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Slartibartfast 
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Posted: 27 Nov 2011 at 1:20pm |
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I think the problem with a lot of the fusion music is that it's extremely predictable, it's a rock rhythm and the solos all play the same stuff and they play it over and over again ...
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Eetu Pellonpää
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Posted: 16 Dec 2011 at 9:13am |
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Here's one sample of their classical music output, quite many Giya Kancheli's recordings released trough the ECM label.
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Posted: 16 Dec 2011 at 6:10pm |
Sorry, I was not able to watch this. The video which is irreproducible for me.
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snobb
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Posted: 17 Dec 2011 at 11:48am |
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Giya Kancheli is greatest modern Georgian composer, lot of his works lay somewhere on the border of classics,modern and Georgian folklore music:
He wrote music for many films and theater plays as well Edited by snobb - 17 Dec 2011 at 11:54am |
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snobb
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Posted: 15 Sep 2012 at 6:28am |
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ECM released live album of cult following having
Swiss nu jazz musician Nik Bartsch:
 kind of post-jazz ? Edited by snobb - 29 May 2015 at 3:43am |
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snobb
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Posted: 02 Oct 2012 at 11:44am |
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Second double bassist Michael Formanek's album on ECM:
 All stars modern jazz team: New ECM CD Release "Small Places" Concert Dates:October 2nd and 3rd – The Jazz Standard, NYC with The Michael Formanek Quartet. October 4th – The Regattabar, Boston, MA with The Michael Formanek Quartet. October 5th – Open Music Collective, Brattleboro, VT with The Michael Formanek Quartet. October 6th – The Windup Space, Baltimore, MD with The Michael Formanek Quartet. October 7th – The Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA. The Michael Formanek Quartet. Michael Formanek Quartet European Tour |
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Posted: 17 Oct 2012 at 4:17pm |
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Saw Michael Formanek trio (no mistake - in Vilnius they played as drummless trio, not quartet) playing live and after listened intensively to their new album for some days. Great ECM release - interesting combination of American jazz and ECM aesthetics: extremely well controlled but still quite free inside sound.
It's great to notice how ECM during some last years changing direction (very safely though) from polished,well calculated chamber jazz to more adventurous music. For sure they don't do fast moves, but after twenty or more years producing of lot and lot quality but faceless and bloodless sterile products they obviously feel they need changes to stay on the top. New Formanek's album (second in row for ECM) is great example of such changes - music is still same ECM jazz, but less polished, less comfortable and more clever and adventurous. Don't expect freedom of solo Tim Berne's works though - on "Small Places" he is strictly controlled by project's formula, his function is to add very calculated amount of freer sax to well balanced brew. More adventurous is pianist Craig Taborn work ( on their live album's presentation he demonstrated some excellent improvs, unfortunately studio album is more safe and well balanced). It's interesting that during concert sound and music in whole sounded maximally close to what you can hear on studio album - almost minimum emotions, very professional,well calculated music, true ECM sound. In all - one of best ECMalbum (at least from what I heard) from this year releases, enough accessible and nice to attract more conservative listener, but not too predictable or boring for those searching more adventurous music. Still for real experimental music I would recommend to search on Tim Berne solo albums.
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Posted: 20 Oct 2012 at 2:44am |
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Returning back to other significant ECM album, released earlier this year - Tim Berne's "Snakeoil", it's interesting to notice you wouldn't find there so-called "ECM sound". During some last years German ECM label for me became in some sense associate with another German top-brand, Mercedes Benz.
Great and expensive cars from 70s and 80s rulled the world, but nowaday being very respectable name Mercedes lost his sales and image mostly sleeping in old fame's bed. In Germany average new Mercedes owner is successful man in his ... late 60s! I see here strong analog with ECM label, which started as high-quality quite an adventurous music company, but during last few decades in fact just became very safe and often too polished quality but almost always too predictable and often openly boring music's home. Some label's last time actions promise some changes - and I believe they need changes just to survive in modern world. Tim Berne's debut on ECM is recorded in NY with bass-less quartet including such unusual drummer for modern ECM as Ches Smith (Mr.Bungle, Marc Ribot,Fred Frith,etc). Result is really interesting, but I can understand lot of not-so-positive reviews on this album as well. It is not your typical sharp, explosive and noisy Berne.Some said this album is compromise to ECM aesthetics,and in some sense it is But - no even traces of "ECM sound"! Berne plays complex music, great balance between composed and improvised, with some European chamber music influence. Don't expect "old" Berne and typical ECM - it's something a bit new and different. Still whole album sounds more like first steps in new direction - I am really curious to hear what will come next.  Edited by snobb - 20 Oct 2012 at 2:48am |
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Posted: 21 Oct 2012 at 12:59pm |
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My newest ECM acquisition is Jon Hassel's
Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street |
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Posted: 30 Oct 2012 at 4:05am |
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Great news for Garbarek's world fusion music fans - ECM just released archival material,coming from 1981 and recorded during concerts of Haden/Gismonti/Garbarek trio. Two albums with trio studio material were released in 1980 and 1981 by ECM (crediting Haden as leader).
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Posted: 04 Nov 2012 at 7:24am |
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Christmas is not too far what mean it's time for Christmas trade. Labels know CDs are between popular gifts,so expect lot of new releases from known artists during november/december
 .First in line is new all-stars Nordic-British band's Food first studio release in 5 years:  Guests list is impressive - Nils Petter Molvaer and his regular guitarist Eivind Aarset among others
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Posted: 04 Nov 2012 at 1:42pm |
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Next (but far not last) ECM pre-Christmas release is Norwegian guitarist Eivind Aarset's new album "Dream Logic" (duet with electronics wizzard Jan Bang).Aarset's debut on ECM
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Posted: 05 Nov 2012 at 8:54am |
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Then, if you're not a big fan of modern (electronic) sound in your jazz, ECM have prepared more traditional release for you - new bassist Eberhard Weber live album. Weber is one of cornerstone of ECM fame with series of his albums from 70s , presenting some best examples of so-called "ECM sound". New release comes from different concerts,recorded between 1990-2007, solo or with participation of his glorious colaborator from ECM "golden age" reedist Jan Garbarek, and percussionist Michael DiPasqua.
 Will return with my impressions at first possibility when I will get one of three above mentioned albums.
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Posted: 09 Nov 2012 at 1:21pm |
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One more ECM fresh album (released a bit earlier this year) - Swedish pianist Bobo Stenton Trio's "Indicum". As usual high quality post bop and smooth jazz mix, fortunately closer to post bop - so not extremely polished, but enough comfortable. Very down tempo and relaxed but alive and professional enough for not beeing boring. As many other ECM standard albums not the music for adventurous listener, but regular "ECM sound" fan will like this album as well I expect.
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Posted: 12 Nov 2012 at 2:49am |
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ECM seriously re-evaluated their vaults this year and as result released some interesting archival recordings. Jarrett "European trio"'s (with Garbarek) archival material with concert recordings were recorded earlier (not 100% new music, similar material was already previously released on few albums) on "Sleeper" - generally nice album illustrating late stage of Jarrett and Garbarek collaboration. Still not finally polished and not so smooth this albums represents one of cornerstone artists of contemporary jazz, they influenced sub-genre for decades ahead.
Very soon after Keith Jarrett went solo, Garbarek participated in short-lived project with Charlie Haden and Brazilian pianist/guitarist Egberto Gismonti. In some sense this trio is Jarrett's "European quartet" with Gismonti instead of Jarrett and in trio format. Gismonti is obviously Jarrett influenced pianist, but with warmer and much more emotional sound. Originally trio release two studio albums in early 80s (under Haden as leader), quite ascetic and almost authentic folk tunes played by jazz musicians. "Magico: Carta De Amor" is trio's live debut, coming from latest days of trio existing. Recorded in Munich's Amerika Haus in April 1981, recording sound quaility is great and comparing with studio material contains lot of improvisations. Still heavily folklore (from Latin American to North European) based music. From all fuss around this album it looks ECM see it as one of candidate for their 2012 most commercially successful release Edited by snobb - 12 Nov 2012 at 2:50am |
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Posted: 14 Nov 2012 at 2:12pm |
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It took some days and lot of listening to find a key to new Eivind Aarset album. Just duo with electronics wizard Jan Bang - very ambient processed guitar, some bass and aerial ascetic electronics. Almost absolutely rhythmless,with very free-form structure music is somewhere on the border between progressive ambient and jazz, but experienced ear can catch tunes and internal logical constructions. Very often jazz albums' titles mean nothing, not in this case though - "Dream Logic: is excellent tag for what you will hear on this album.
Not a real jazz album in conservative sense , this album is very rare example of successful synthesis of jazz and ambient, very different from so-hated new age. Think about early Brian Eno great ambient albums played by jazz musicians and recorded in ECM tradition. Edited by snobb - 29 May 2015 at 3:48am |
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Posted: 16 Nov 2012 at 9:48am |
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Second of three new ECM releases - Eberhard Weber's "Resume" is collection of live solo bass recordings (1990-2007) reworked in studio. Weber even being one of ECM cornerstone musician at early 70s in fact always been very European jazzer - with strong chamber feel in his music and precisely composed music. So his bass solo recordings are far not free improvs on Barre Phillips or Barry Guy manner, more well composed tunes and songs. Additionally reworked in studio adding ascetic Weber's keyboards and Jan Garbarek's sax/flute (on 3 compositions),plus some Michael DiPasqua percussion.
Very atmospheric music, a bit melancholic and right under ECM tradition Edited by snobb - 16 Nov 2012 at 9:49am |
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Posted: 17 Nov 2012 at 4:25pm |
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Third fresh ECM album - Food's "Mercurial Balm" contains British-Norwegian duo live recordings, seriously reworked in studio. Meditative/ambient improvs (sax+drums+electronics), relaxed,liquid often close to new age are spiced in studio adding some guitars (Eivind Aarset, Christian Fennesz,Prakash Sontakke) and Nils Petter Molvaer's trumpet.
As a result the music is already traditional Nordic atmospheric ECM-style jazz, quite comfortable,but a bit too amorphous and not too much original. Both Molvaer and Aarset solo albums are much more concentrated and original. Nice background listening though  Edited by snobb - 17 Nov 2012 at 4:27pm |
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Posted: 27 Nov 2012 at 9:45am |
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One more ECM box set this year Jack DeJohnette Special Edition's 4 albums:
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