Reviews

Review of Keith Jarrett: Rio

Keith Jarrett: Rio

Keith Jarrett

ECM

Rating: ★★★★★

Is this Keith Jarrett's finest solo recording to date? It could well be. Recorded in Rio de Janeiro earlier this...

Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Review of Album Interview: Chick Corea/Stefano Bollani: Orvieto

Album Interview: Chick Corea/Stefano Bollani: Orvieto

Stefano Bollani | Chick Corea

ECM

Rating: ★★★

The fusing of a pair of virtuosic live wires – the Milan-born Bollani with youth on his side and the...

Reviewed in issue November/2011

Review of Enrico Rava Quintet: Tribe

Enrico Rava Quintet: Tribe

Giovanni Guidi | Gianluca Petrella | Giacomo Ancillotto | Gabriele Evangelista | Fabrizio Sferra | Enrico Rava

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

New decade, new band, new album. Only trombonist Gianluca Petrella remains from Rava’s previous quintet but these young guys revel...

Reviewed in issue November/2011

Review of Stefano Battaglia Trio: The Rive of Anyder

Stefano Battaglia Trio: The Rive of Anyder

Stefano Battaglia | Roberto Dani | Salvatore Maiore

ECM

Rating: ★★★

One of the fascinating sub-plots of the European jazz scene is the number of exceptional piano talents Italy has produced...

Reviewed in issue October/2011

Review of Album Interview: Charles Lloyd And Maria Farantouri: Athens Concert

Album Interview: Charles Lloyd And Maria Farantouri: Athens Concert

Jason Moran | Charles Lloyd | Takis Farazis | Eric Harland | Socratis Sinopoulos | Maria Farantouri | Reuben Rogers

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

This must have been one hell of a night. How rarely does the atmosphere at a concert come over as...

Reviewed in issue October/2011

Review of Various Artists: Music For The Film Sound and Silence

Various Artists: Music For The Film Sound and Silence

Anja Lechner | Jan Garbarek | Eleni Karaindrou | Keith Jarrett | Gianluigi Trovesi | Jean-Louis Matinier | Kim Kashkashian | Gianni Coscia | Dino Saluzzi | Nik Bärtsch's Ronin

ECM

Rating: ★★★

This compilation contains music in its entire form taken from the fascinating new ECM documentary DVD Sound and Silence. Because...

Reviewed in issue October/2011

Review of The Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble: Music of Georges I.Gurdjieff

The Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble: Music of Georges I.Gurdjieff

Mesrop Khalatyan | Levon Eskenian | Aram Nikoghosyan | Avag Ayvazyan | Davit Avagyan | Vladimir Paikyan | Levon Torosyan | Emmanuel Hovhannisyan | Meri Vardanyan | Reza Nesimi

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

Keith Jarrett, a huge fan of the guru-like 20th century spiritual teacher Georges Gurdjieff, rekindled interest in the latter’s visionary...

Reviewed in issue October/2011

Review of Marcin Wasilewski Trio: Faithful

Marcin Wasilewski Trio: Faithful

Michal Miskiewicz | Slawomir Kurkiewicz | Marcin Wasilewski

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

When Wasilewski's trio were fronted by trumpeter Tomasz Stanko as his regular working band between 2001 and 2005 they were...

Reviewed in issue June/2011

Review of Konitz/Mehldau/Haden/Motian: Live At Birdland

Konitz/Mehldau/Haden/Motian: Live At Birdland

Paul Motian | Lee Konitz | Charlie Haden | Brad Mehldau

ECM

Rating: ★★★

A summit meeting or what? Six standards allowed to blossom and bear fruit delivered by a fabulous quartet of equals....

Reviewed in issue June/2011

Review of Craig Taborn: Avenging Angel

Craig Taborn: Avenging Angel

Taborn

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

If solo piano can be a rewarding gig because of the wealth of harmonic possibilities that the keyboard can offer...

Reviewed in issue June/2011

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