Reviews
Jack DeJohnette: Made In Chicago
Roscoe Mitchell | Larry Gray | Jack DeJohnette | Henry Threadgill | Muhal Richard Abrams
So prominent is his association with Keith Jarrett in the contemporary jazz consciousness, it is overlooked, if not known at...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
Chris Potter Underground Orchestra: Imaginary Cities
The world-class contemporary sax colossus Chris Potter seems to be something of a late bloomer in terms of his recordings...
Reviewed in issue March/2015
Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden/Paul Motian: Hamburg ‘72
Keith Jarrett | Paul Motian | Charlie Haden
The three albums by this trio that date from 1967-71 and which were most recently reissued on Atlantic have a...
Reviewed in issue February/2015
Marcin Wasilewski Trio with Joakim Milder: Spark of Life
Marcin Wasilewski | Slawomir Kurkiewicz | Joakim Milder | Michal Miskiewicz
This is the Marcin Wasilewski Trio's second outing on an ECM disc in just a matter of months, having provided...
Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Lumen Drones
Nils Økland | Per Steinar Lie | Ørjan Haaland
Expect no twists on the US jazz tradition, or safe or even avant-garde takes on tunes from the Great American...
Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2014/2015
David Virelles: Mboko
David Virelles | Roman Diaz | Robert Hurst | Marcus Gilmore | Thomas Morgan
It would be unfair to burden the young Cuban pianist with pressurising hyperbole but he has all the makings of...
Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Ketil Bjørnstad: A Passion for John Donne
Birger Mistereggen | Håkon Daniel Nystedt | Håkon Kornstad | Ketil Bjørnstad | Oslo Chamber Choir
A Passion for John Donne was premiered live in 2012 at the Sofienberg church in the Oslo hometown of the...
Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Jøkleba: Outland
Jon Balke | Audun Kleive | Per Jørgensen
This is the fifth recording from the Norwegian trio Jøkleba, but their first for ECM. While that would be considered...
Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Michael Mantler: The Jazz Composer's Orchestra Update
Here's an unexpected act of revisiting – not least because of the financial and logistical demands in gathering such large...
Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Robin Williamson: Trusting In The Rising Light
Robin Williamson | Ches Smith | Mat Maneri
This is the Incredible String Band founder and veteran visionary Scottish singer-songsmith Robin Williamson's fourth ECM disc of musicalised poetry....
Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2014/2015
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