Ketil Bjørnstad: Sunrise

Bjørn Kjellemyr | Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen | Egil Fossum | Kari Bremmnes | Aage Kvalbein | Ketil Bjørnstad | Matias Bjørnstadt

Sunrise is subtitled A cantata on texts by Edvard Munch, and was originally commissioned by the Nordstrand Musikkselskap Choir for...

Reviewed in issue July/2014

Jacob Young: Forever Young

Trygve Seim | Marcin Wasilewski | Slawomir Kurkiewicz | Jacob Young | Michal Miskiewicz

On this, his third album for ECM, the Norwegian guitarist Jacob Young is joined by saxophonist Trygve Seim, whom he...

Reviewed in issue July/2014

Kappeler/Zumthor: Babylon-Suite

Swiss musicians Vera Kappeler and Peter Conradin Zumthor between them play piano, drums, toy piano, voice and harmonium on a...

Reviewed in issue July/2014

Muthspiel Grenadier Blade: Driftwood

Wolfgang Muthspiel | Brian Blade | Larry Grenadier

While he's far less known in the UK, the 49-year-old guitarist and composer Wolfgang Muthspiel is one of the most...

Reviewed in issue July/2014

Miroslav Vitous Group:

Miroslav Vitous | Jan Christensen | Kenny Kirkland | John Surman

What startles here is the piano playing of Kirkland. Barely 25, he has a kick-ass attitude mixed with the vet's...

Reviewed in issue May/2014

Sam Rivers: Contrasts

Dave Holland | George Lewis | Thurman Barker | Sam Rivers

The title is not superficial. Indeed in light of other works (Contours, Colors, Hints On Light And Shadow), it captures...

Reviewed in issue May/2014

Paul Bley: Play Blue-Live in Oslo

Paul Bley

Bley's gentle subversion of established jazz practice in the mid-1960s on albums such as Closer on the ESP label appeared...

Reviewed in issue May/2014

Keith Jarrett: Arbour Zena

Dennis Russell Davies | Keith Jarrett

These two albums are part of the first batch of ECM's The Story Of Our Listening compact disc reissue series...

Reviewed in issue May/2014

Ralph Towner/John Abercrombie: Five Years Later

Ralph Towner | John Abercrombie

Another gem from the ECM vaults that has never previously been reissued on compact disc, Five Years Later – referring...

Reviewed in issue May/2014

Tim Hegarty: Tribute

Paul Metzke | Carlos Ward | Sam Brown | Paul Motian | Charlie Haden

Hegarty has been on the New York scene for some 25 years now, with regular gigs in Gil Evans bands...

Reviewed in issue October/2019