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Available Today, New ECM Releases by Bobo Stenson Trio, Ralph Alessi Quartet and Ralph Towner
New ECM Releases by Bobo Stenson Trio, Ralph Alessi Quartet and Ralph Towner Available Today Bobo Stenson Trio | Sphere | March 17, 2023 The Bobo Stenson Trio’s ability of covering far-reaching idioms and wide-ranging repertoire within the scope of their personal diction has become both hallmark and custom, inspiring The New York Times to say the pianist “makes sublime piano-trio…
Read MoreKeith Jarrett | “Book of Ways”
ECM Reissues Keith Jarrett’s Book of Ways The 2-CD Comes in New Packaging with High Quality Paper Sleeves and Gold Embossed Lettering Available Tomorrow Book of Ways was recorded on the 14th of July 1986 in Ludwigsburg. Rather amazing is the great variety of sound and rhythm – Keith Jarrett played alternately one or two instruments simultaneously. Beyond unmistakeable…
Read MoreECM Luminescence Vinyl Series
ECM Launches Luminessence, its New Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series, on April 28 with Kenny Wheeler’s Gnu High and Nana Vasconcelos’s Saudades The Series Includes Jewels of the Label’s Deep Catalogue That Have Been Long out of Print or Never Been Available on Vinyl in Elegant, High-Quality Editions Cut from the Original Masters Made in Europe Analogue Production Wherever Possible Luminessence, ECM’s new audiophile vinyl-reissue…
Read MoreRalph Towner | At First Light
Guitarist Ralph Towner, an ECM Artist for More Than Five Decades, Releases His Solo Album At First Light In Addition to New Towner Pieces, At First Light Also Includes His Personal Take on Tunes from Broadway Musicals Available March 17 on ECM Records “A convincing case can be made that Ralph Towner is at his finest in a solo…
Read MoreECM February and March Releases
ECM Releases New Albums by Bobo Stenson Trio, Ralph Alessi Quartet and Gianluigi Trovesi & Stefano Montanari ECM announces new albums, including Bobo Stenson Trio’s Sphere, Ralph Alessi Quartet’s It’s Always Now and Gianluigi Trovesi & Stefano Montanari’s Stravaganze consonanti. More information on these releases is available below. Gianluigi Trovesi & Stefano Montanari | Stravaganze consonanti | February 24, 2023 In…
Read MoreECM Vinyl Releases
ECM Releases Vinyl Editions of Avishai Cohen, Mark Turner, Tord Gustavsen, John Scofield, Oded Tzur and Enrico Rava & Fred Hersch Available Today There is a searching, yearning quality to Naked Truth, and a raw beauty and vulnerability in Avishai Cohen’s trumpet sound on his most improvisational ECM recording to date. Mark Turner’s writing for his quartet on Return…
Read MoreOn January 20, ECM Releases Albums by Mette Henriette, Anders Jormin, Stephan Micus and Sebastian Rochford & Kit Downes
On January 20, ECM Releases Albums by Mette Henriette, Anders Jormin, Stephan Micus and Sebastian Rochford & Kit Downes ECM announces four albums to be released on January 20, including Mette Henriette’s Drifting, Anders Jormin’s Pasaco en claro, Stephan Micus’ Thunder, and Sebastian Rochford and Kit Downe’s A Short Diary. More information on these releases is available below. Mette Henriette | Drifting | January…
Read More2022 Releases | ECM
ECM 2022 Releases ECM began 2022 with pianist Kit Downes’ Vermillion, where he and his trio treaded gentle lyricism and bold creative outbursts in equal measures. Israeli trumpeter Avishai Cohen showed a raw beauty and vulnerability on Naked Truth, his most improvisational ECM recording to date, and saxophonist Mark Turner’s Return from the Stars was an album both exhilarating and thoughtful in its…
Read MoreArild Andersen Group | “Affirmation” | ECM
Affirmation, Norwegian Bassist Arild Andersen’s First Recording with His New Quartet, is Almost Entirely Improvised Featuring Tenor Saxophonist Marius Neset, Pianist Helge Lien and Drummer Håkon Mjåset Johansen Available Tomorrow via ECM Records “As he edges ever closer to 80, Andersen proves with Affirmation that he’s still got plenty left in the tank.” — The Big Takeover In November…
Read MoreAvailable Friday: Benjamin Lackner | “Last Decade” | ECM
On Last Decade, Pianist Benjamin Lackner Leads an Exceptional Cast of Instrumentalists With a Keen Sense of Restraint Featuring Trumpeter Mathis Eick, Drummer Manu Katché and Bassist Jérôme Regard Available Friday via ECM Records Benjamin Lackner’s label debut, Last Decade, is a concentrated investigation into patient quartet interplay, as the pianist leads an exceptional cast…
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