ECM

Keith Jarrett releases more albums cleaning the vaults - this time his solo paino album contains recordings from Japan and Europe where he plays Barber,Bartok and one original




listen here:

http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/mp3/keith-jarrett/5107


Edited by snobb - 30 Oct 2015 at 12:11pm

Julia Hulsmann Quartet plays, Theo Bleckmann sings - probably more tasteful pop than true jazz, but it works. Don't expect Kurt Weill cabaret though.





listen here:

http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/mp3/julia-hulsmann/5141

Armenian pianist Tigran Hamasyan for last decade have been one of the brightest young jazz stars, playing post-bop or jazz fusion, often scented with Caucasus music tradition. On his ECM debut  he will surprise even more - using label's already tested and really successful formula of combining  Jan Garbarek chamber saxophone music with Gregorian chants. Here on "Luys i Luso" Tigran plays tasteful and quite ascetic piano with Armenian chamber choir, musical material is Armenian sacred music starting from 5 century AD to our days. Comparing with Garbarek collaboration with The Hilliard ensemble (there are not too many others with whom this kind of music could be compared),Hamasyan and Armenian Chamber Choirs collaboration sounds seriously attractive - mostly because Armenian music is much lighter and far not so darkly depressive and totalitarian comparing with Gregorian chants. In both cases it's a music for fans, not for casul jazz lovers.





listen here:

http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/mp3/tigran-hamasyan/5381

Italian pianist Stefano Battaglia leads acoustic trio on his new album, dedicated to American pop songs and chamber music composer Alec Wilder's music. Characteristic for ECM South-European musicians warm and sentimental chamber balladry.


  

listen here:

http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/mp3/stefano-battaglia/5450

Young Norwegian sax player and composer Mette Henriette debut  - right on ECM and double CD (each CD recorded with different line-up). Very Nordic (and very ECM) music




listen here:

http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/mp3/mette-henriette-mette-henriette-martedatter-r%C3%B8lvag/5625


Edited by snobb - 30 Oct 2015 at 12:11pm

US guitarist Ben Monder's ECM debut contains actually some archive recordings with Paul Motian or Hamid Drake on drums and Pete Rende on synth (solo,duos and trio)



listen here:

http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/mp3/ben-monder/5677

Beside of Norwegian drummer Thomas Stronen just released (on ECM) album as leader, Anglo-Scandinavian project Food (with his participation) released their new album as well(as trio this time).
No big surprises here - their music is melodic,ambient/electronic scented characteristic Nordic/"ECM sound" soundscapes.

 

listen here:

http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/mp3/food/5722

release supporting gigs:



Edited by snobb - 23 Nov 2015 at 3:08pm

It already become a tradition for ECM to open the year's catalog with stronger than their average release (even if their average is stronge than almost any other jazz label average release as well). Year 2016 opens with Israeli Avishai Cohen (trumpeter, not bassist) label's debut "Into The Silence". Mid-tempo and aerial (what one usually expects from ECM music), this album is more warm and more lively than label's regular music. Cohen trumpet flies over tasteful band's music,one can hear Miles fusion and Wadada Leo Smith's free soloing in this music, among other influences. Great year's start!





listen here:

http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/mp3/avishai-cohen-trumpet/5855


Support tour:



Edited by snobb - 11 Jan 2016 at 3:14pm

Algeria-born France-based bassist Michel Benita debut on ECM contains liquid mixture of world,ambient and nu jazz. Music for those with love to ambient-influenced ECM albums from 80s-90s (Jan Garbarek,etc).



listen here:

http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/mp3/michel-benita/5892 


Edited by snobb - 25 Jan 2016 at 2:25am

Israeli pianist Anat Fort trio's another album for ECM, this time with Italian reeds player Gianluigi Trovesi as guest. Trovesi can play very free, but here he sounds according to label rules - quite warm,even melancholic European chamber jazz  is decorated with his sax soulful solos

Edited by snobb - 05 Mar 2016 at 12:36pm