Muzica ECM Records

2016

Jakob Bro - chitara
Thomas Morgan - contrabas
Joey Baron - tobe


Danish guitarist Jakob Bro creates magical music, impossible to categorize or capture. The songs on ‘Streams’ are best described as jewels revolving in mid-air, reflecting and refracting light. […] The beauty of ‘Streams’ is in its unknowingness, its sense of wonder and possibility. [ Ken Micallef, Downbeat ]

• Numar discuri: 1
• Greutate Vinil: 180g

• Gen muzica: Jazz
• Tip Album: VINIL

Noiembrie 1989

Walter Fahndrich - viola solo

The album consists of four pieces in five tracks, each simply demarcated in Roman numerals. A swaying rhythm dominates a beautiful string of overtones in “IV.” “II” distinguishes itself by its daunting 24-minute length and rapid arpeggios that work their way into a glorious spiral. Occasional passages played sul tasto (i.e., over the fingerboard) are particularly striking for their almost bell-like quality. The overall effect is nothing short of meditative. Fahndrich scrapes at the strings in “III” to produce a veritable symphony of avian peeps and insectile chirps in the album’s most organic diversion. “VI” a call-and-response of harmonics and fuller notes. [ ecmreviews ]

• Numar discuri: 1
• Greutate Vinil: Normal

• Gen muzica: Contemporana
• Tip Album: VINIL

2017

Vijay Iyer Piano, Fender Rhodes
Stephan Crump Double Bass
Tyshawn Sorey Drums
Steve Lehman Alto Saxophone
Mark Shim Tenor Saxophone
Graham Haynes Cornet, Flugelhorn, Electronics

The 10-track, nearly hour-long album offers one of the bandleader’s strongest and most varied programs—one in which feverish ensemble writing hangs together with groove-oriented tracks and sparer experimental textures. […] The union of players and material inspires a new synthesis: the sound of Iyer consolidating strengths and discovering some new ones as he settles into the vibe created by his most potent band yet. [ Seth Colter Walls, Pitchfork ]

• Numar discuri: 2
• Greutate Vinil: 180g

• Gen muzica: Jazz
• Tip Album: VINIL

1986

Kim Kashkashian - viola
Robert Levin - pian

Simply overflowing with musical brilliance, it remains one of the finest examples of what the viola is capable of. Kim Kashkashian’s technique and passion are almost palpable and one can only marvel at the humble respect she brings to both. The viola doesn’t simply exist somewhere between violin and cello, forever doomed to be second rate to both. It is, rather, an utterly dynamic and rich musical object, and the ways in which Hindemith unravels its subtler intonations in these sonatas is nothing short of monumental. Every chapter tells us something new, until the linguistic possibilities of the music represented in this eclectic set are exhausted. [ ecmreviews ]

• Numar discuri: 2
• Gen muzica: Contemporana
• Tip Album: CD

2018
Steve Tibbetts - chitara, pian
Marc Anderson - percutie
Michelle Kinney - violoncel, drone

One-of-a-kind guitarist and record-maker Steve Tibbetts has an association with ECM dating back to 1981, with his body of work reflecting that of an artist who follows his own winding, questing path. The BBC has described his music as “an atmospheric brew… brilliant, individual.”

Life Of…, his ninth album for the label, serves as something of a sequel to his 2010 ECM release, Natural Causes, which Jazz Times called “music to get lost in.” Like the earlier album, Life Of… showcases the richness of his Martin 12-string acoustic guitar, along with his gamelan-like piano and artfully deployed field samples of Balinese gongs; the sonic picture also incorporates the sensitive percussion of long-time musical partner Marc Anderson and the almost subliminal cello drones of Michelle Kinney.

• Numar discuri: 1
• Gen muzica: World
• Tip Album: CD

1986

Keith Jarrett - pian
Gary Peacock - bas
Jack DeJohnette - tobe

AllMusic: "Once Keith Jarrett gets into a concept, he likes to keep those tapes rolling. This two-disc live outpouring from a Standards Trio gig at Munich's Philharmonic Hall was the biggest offering from this group up to that time (it wouldn't hold that distinction for long) -- and once again, Jarrett treats his brace of pop and jazz standards with unpredictable, often eloquently melodic and structural originality.

To cite a pair of highlights: "Autumn Leaves" always seems to bring out an endless flow of invention from Jarrett, and "The Song Is You" gets off to a rollicking start and maintains a nearly relentless energy level for 17 minutes, closing with a Spanish vamp. Again, the rapport with his onetime jazz-rock associate, drummer Jack DeJohnette, and bassist Gary Peacock is total; DeJohnette's mastery of shifting cymbal patterns while maintaining the pulse acts on the trio like a loose tether made of carbon steel. There is a considerable amount of Jarrett vocalizing, though; sometimes he sounds like a tortured animal. "

• Numar discuri: 2
• Greutate Vinil: 180g

• Gen muzica: Jazz
• Tip Album: VINIL

1977
Keith Jarrett - pian, saxofon, percutie
Dewey Redman - saxofon tenor, percutie
Charlie Haden - contrabas
Paul Motian - tobe, percutie

The Survivors’ Suite, recorded in 1976, is the crowning achievement of Keith Jarrett’s “American Quartet” with Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian, and one of the all-time enduring masterpieces in the ECM catalogue. Melody Maker: “The Survivors’ Suite is a brilliantly organized and full-blooded work which provides the perfect setting for all four talents.

Initially published in January 1977, vinyl is reissued in April 2017 as audiophile pressing taken from the original analog tapes.

• Numar discuri: 1
• Greutate Vinil: 180g

• Gen muzica: Jazz
• Tip Album: VINIL

1977

Dennis Russell Davies - pian

AllMusic: "Keith Jarrett does not actually play on this LP; rather, it is Dennis Russell Davies, a classical pianist and conductor with whom Jarrett collaborates frequently, who performs this 32-minute Jarrett composition on a grand piano.

• Numar discuri: 1
• Greutate Vinil: 180g

• Gen muzica: Contemporana
• Tip Album: VINIL

Octombrie 1969

Abdullah Ibrahim ( aka. Dollar Brand ) - pian

AllMusic (Scott Yanow) :

"Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim was still known as "Dollar Brand" when he recorded this solo piano set for ECM; it has been reissued on CD under his original name. The continuous live performance (which is under 39 minutes) explores eight of Ibrahim's originals...Ibrahim was still in the process of finding his own sound at the time, although his improvisations (which use repetition and vamps effectively) have their interesting moments. Still, Ibrahim's later work is more significant."

• Numar discuri: 1
• Greutate Vinil: Normal

• Gen muzica: Jazz
• Tip Album: VINIL

• Numar discuri: 1
• Greutate Vinil: Normal

• Gen muzica: Jazz
• Tip Album: VINIL

• Numar discuri: 1
• Gen muzica: Contemporana
• Tip Album: VINIL

2019

Joe Lovano - saxofon tenor
Marilyn Crispell - pian
Carmen Castaldi - tobe

The album, produced by Manfred Eicher at New York’s Sear Sound studio, draws upon Lovano’s history and development as a player who has addressed both jazz tradition and exploratory improvisation. “For me this recording is a statement of where I am, where I’ve been and where I may be headed.” In a performer’s note in the CD booklet he says of the recording, “The divine timing of interplay and interaction is magical. Trio Tapestry is a melodic, harmonic, rhythmic musical tapestry throughout, sustaining moods and atmospheres.”

• Numar discuri: 1
• Greutate Vinil: 180g

• Gen muzica: Jazz
• Tip Album: VINIL

An adaption of the play by Harold Pinter.
Carla Bley and Ron McClure recorded during January 1976 at Grog Kill Studio, Willow, New York. Robert Wyatt and Chris Spedding recorded during February with the Manor Mobile at Delfina's farm. Little Bedwin, Wiltshire, England. Kevin Coyne recorded during April with the Virgin Mobile at the Gong farm, Whitney, Oxfordshire, England. Additional strings recorded during June and mixed during November at Grog Kill Studio.

• Numar discuri: 1
• Greutate Vinil: Normal

• Gen muzica: Jazz
• Tip Album: VINIL

• Numar discuri: 1
• Greutate Vinil: Normal

• Gen muzica: Jazz
• Tip Album: VINIL

• Numar discuri: 1
• Greutate Vinil: Normal

• Gen muzica: Jazz
• Tip Album: VINIL

Luminessence, ECM’s new audiophile vinyl-reissue - cut from the original analog master tapes

• Numar discuri: 3
• Greutate Vinil: 180g

• Gen muzica: Jazz
• Tip Album: VINIL

• Numar discuri: 1
• Greutate Vinil: Normal

• Gen muzica: Jazz
• Tip Album: VINIL

Septembrie 1990 - Compozitor: Gavin Bryars - Interpreteaza: Bill Frisell, Alexander Balanescu, Kate Musker, Tony Hinnigan, Roger Heaton, Dave Smith, Martin Allen, Simon Limbrick, Evan Parker, Stan Sulzmann, Ray Warleigh, Julian Arguelles

• Numar discuri: 1
• Greutate Vinil: Normal

• Gen muzica: Contemporana
• Tip Album: VINIL

2015


Mathias Eick - trompeta
Gjermund Larsen - vioara
Jon Balke - pian
Mats Eilertsen - contrabas
Helge Norbakken - percutie

Eick has a beautiful tone and writes attractive themes, by turns haunting and energetic. The inclusion of folk violinist Gjermund Larsen in the band adds a contrasting texture and some truly exciting solos. [ Dave Gelly, The Observer ]

• Numar discuri: 1
• Greutate Vinil: Normal

• Gen muzica: Jazz
• Tip Album: VINIL

1987
Gidon Kremer - vioara
Vladimir Mendelssohn - viola
Thomas Demenga - violoncel
Brass Ensemble Staatsorchester Stuttgart
The Hilliard Ensemble
Dennis Russell Davies - dirijor
Susan Bickley - alto
Lynne Dawson - soprana
David James - contratenor
Rogers Covey-Crump - tenor
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent - orga

Pärt's 1987 release, Arbos, shows the composer working within his medium, bringing forth a body of music sacred in sound and message and presenting new compositional techniques. Utilizing a limited palette of tones, arranged in repeating patterns, these works are often (understandably) categorized with the works of Glass, Reich, and Riley. The tonal palette is often borrowed from European medieval styles, and this, in conjunction with the liturgical subject matter, make these new compositions feel centuries old. His Pari Intervello, originally scored in 1978 for wind instruments, is here recorded for solo organ. One of his more famous pieces, Stabat Mater, is presented here -- an airy piece that floats just on the threshold of awareness. Scored for vocal trio and string trio, this is a simply beautiful piece -- very expressive and lilting. [ AllMusic ]

• Numar discuri: 1
• Gen muzica: Contemporana
• Tip Album: CD