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Craig Taborn | Shadow Plays | Available October 8 via ECM
Pianist and Composer Craig Taborn Returns To Solo Piano Format with His Release Shadow Plays Available October 8 via ECM Ten years have passed since Craig Taborn’s Avenging Angel album was released, bringing strikingly fresh ideas to the solo piano idiom. “It reflects Mr Taborn’s galactically-broad interests,” said the New York Times, “along with his multifaceted technique,”…
Read MoreMathias Eick | When we leave | Available September 24 via ECM
Norwegian Trumpeter and Composer Mathias Eick Returns to Musical Storytelling with When we leave Available September 24 via ECM Mathias Eick is among the most immediately recognizable soloists to have emerged from the Norwegian jazz scene, and his wistful trumpet sound and strongly melodic compositions have met with a positive response around the world. When…
Read MoreMarcin Wasilewski Trio | En Attendant | Available September 10 via ECM
Marcin Wasilewski Trio Returns for their Seventh ECM Release with the Imaginative En attendant Available September 10 via ECM “Their years together have resulted in an ensemble with an utterly symbiotic creative flow,” observed Don Heckman in the Los Angeles Times, when the Marcin Wasilewski Trio was first making its presence felt on the international jazz scene. The improvisational…
Read MoreMarc Johnson | Overpass | Available August 27 via ECM
With Overpass, recorded in Brazil in 2018, Marc Johnson makes a decisive and intriguing contribution to ECM’s solo bass recordings. It is an album that takes note of that tradition – Johnson has said that Dave Holland’s Emerald Tears was among the solo recordings that fired his imagination almost half a century ago –…
Read MoreAndrew Cyrille Quartet | The News | Available August 27 via ECM
Andrew Cyrille’s album The News carries forward the story from The Declaration of Musical Independence, the 2014 ECM recording described by Down Beat as “an unabashed exploration into time, pulse space and atmosphere…ambitious yet simple, rich yet stripped-down, challenging yet infinitely satisfying.” The New York Times cited the album as evidence of a “late career…
Read MoreAVAILABLE NOW: Stephan Micus | “Winter’s End” | ECM
AVAILABLE NOW via ECM Multi-Instrumentalist Stephan Micus Utilizes Two Never Before Used Instruments, Amongst Eleven Instruments from Ten Countries, for his 24th Solo Album, Winter’s End The Japanese poem accompanying Winter’s End, Stephan Micus’ 24th solo album for ECM, seems like a metaphor for his music. He chuckles at the suggestion, as he thinks of the hours…
Read MoreStephan Micus | “Winter’s End” | Available June 11 via ECM
Multi-Instrumentalist Stephan Micus Utilizes Two Never Before Used Instruments, Amongst Eleven Instruments from Ten Countries, for his 24th Solo Album, Winter’s End Available June 11, 2021 via ECM The Japanese poem accompanying Winter’s End, Stephan Micus’ 24th solo album for ECM, seems like a metaphor for his music. He chuckles at the suggestion, as he thinks of the…
Read MoreNik Bartsch | “Entendre” | Available March 19 via ECM
Swiss Pianist/Composer Nik Bärtsch Explores Listening as a Dynamic Process with Solo Album, Entendre Available March 19, 2021 via ECM A fascinating solo album from the Swiss pianist and composer, Entendre offers deeper insight into pianist Nik Bärtsch’s musical thinking, illuminating aspects of his playing and the nature of his modular pieces. As its titles imply the…
Read MoreECM Announces First Releases for 2021: Shai Maestro and Joe Lovano’s Trio Tapestry
ECM Announces Two New Releases Coming January 29: Shai Maestro’s Human and Joe Lovano’s Trio Tapestry’s Garden of Expression ECM is set to kick off 2021 with two sophomore label releases from Shai Maestro and Joe Lovano’s Trio Tapestry. The pair of albums will be released on January 29, 2021. Maestro’s Human sees the pianist expanding his trio to a quartet…
Read MoreAVAILABLE TODAY: Elina Duni & Rob Luft | “Lost Ships” | ECM
Elina Duni and Rob Luft Explore Love and Exile with First Collaborative Album, Lost Ships Available TODAY, November 13, via ECM: Order Here Lost Ships is the first collaborative album from Elina Duni and Rob Luft. Their programme of songs of love and exile has been gathering momentum since 2017, when the Albanian-Swiss singer and the British guitarist…
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