Elina Duni Quartet: Dallëndyshe

Patrice Moret | Colin Vallon | Elina Duni | Norbert Pfammatter

I don't know much about Albanian jazz. But perhaps that doesn't matter much in the case of Elina Duni's Dallëndyshe...

Reviewed in issue May/2015

Jormin/Willemark/Nakagawa: Trees of Light

A Japanese-Swedish link-up might seem odd at first but ECM tend to recognise the potential in fertile connections such as...

Reviewed in issue May/2015

Anouar Brahem: Souvenance

Klaus Gesing | Anouar Brahem | Pietro Mianiti | François Couturier | Björn Meyer

Don't you just love the bombast and bluster of a big orchestra? Richard Strauss wrote for the Orchestra della Svizzera...

Reviewed in issue April/2015

Sinikka Langeland: The Half-Finished Heaven

On her fourth for the label, the Scandinavian kantele table harp player-vocalist invites you into an enchanting universe of north...

Reviewed in issue April/2015

Eberhard Weber: Encore

Ack van Rooyen | Eberhard Weber

Smoke and mirrors? Or an intriguing re-creation of past musics? Either way this is a significant release, not least because...

Reviewed in issue April/2015

Cymin Samawatie & Cyminology: Phoenix

While deep-rooted in Persian and Sufi poetry, this German-born Iranian vocalist has a quintet well versed in coolly improvised chamber...

Reviewed in issue April/2015

Andy Sheppard: Surrounded by Sea

Andy Sheppard | Michel Benita | Eivind Aarset | Seb Rochford

British saxophonist Andy Sheppard's third album for ECM marks the next stage in the musical evolution of his Trio Libero,...

Reviewed in issue April/2015

Mathias Eick: Midwest

Jon Balke | Gjermund Larsen | Mathias Eick | Mats Eilertsen | Helge Norbakken

This is the third album on ECM by the 30-year-old Norwegian trumpeter following 2011's Skala and the 2007 debut The...

Reviewed in issue April/2015

Jakob Bro: Gefion

Jon Christensen | Jakob Bro | Thomas Morgan

Gefion – the name of the Norse goddess of ploughing, prophecy and premonition – is 36-year-old Danish guitarist Jakob Bro's...

Reviewed in issue April/2015

Vijay Iyer Trio: Break Stuff

Marcus Gilmore | Vijay Iyer | Stephan Crump

Three years ago this trio played ‘Hood’ at the Vortex in east London, during the Accelerando tour, and club goers...

Reviewed in issue March/2015