Born in Tel Aviv, trumpeter Avishai Cohen moved to the US to study at Berklee and won the Thelonious Monk competition in 1997. He recently released the fourth record in his own […]
In lockdown with… trumpeter Avishai Cohen
#IWD2020: Areni Agbabian, vocalist, pianist and composer
Leah Williams speaks to Armenian-American musician Areni Agbabian for International Women’s Day about the women who raised her musically, working with Tigran Hamasyan, and signing to ECM Records. Areni is best-known to […]
Oded Tzur – “Here Be Dragons”
Oded Tzur – Here Be Dragons (ECM 083 5998. CD review by Peter Bacon) Oded Tzur makes an extraordinary sound with his tenor saxophone. I suppose the last time I was quite so […]
ECM at 50 Celebration Concerts at the Royal Academy of Music
RAM concerts: ECM at 50 (Susie Sainsbury Theatre, RAM, 30 and 31 January 2020. Review by Sebastian Scotney – Thursday; Sam Norris – Friday first half) The Royal Academy’s celebration of the […]
Keith Jarrett – “Munich 2016”
Keith Jarrett – Munich 2016 (ECM. 2667/68 779 3748. CD Review by Patrick Hadfield) Every time I see there’s a new release of solo piano by Keith Jarrett, I find myself asking […]
Royal Academy of Music to mark ECM Records’ 50th Anniversary (30-31 Jan 2020)
Sebastian writes: It has just been announced that the Royal Academy of Music will have a mini-festival over two nights to mark the ECM Records 50th Anniversary. 30 January, 7.30 pm Susie […]
Kit Downes (new album Dreamlife of Debris, now out on ECM)
Pianist, organist and composer Kit Downes has just released Dreamlife of Debris, his second album as leader on ECM Records. He spoke to Peter Bacon about the preceding musical journey and the churches […]
Vjay Iyer and Craig Taborn – The Transitory Poems
Vjay Iyer and Craig Taborn – The Transitory Poems (ECM: 773 0119. CD review by Nick Davies) Vijay Iyer and Craig Taborn, two of creative music’s most resourceful players, learned to meld and […]
Trio Tapestry/Elina Duni and Rob Luft (2019 EFG LJF)
Trio Tapestry/Elina Duni and Rob Luft (Queen Elizabeth Hall, 17 November 2019. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Chris Parker) As a way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of […]
Julia Hülsmann (Cambridge Jazz Festival 15 Nov, EFG LJF 17 Nov, new ECM album out today)
“Everything develops slowly, sometimes suddenly, and not in straight lines.” Pianist, composer and band leader Julia Hülsmann has a deep understanding of the way her music needs to move forward. She has […]
Enrico Rava/Joe Lovano – Roma
Enrico Rava/Joe Lovano – Roma (ECM 774 2428. Review by Peter Bacon) Such is the quality of live recordings these days that it can come as a surprise to hear applause at […]
Gianluigi Trovesi/Gianni Coscia – La Misteriosa Musica Della Regina Loana
Gianluigi Trovesi/Gianni Coscia – La Misteriosa Musica Della Regina Loana (ECM 773 8787. CD review by Peter Bacon) There is an awful lot of very good jazz around today being made by young […]
Marco Ambrosini’s Ensemble Supersonus – Resonances
Marco Ambrosini’s Ensemble Supersonus – Resonances (ECM 776 3608. CD review by Peter Bacon) Looking for a timbral shift from the conventional instruments of jazz? Look no further. To listen to Ensemble […]
Giovanni Guidi – Avec Le Temps
Giovanni Guidi – Avec Le Temps (ECM 2604. CD review by Mike Collins) Giovanni Guidi has a string of ECM recordings under his belt, both as a sideman and as leader of his […]
Paul Bley/Gary Peacock/Paul Motian – When Will the Blues Leave
Paul Bley/Gary Peacock/Paul Motian – When Will the Blues Leave (ECM 7740423. Recorded 1999. CD Review by Olie Brice) The recorded history of jazz gives us glimpses into a process, snapshots […]
