Clik here to view.
MAL WALDRON·DOUDOU GOUIRAND·MICHEL MARRE - Space (1987)
A pianist with a brooding, rhythmic, introverted style, Mal Waldron's playing has long been flexible enough to fit into both hard bop and freer settings. Influenced by Thelonious Monk's use of space,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
STEVE GROSSMAN - Homecoming (2011)
Tracks1. Una Mas (Kenny Dorham)2. Katonah (Steve Grossman)3. Afro Blue (Mongo Santamaria)4. This Time the Dream's on Me (Harold Arlen)5. Ceora (Lee Morgan)6. Irresistable You (Gene DePaul)7. In a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MAX ROACH·MAL WALDRON - Explorations...To The Mth Degree (1999)
Featuring a comfortable duo between one of the kings of bebop, Max Roach, and master genre-bender Mal Waldron, this two-CD set contains a complete concert in honor of the pianist's 70th birthday....
View ArticleClik here to view.
SATOKO FUJII - Indication (1996)
Japanese pianist Satoko Fujii, who had previously recorded a duet album with fellow pianist Paul Bley, is heard playing nine adventurous, unaccompanied solos on this interesting set. Her improvising on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
SATOKO FUJII featuring PAUL BLEY - Something About Water (1996)
Sakoto Fuji's album of solos and four-handed duets with Paul Bley is perhaps one of the more stunning improv piano recordings of the 1990s. Fuji's style, one of refined maximalism and sharp, angular...
View ArticleClik here to view.
SATOKU FUJII ORCHESTRA TOKYO - Live (2006)
De todas las formas expresivas en que se manifiesta la música de Fujii, sus proyectos orquestales son los que más se acercan a las fuentes tradicionales americanas. Su herencia oriental está presente;...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ENRICO RAVA - Tati (2005)
Enrico Rava's restrained trumpet playing has been regarded in modern times as perfectly reflective of the ECM sound. It is wrapped in European classical music while displaying a lyricism that goes...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CRAIG TABORN - Light Made Lighter (2001)
The second album by Michigan jazz pianist Craig Taborn -- known to most jazz fans as a sideman to James Carter -- is a giant leap past the adept musicianship shown on his DIW debut. Taborn's trio, with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
EBERHARD WEBER - Chorus (1985)
One might easily switch the title of Eberhard Weber’s Chorus with that of Fluid Rustle and none would be the wiser. Where the latter brims with voices and color, this relatively monochromatic effort is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
EBERHARD WEBER - Later Than Evening (1982)
Tracks01. Maurizius 02. Death in the Carwash 03. Often in the Open04. Later That Evening BILL FRISELL guitarPAUL McCANDLESS bass clarinet, oboe, English horn, soprano saxophoneLYLE MAYS...
View ArticleClik here to view.
DAVE DOUGLAS - A Songs For Wandering Souls (1999)
The irrepressible Dave Douglas delivers another installment in the life of the Tiny Bell Trio, which features his own inimitable trumpet style, but the rhythmic invention of Jim Black on drums, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
DAVE DOUGLAS - Bow River Falls (2004)
Recorded during Dave Douglas' residence as director of the Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music in Banff, Alberta, Bow River Falls finds the trumpeter among an intimate small group...
View ArticleClik here to view.
DAVE DOUGLAS - Meaning And Mystery (2006)
Dave Douglas has been involved in a number of projects over recent years that have kept his fine quintet from recording since 2002. Meaning and Mystery showcases the band -- Douglas on trumpet, Uri...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MARIO SCHIANO·FAMOUDOU DON MOYE·MARCELLO MELIS·GIANCARLO SCHIAFFINI - Uncages...
Whoa! Now this is free jazz. On the Italian reed king's 28th record (recorded way back in 1991), Mario Schiano and the great Art Ensemble of Chicago drummer Famoudou Don Moye and fellow Italians...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MARIO SCHIANO - Social Security (1996)
Recorded live at the Victoriaville Festival in 1996, this disc features the Italian saxophone and improvisation master surrounded by a band from heaven -- or hell, depending on your view of modern free...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MARIO SCHIANO·PETER KOWALD·PAUL LOVENS·ERNST REIJSEGER·PAUL RUTHERFORD - Used...
Tracklist1 Used To Be Friends Part One 15:252 Used To Be Friends Part Two 11:093 Used To Be Friends Part Three 6:294 Used To Be Friends Part Four 4:005 Used To Be Friends Part Five Plus Encore...
View ArticleClik here to view.
JACK DEJOHNETTE'S DIRECTIONS - Untitled (1976)
With Untitled, Jack DeJohnette’s Directions popped a jazz milestone into ECM’s prolifically expanding oven, and it still smells as fresh as the day it was baked. Building off DeJohnette’s robust intro...
View ArticleClik here to view.
WOLFGANG DAUNER - Dream Talk (1964)
Tracks01. Dream Talk (W. Dauner)02. Bird Food (Ornette Coleman)03. A Long Night (Wolfgang Dauner)04. Dämmerung (W. Dauner)05. Zehn Notizen (W. Dauner)06. Soul Eyes (Mal Waldron)07. Free Fall (W....
View ArticleClik here to view.
WOLFGANG DAUNER - Output (1970)
An early outlier in the ECM catalog, Output convulses with as much originality as it did when it was first released. Wolfgang Dauner, perhaps better known as founder of the United Jazz + Rock Ensemble...
View ArticleClik here to view.
JOHN TAYLOR - Angel Of The Presence (2004)
British pianist John Taylor has been an active player since the late 1960s with a range of partners including trumpeter Kenny Wheeler, reedman John Surman and drummer Peter Erskine. But, excluding his...
View Article