Ralph Towner – At First Light (ECM 2758. Album review by John Arnett) Fifty years ago this year, Ralph Towner released his first solo album “Diary”, also on ECM and produced, as […]
Ralph Towner – ‘At First Light’
Gianluigi Trovesi & Stefano Montanari – ‘Stravaganze consonanti’
Gianluigi Trovesi & Stefano Montanari – Stravaganze consonanti (ECM 2390. Review by Julian Maynard-Smith) Italian clarinettist and saxophonist Gianluigi Trovesi occupies a similar musical territory to French reeds player Louis Sclavis (and […]
Mette Henriette – ‘Drifting’
Mette Henriette – Drifting (ECM Records – ECM 2766. Album review by Graham Spry) It was in 2014 Sami-Norwegian saxophonist Mette Henriette recorded her debut album in Oslo for ECM (review link […]
Sebastian Rochford – ‘A Short Diary’
Sebastian Rochford – A Short Diary (ECM 2749. Album Review by Patrick Hadfield) Sebastian Rochford is perhaps best known for having been the driving force behind the iconoclastic band Polar Bear; his […]
Jakob Bro and Joe Lovano: ‘Once Around the Room: A Tribute to Paul Motian’
Ten years after the death of Paul Motian, an ensemble led by Jakob Bro and Joe Lovano met in Copenhagen to record Once Around the Room, a powerful personal tribute to Motian’s […]
Keith Jarrett – ‘Bordeaux Concert’
Keith Jarrett – Bordeaux Concert (ECM 4576608. Album review by Jon Turney) Will this be the final solo piano release from Keith Jarrett? We know he can no longer perform, but you’d […]
Jakob Bro Trio with Anders Christensen and Brian Blade at Flagey, Brussels
Jakob Bro Trio with Anders Christensen and Brian Blade (Flagey Studio 1, Brussels. Sunday 4 September 2022. Fourth night of four. Live review by Dick Hovenga(*) Dick Hovenga, who runs the Dutch […]
Enrico Rava and Fred Hersch – ‘The Song is You’
Enrico Rava and Fred Hersch – The Song is You (ECM 4534395. Album review by Jon Turney) A late career meeting one might not have thought of, but that immediately sounds like […]
Julia Hülsmann Quartet – “The Next Door”
Julia Hülsmann Quartet – The Next Door(ECM Records. Review by Graham Spry) Since the release of her remarkable debut album, The End of a Summer, on ECM Records in 2008, a new […]
John Scofield – ‘Solo’
John Scofield – Solo(ECM 2727. Album review by Denny Ilett) Ever since Joe Pass’ legendary ‘Virtuoso’ series of unaccompanied albums from the late 1970s, the solo recording has been something of a […]
Mark Turner – ‘Return from the Stars’
Mark Turner – Return from the Stars (ECM Records, ECM 2684. Review by Graham Spry) The great California-born tenor saxophonist Mark Turner once again gives free rein to his passion for the […]
Craig Taborn – ‘Shadow Plays’
Craig Taborn – Shadow Plays (ECM 2693. CD review by John Stevenson) Known for several decades as an adventurous sideman in the equally daring ensembles of saxophonists James Carter, Tim Berne, and […]
Andrew Cyrille Quartet – ‘The News’
Andrew Cyrille Quartet – The News (ECM 3520703. CD review by Jon Turney) This superb follow up to the great drummer Andrew Cyrille’s 2016 quartet release The Declaration of Musical Independence reunites […]
10 Tracks by Miroslav Vitous I Can’t Do Without… by Matt Ridley
In the latest of our series in which jazz musicians do a deep (and entirely personal and selective) dive into the music of their idols, bassist Matt Ridley (*) writes about Czech […]
Nik Bärtsch – ‘Entendre’
Nik Bärtsch – Entendre (ECM 3528110. CD Review by John Bungey) Nik Bärtsch is one of that esteemed band of musicians whose work you can recognise within 30 seconds (*). The Swiss […]
