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Article: Interview

Dave Stapleton: Moving Edition Records With The Horizon

by Ian Patterson
April 24, 2023

The old market town of Newbury lies an hour or so from London, on the edge of the chalky Berkshire Downs. Like any 1,000-year-old English settlement, it has seen its fair share of history, but it is probably best known for its 200-year-old horse-racing course. Or perhaps Greenham Common holds that distinction. The WWII air force ...

Article: Liner Notes

Espen Berg Trio: Free To Play

by Chris May
February 3, 2023

If you ask a jazz fan to name the greatest piano-trio albums ever made, the probability is that their top twenty choices will include most, if not all, of the following: Erroll Garner's Concert By The Sea (Columbia, 1955), Ahmad Jamal's But Not For Me (Argo, 1958), Bill Evans's Sunday At The Village Vanguard (Riverside, 1961), ...

Song of the Day

Short Story

January 31, 2023

Album: Affirmation
By Arild Andersen
Label: ECM Records
Released: 2022
Duration: 07:28

Article: Liner Notes

Morten Schantz Trio: Passenger

by Ian Patterson
January 7, 2023

It might be tempting to view Morten Schantz's Passenger as a lockdown album, recorded as it was during those strange times of isolation, but the music can perhaps better be understood as the culmination of personal and musical growth stretching back over more than two decades. Schantz first led a piano trio whilst still ...

Album

Affirmation

By Arild Andersen

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Affirmation Part I: One; Two; Three; Four; Affirmation Part II: Five; Six; Seven; Short Story.

Article: Album Review

Arild Andersen Group: Affirmation

Read "Affirmation" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
December 18, 2022

For almost half a century, Arild Andersen has been a pillar of Manfred Eicher's ECM label. His ECM albums have traversed dissimilar territory, from the brooding Shimri (1976), the folk-influenced Sagn (1990), to the orchestral grandeur of Live at Belleville (2008). At seventy-seven, the Norwegian bassist offers the almost entirely improvised Affirmation. Andersen is joined by ...

Article: Album Review

Arild Andersen Quartet: Affirmation

Read "Affirmation" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
December 12, 2022

Arild Andersen began his association with ECM Records in 1975, with the release of his album Clouds In My Head. He has released over 20 more recordings in a leadership role for the label, and has participated in even more albums--for ECM and other labels--in a sideman role, joining artists as diverse as pianists Bobo Stenson, ...

Article: Live Review

Vossa Jazz 2022: In Three Dimensions

by Josef Woodard
April 20, 2022

Vossa Jazz Festival Voss, Norway March 31-April 2, 2022 Like many jazz festivals trying to find a safe passage through the challenging pandemic hurdles, Norway's venerable Vossa Jazz festival kept the faith via “Plan B" operations in the past two years. Hybrid streaming and live models and a pared-down festival last September ...

Article: Live Review

Belgrade Jazz Festival 2021

by Martin Longley
March 11, 2022

Belgrade Jazz Festival Dom Omladine/Kombank Dvorana Belgrade, Serbia October 26-November 1, 2021 The 37th Belgrade Jazz Festival made a full return to its accustomed international nature, following the late 2020 mostly-Serbian edition. Artists successfully managed to arrive from the USA and various parts of Europe, with no cancellations ...

Album

A New Dawn

By Marius Neset

Label: ACT Music
Released: 2021
Track listing: A New Creation: Theme From Manmade; Old Poison (XL); A Taste Of Spring; Brighter Times; A Day In The Sparrow's Life; Morning Mist; The Real Ysj; Theme From Every Little Step.