Home » Search Center » Results: ECM Records
Results for "ECM Records"
Charlie Haden/Egberto Gismonti: In Montreal
by AAJ Staff
Twelve years after the fact, this live duet performance from the 1989 Montreal Jazz Festival has finally been brought to light. It's a wonderful combination: Charlie Haden is comfortable in just about any setting (consider his tenures with Ornette Coleman, the Liberation Music Orchestra, and Keith Jarrett's American Quartet). Egberto Gismonti has been continuously honing and ...
Keith Jarrett Trio: Inside Out
by Glenn Astarita
This 2001 release marks a departure from the Trio’s standards-based format and in pianist, Keith Jarrett’s words: “I mentioned to Jack (DeJohnette) and Gary (Peacock), during a tour in Europe, that perhaps we would scrap the format – the whole idea of having to use any material.” Recorded during two evenings at London’s “Royal Festival Hall,” ...
Dave Holland Quintet: Not For Nothin'
by Mark Corroto
Drawing a musical map clarifies the lineage of bands and places them in history. Dave Holland’s Quintet can be traced directly to Miles Davis’ ‘second great quintet’ of Davis/Shorter/Carter/Hancock/Williams. In 1968, Holland, then a young bassist of 21 years, was playing with former Miles Davis pianist Bill Evans and future Davis drummer Jack DeJohnette. Miles asked ...
Dave Holland Quintet: Not For Nothin'
by AAJ Staff
Usually, records led by bassists rely on a rock-solid rhythm section. Not For Nothin', Dave Holland's latest quintet effort, certainly presents no exception to this rule. However, the magic behind this disc comes from the fact that every musician plays in the rhythm section at times, and every player also contributes to melody and harmony as ...
Dave Holland Quintet: Not For Nothin'
by Mark Corroto
Drawing a musical map clarifies the lineage of bands and places them in history. Dave Holland’s Quintet can be traced directly to Miles Davis’ ‘second great quintet’ of Davis/Shorter/Carter/Hancock/Williams. In 1968, Holland, then a young bassist of 21 years, was playing with former Miles Davis pianist Bill Evans and future Davis drummer Jack DeJohnette. Miles asked ...
Dave Holland Quintet: Not For Nothin'
by AAJ Staff
Usually, records led by bassists rely on a rock-solid rhythm section. Not For Nothin', Dave Holland's latest quintet effort, certainly presents no exception to this rule. However, the magic behind this disc comes from the fact that every musician plays in the rhythm section at times, and every player also contributes to melody and harmony as ...
Charles Lloyd: Hyperion With Higgins
by Mark Corroto
Culled from the same session that brought us the excellent Water Is Wide recording from last year, Hyperion With Higgins delivers more of the same commendable music. With a heavy heart, saxophone Charles Lloyd bids farewell to his friend, drummer Billy Higgins who passed away this year. Both Higgins and Lloyd are jazz masters who have ...
Marilyn Crispell/Gary Peacock/Paul Motian: Amaryllis
by Mark Corroto
If the Crispell/Peacock/Motian record Nothing Ever Was, Anyway (ECM 1997) was the coming-out party for this highly adventurous interactive trio, Amaryllis should begin a series of anticipated recording sessions. Crispell, classically trained, came to jazz late in life. She held the piano chair in Anthony Braxton’s quartet through the 1980s and 90s then went on to ...
Marilyn Crispell, Gary Peacock, Paul Motian: Amaryllis
by David Adler
These trio reflections never exceed six minutes per piece. Thus, they come across as perfectly crafted and concise musical thoughts, despite their esoteric thrust. Avant-garde piano titan Marilyn Crispell ranges from hushed, sparkling lyricism to jagged “energy" playing a la Cecil Taylor, with bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Paul Motian completing the conversational triangle. There are ...
Marilyn Crispell/Gary Peacock/Paul Motian: Amaryllis
by AAJ Staff
It's difficult to give this disc the praise it deserves. Crispell's piano trio work with bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Paul Motian surfaced in fine form on their recent '96 ECM record Nothing Ever Was, Anyway, a tribute to Annette Peacock. Crispell has been quite promiscuous in the past couple decades, working with players from the ...
