Home » Search Center » Results: Manfred Eicher

Results for "Manfred Eicher"

Article: Rediscovery

Masqualero: Masqualero

by John Kelman
January 8, 2015

MasqualeroMasqualeroOdin1983 Despite plenty of evidence to the contrary, there are still those who think that Norwegian musicians can't play “real jazz" (whatever that is), and that what they do play is something consistently (and erroneously) categorized as “Nordic Cool." Submitted for your approval is today's Rediscovery: the self-titled debut from Masqualero, ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Chris Potter Underground Orchestra: Imaginary Cities

by John Kelman
January 6, 2015

While he is, perhaps, best-known as a reed and woodwind multi-instrumentalist of tremendous power and versatility--the torch-bearer and logical successor, even, to the late, great Michael Brecker--Chris Potter has also demonstrated remarkable breadth as a bandleader and composer. It's hard to imagine that it's been only 23 years since the 44 year-old first came onto the ...

Article: Rediscovery

Ralph Towner Solstice: Sound and Shadows

by John Kelman
January 5, 2015

Ralph Towner SolsticeSound and ShadowsECM Records1977 While it took the label a year or so to define its raison d'être, by 1970/71 Germany's ECM Records had already garnered significant attention for its pristine, transparent sound, and for beginning to redefine the possibilities of what improvised music could be. A group that ...

Article: Rediscovery

Paul McCandless: All the Mornings Bring

by John Kelman
January 4, 2015

Paul McCandlessAll the Mornings BringElektra1979 Today's Rediscovery comes from Oregon's reed and woodwind multi-instrumentalist, Paul McCandless: All the Mornings Bring, his 1979 leader debut. When Oregon was signed to Elektra in 1978 for Out of the Woods, it afforded the two members of the group who did not already ...

Article: Year in Review

John Kelman's Best Releases of 2014

by John Kelman
December 17, 2014

2014 was another challenging year, with a personal health matter that began in early summer (thankfully finally diagnosed, non-life threatening and now being treated, though still waiting for signs of improvement) slowing down both travel and the usual breakneck writing in a significant way. Since the rule of this list is that any titles on it ...

Article: Book Review

Luca Vitali - Il suono del Nord

by Luca Canini
December 8, 2014

Il Libro Aurore boreali, fiordi, salmoni, un re che si chiama Harald, fenomenali sciatori, un paio di attaccanti spilungoni che hanno lasciato il segno anche in Italia e una scena jazz da crepare d'invidia. Cresciuta rigogliosa nonostante la Novergia non sia esattamente al centro del villaggio globale. E nonostante gli evidenti limiti rappresentati ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden/Paul Motian: Hamburg '72

by John Kelman
November 26, 2014

With Sleeper: Tokyo, April 16, 1979 (2012) and Magico: Carta de Amor (2012), ECM Records began digging into its archives, unearthing two live recordings that revealed even more about a collection of artists whose reputations were already plenty secure as some of the label's most important from its early years--in the first case, pianist Keith Jarrett's ...

Article: Film Review

Charles Lloyd: Arrows Into Infinity

by Nenad Georgievski
September 12, 2014

Charles Lloyd Arrows Into Infinity ECM Records 2014 Undoubtedly deserving the title modern day saxophone titan Charles Lloyd has made one of the most important contributions to the art better known as contemporary or modern jazz. Widely recognized as one of the most timeless and significant musicians in the ...

Article: Film Review

Charles Lloyd: Arrows Into Infinity

by John Kelman
August 30, 2014

Charles Lloyd Arrows Into Infinity ECM Records 2014 It's rare to have an opportunity to see a music film in both the theatre and the comfort of your own home, but a serendipitous invite to the 2013 Jazztopad Festival in Wrocław, Poland not only provided the chance to hear saxophonist ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Manfred Eicher: ECM - Selected Signs III - VIII

by John Kelman
August 2, 2014

When München's Haus der Kunst sponsored a nearly three-month exhibition about the ECM Records label, ECM: A Cultural Archeology, which ran from November, 2012 to February, 2013, there was far more to it than just bringing together collections of album covers, rarely seen video, archival tapes, imagery and concert performances. As much as ECM has carved ...