Reviews
Lucian Ban/Mat Maneri: Transylvanian Concert
Although we have all heard of Transylvania, home of Count Dracula, there may be some who think it’s a fictional...
Reviewed in issue August/2013
Paul Motian: Conception Vessel/Tribute/Dance/Le Voyage/Psalm/It Should've Happened A Long Time Ago
It’s a cliché to suggest that you should buy this for the booklet, but it would be difficult to say...
Reviewed in issue August/2013
Ketil Bjørnstad: La Notte
Andy Sheppard | Eivind Aarset | Ketil Bjørnstad | Anja Lechner | Arild Andersen | Marilyn Mazur
Ketil Bjørnstadt is more than a pianist, he is a bold, and, as the passage of time has demonstrated, inexhaustible...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
Charles Lloyd: Quartets
This five CD-set charts the sublime American saxophonist’s collaboration with brilliant but underrated pianist Bobo Stenson between 1989 and 1996....
Reviewed in issue July/2013
Susanne Abbuehl: The Gift
Susanne Abbuehl | Wolfert Brederode | Matthieu Michel | Olavi Louhivuori
It begins quietly, oh-soatmospherically – this is an ECM album, after all – with Susanne Abbuehl’s voice on opener ‘The...
Reviewed in issue July/2013
Giovanni Guidi Trio: City of Broken Dreams
Giovanni Guidi | Joao Lobo | Thomas Morgan
Voted Best New Talent in 2007 by the Musica Jazz critic's poll, Giovanni Guidi previously appeared on Enrico Rava's ECM...
Reviewed in issue June/2013
Julia Hülsmann: In Full View
Marc Muellbauer | Heinrich Köbberling | Julia Hülsmann | Tom Arthurs
For her third release on the ECM label, the Berlin-based pianist Julia Hülsmann shifts format from trio to quartet. The...
Reviewed in issue June/2013
Craig Taborn: Chants
Thomas Morgan | Craig Taborn | Gerald Cleaver
Lost as it may be in the bottomless pit of early millennial recordings, Taborn's Light Made Lighter is one of...
Reviewed in issue June/2013
Nicolas Masson, Roberto Pianca, Emanuele Maniscalco: Third Reel
Emanuele Maniscalco | Nicolas Masson | Roberto Pianca
This new Swiss-Italian trio are signed to ECM and, appropriately enough, they make a very ECM-ish sound. Is that, one...
Reviewed in issue June/2013
Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette: Somewhere
Keith Jarrett | Gary Peacock | Jack DeJohnette | Jack Dejohnette
The first ‘Standards Trio’ issue for some years, this catches the band on excellent form in Lucerne, spanning a broad...
Reviewed in issue June/2013
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