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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 ...

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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 ...

Album

Five Years Later

By Ralph Towner

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Late Night Passenger; Isla; Half Past Two; Microtheme; Caminata; The Juggler's Etude; Bumabia; Child's Play.

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Vince Mendoza: Start Here

by John Kelman
December 30, 2014

Vince Mendoza Start Here World Pacific1990 In the fall of 1990, I was visiting Amsterdam for four days between business engagements in other European countries and, as usual, the first order of the day was to scope out a good music store. Luckily, there was one within walking distance of the ...

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Oregon: In Performance

by John Kelman
December 29, 2014

Oregon In Performance Elektra 1980 Sometimes it's a great experience to hear a live recording where you were actually at the show and can recall some of its most exhilarating moments. In the case of today's Rediscovery, Oregon's In Performance, I was at only one of the dates from which this ...

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Eberhard Weber: :rarum Selected Recordings

by John Kelman
December 25, 2014

Eberhard Weber :rarum Selected Recordings ECM Records 2004 Some days you want to hear a bit of everything, so today's Rediscovery? Eberhard Weber's :rarum Selected Recordings, a compilation of some of his work as a leader and a guest for the venerable ECM label, ranging from his own Colours group to ...

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Collin Walcott: Grazing Dreams

by John Kelman
December 23, 2014

Colin Walcott Grazing Dreams ECM Records 1977 It's always great to go back and revisit a longtime favorite not heard in too long. Today's Rediscovery? Collin Walcott's Grazing Dreams, an ECM classic with Don Cherry, John Abercrombie, Palle Danielsson and Dom Um Romao. A truly deep recording that makes Walcott's death ...

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: Take Five With...

David Friesen e il Questionario di Proust

by AAJ Staff
November 26, 2014

All About Jazz: Il tratto principale della mia musica. David Friesen Melodie cantabili e progressioni armoniche inconsuete. AAJ La qualità che desidero nei musicisti che suonano con me. D.F. La capacità di ascoltare. AAJ Come musicista, il momento in cui sono stato più felice. ...

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Take Five With Marcin Olak

by AAJ Staff
September 29, 2014

Meet Marcin Olak: Marcin Olak is one of the most interesting Polish jazz guitar players. He is one of the few who play modern jazz on classical and acoustic guitars, using the specific sound and articulative possibilities of those instruments; sometimes he also plays electric guitar. He moves between various styles: jazz, classical and contemporary, ...