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ALBUMS: Wolfgang Muthspiel’s New Directions In Angularity

April 21, 2020April 21, 2020 Michael Toland 0 Comments 2020, Angular Blues, Brian Blade, ECM, Larry Grenadier, Scott Colley, Wolfgang Muthspiel

The Austrian guitarist conjures a killer trio for latest ECM classic

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jazz 

REISSUES: Free At Last Extended Edition by The Mal Waldron Trio

February 18, 2020February 19, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Billie Holiday, Charles Mingus, Clarence Becton, ECM, Eric Dolphy, Free At Last, Isla Eckinger, Mal Waldron, Mal Waldron Trio

ECM capped off its 50th year celebration with a long overdue revamp of the label’s flagship title

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Electronics Fusion jazz Remembrance 

LISTEN: RIP Lyle Mays–A Rock & Roll Globe Playlist

February 12, 2020February 12, 2020 Ron Hart 1 Comment American Garage, Christian McBride, ECM, Fusion, Jazz, Joni Mitchell, Lyle Mays, Offramp, Pat Metheny, Petra Haden, RIP, Vernon Reid

Digging into the discography of a man who changed the shape of jazz in the New Wave era

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jazz 

ALBUMS: Keith Jarrett Solo In Munich

December 18, 2019December 22, 2019 Michael Toland 0 Comments ECM, Germany, Jazz, Keith Jarrett, Munich

The king of piano improvisation captured live in ECM’s fatherland

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jazz 

ALBUMS: Ethan Iverson and Tom Harrell Practice Common Ground

October 1, 2019November 4, 2019 Michael Toland 0 Comments Common Practice, ECM, Ethan Iverson, The Bad Plus, Tom Harrell

A new quintet blooms on ECM Records with Common Practice

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jazz 

ALBUMS: Playing The Room With Two Of Israeli Jazz’s Finest Musicians

October 1, 2019October 5, 2019 Michael Toland 0 Comments Avishai Cohen, ECM, Israel, Manfred Eicher, Playing The Room, Tel Aviv, Yonathan Avishai

Avishai Cohen and Yonathan Avishai shine on the longtime collaborators’ first duo recording

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jazz 

ALBUMS: Enrico Rava/Joe Lovano’s Rendezvous in Roma

September 5, 2019September 5, 2019 Michael Toland 0 Comments Dezron Douglas, ECM, Enrico Rava, European Jazz, Gerald Cleaver, Italy, Joe Lovano, John Abercrombie, Paul Motian, Roma, Roswell Rudd

Two horn greats create true harmony between Europe and the United States in 2019 on their first duo LP for ECM

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Classical jazz 

ALBUM REVIEW: Vijay Iyer and Craig Taborn’s The Transitory Poems

May 22, 2019May 23, 2019 Michael Toland 0 Comments Craig Taborn, ECM, Vijay Iyer

The Twin Towers of ECM piano jazz clash ivories on their first duo LP

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Electronics Experimental jazz 

ECM at a Half-Century

April 29, 2019April 29, 2019 Michael Toland 0 Comments 50th anniversary, Art Ensemble of Chicago, ECM, Jazz, Keith Jarrett, Paul Bley

Celebrating 25 classic albums spanning 50 years of the jazz label that refused to play by the rules

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Electronics Experimental jazz 

Here Comes The Sun

March 13, 2019April 4, 2019 Michael Toland 0 Comments Ches Smith, David Torn, ECM, Tim Berne

ECM power trio David Torn, Tim Berne and Ches Smith reconvene on excellent new album

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