership of trombonist Yves Robert, who has been relatively low on the horizon until this, his ECM debut. But the all-French trio, which also includes cellist Vincent Courtois and drummer Cyril Atef, ...
Dino Saluzzi: Responsorium
by AAJ Staff
For all of its relative obscurity, the bandoneon occupies a very important place in musical history. To novice ears, the instrument sounds something like an accordion, though it is markedly softer and warmer, with more timbral color. In physical appearance it resembles the concertina--a slinky bellow instrument with 70 buttons. But when it comes ...
Louis Sclavis: Dans La Nuit
by Celeste Sunderland
Pedestrians scurry through the softly falling snow. Through the glass of the car window they resemble actors in a silent film. The scene's still beauty is one of winter's finest moments. Dans La Nuit, Charles Vanel's 1930 silent movie, features scenarios which share beauty in the same sense. Recently restored by the Cinemathique Francaise, it tells ...
John Surman: Free and Equal
by A. Henkin
ECM's jazz releases have attempted to bridge the gap between the refinement of classical music and the spontaneity of improvisation. Some efforts have been more successful than others, particularly when undertaken by musicians who have tried to rectify these concepts within their own musical careers. John Surman is such a musician, adding a long affiliation with ...
John Taylor Trio: Rosslyn
by Mark Corroto
At age 61, pianist John Taylor has finally made his major label debut as a leader. But then again, Rosslyn doesn't really have a chieftain. Taylor, who has been a sideman since the 1970s, seems not to mind sharing his rostrum with his two bandmates: bassist Marc Johnson and drummer Joey Baron.The British-born Taylor ...
Tomasz Stanko Quartet: Soul of Things
by Geoff Barber
The Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko has been busy making music for many years. He began his career on the forefront of the European free jazz movement in the ‘60s. While he has made many fine albums since then, most of his notoriety has come in the past few years. Since joining ECM, Stanko has ...
Steve Tibbetts: A Man About A Horse
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Quick and to the Point: Soothes and suits both emotion and reason'The oddly metered musical strands hailing from Central Asia, India and its adjoining regions are vital for jazz's lore and lure. Conjoined with music from the West, their enchanting, enthralling, and percussively melodic possibilities unwrap exotic gifts of expression and improvisation. Upon listening ...
John Holloway: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber--Unam Ceylum
by C. Michael Bailey
Many of the great jazz musicians from Charlie Parker to George Russell were influenced by Western classical music. It is with this justification that I submit a review of classical, or more appropriately, Baroque music to these pages. Let alone that this particular release comes from Manfred Eicher’s ECM Label, the home of such names as ...
