Ralph Alessi Quartet on ECM (CD Review)
Ralph Alessi Quartet It’s Always Now ECM CD Trumpeter Ralph Alessi brought a passel of originals to his latest recording date, his fourth for ECM, It’s Always Now. Most…
Ralph Alessi Quartet It’s Always Now ECM CD Trumpeter Ralph Alessi brought a passel of originals to his latest recording date, his fourth for ECM, It’s Always Now. Most…
Danish String Quartet Prism V ECM Records This is the last outing in Danish String Quartet’s Prism series. Each of the five recordings has included a late Beethoven string…
Dominic Miller Vagabond Dominic Miller, guitar; Jacob Karlzon, piano, keyboard; Nicolas Fiszman, bass; Ziv Ravitz, drums ECM Records Vagabond is guitarist Dominic Miller’s third recording for ECM Records. Apart…
Sebastian Rochford, Kit Downes A Short Diary ECM Records “This short diary (of loss), offered as a sonic memory, created with love, out of need for comfort.” -Sebastian Rochford…
The Song is You Enrico Rava and Fred Hersch CD/LP ECM Records ECM Records has begun resuming production of their releases as vinyl LPs. This is the first I…
J.S. Bach András Schiff Clavichord He was the best organist in Europe and a mean harpsichordist too, but Johann Sebastian Bach loved playing the clavichord. The intimacy of its…
Benjamin Lackner Last Decade Benjamin Lackner, piano; Mathias Eick, trumpet; Jérôme Regard, bass; Manu Katche, drums ECM Records Pianist Benjamin Lackner makes his ECM debut with Last Decade. Joined…
A House of Call. My Imaginary Notebook. Heiner Goebbels Ensemble Modern, Vimbayi Kaziboni, conductor ECM Records Heiner Goebbels’ A House of Call is an evening length collaboration with Ensemble Modern,…
Barre Phillips and György Kurtág Jr. Face á Face ECM Records Luminary avant-jazz bassist Barre Phillips and György Kurtág Jr., son of the…
Julia Hülsmann Quartet The Next Door Julia Hülsmann, piano; Uli Kemperdorff, tenor saxophone; Marc Muellbauer, double bass; Heinrich Köbberling, drums ECM Records Since their 2019 debut recording, Not Far…