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Jan Garbarek Quartet
Afric Pepperbird (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 1/Mar/2024 ] Recorded in Oslo in September 1970, Afric Pepperbird was released on New Year's Day in 1971. Half a century later, it still conveys the freshness and excitement of discoveries being made. The album signalled the arrival of four Norwegian improvisers... |
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Jan Garbarek, saxophone / The Hilliard Ensemble
Mnemosyne [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Recorded April 1998 Released 1999 |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Officium Novum Jan Garbarek (soprano and tenor saxophones) / The Hilliard Ensemble [ ECM New Series / CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "Over the immanent, limpid voices Garbarek improvises equally immaculate counter-melodies. His contributions tend to be somewhat predictable, more decoration than improvisation in the fullest sense, but his tone is so pleasing...and the melodies so... |
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Jan Garbarek / The Hilliard Ensemble
Remember me, my dear [ ECM New Series / CD - released 18/Oct/2019 ] 25 years on from the release of Officium, the groundbreaking alliance of Jan Garbarek and The Hilliard Ensemble, comes Remember me, my dear, recorded during the final tour the group made in October 2014. The program is emblematic of the range of... |
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Jan Garbarek / Ustad Fateh Ali Khan & Musicians from Pakistan
Ragas and Sagas [ ECM Records / CD ] Recorded May 1990 |
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Jan Garbarek / Kjell Johnsen
Aftenland [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 18/Jan/2019 ] Recorded in a Stockholm church in 1979, Aftenland documents a fascinating encounter between Jan Garbarek, improviser par excellence, and classical organist Kjell Johnsen. "Preparing and realizing Aftenland was one of the most interesting experiences... |
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Jan Garbarek / THe Hilliard Ensemble
Officium (LP) [ ECM / 2 LP - released 2/Feb/2018 ] "Garbarek's purity of intonation, and the sensitivity with which he fitfully spikes it with atonality have rarely been better captured on disc, and far from being a deliberate exercise in musical exotica, this often sounds like the setting that was... |
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Keith Jarrett
Whisper Not [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] This is the first Standards Trio recording since Keith Jarrett's return to public performance. |
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Jean-Luc Godard / Soundtrack (featuring Dino Saluzzi / David Darling / Patti Smith / Jean Schwartz / Werner Pirchner / Paul Hindemith / etc)
Nouvelle Vague [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] This is the complete soundtrack - music, dialogue, sounds - of Jean-Luc Godard's Nouvelle Vague, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 1990. |
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Jøkleba
Outland [ ECM / CD - released 19/Jun/2015 ] The Norwegian trio Jøkleba was formed in 1990, establishing itself as one of the most unpredictable groups on the Scandinavian scene. The present disc - the fifth Jøkleba album, but the first for ECM - finds old friends Jørgensen, Balke and Kleive... |
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Joe Lovano, Marcin Wasilewski, Slawomir Kurkiewicz, Michal Miskiewicz
Homage [ ECM / CD - released 25/Apr/2025 ] Joe Lovano and his Polish conspirators from the Marcin Wasilewski Trio are endowed with an especially adventurous spirit on their second joint endeavour for ECM. |
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Joe Lovano, Marcin Wasilewski, Slawomir Kurkiewicz, Michal Miskiewicz
Homage (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 25/Apr/2025 ] Joe Lovano and his Polish conspirators from the Marcin Wasilewski Trio are endowed with an especially adventurous spirit on their second joint endeavour for ECM. Building on the lyrical strengths that inhabited the group's previous recording (Arctic... |
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Joe Lovano, Marilyn Crispell, Carmen Castaldi - Trio Tapestry
Our Daily Bread [ ECM / CD - released 5/May/2023 ] The third album from Joe Lovano's Trio Tapestry finds the group continuing to extend its spacious and lyrical approach, with deep listening and intense focus. "Our Daily Bread is fueled by the rhythm spirit of expression that projects the mysterious... |
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Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry
Garden Of Expression (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 26/Mar/2021 ] The debut album of Joe Lovano's Trio Tapestry was one of 2019's most talked-about releases. The trio's musical concept - the Boston Globe spoke of "utterances of hushed assurance, lyricism and suspense" - is taken to the next level on its second... |
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John Abercrombie
Animato [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 24/Oct/2008 ] Recorded October 1989. John Abercrombie's guitar is framed and supported by composer Vince Mendoza's quasi-orchestral use of synthesizers. Jon Christensen's drums add acoustic commentary. |
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John Abercrombie
Gateway (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 31/May/2024 ] LP from the "Luminessence" Series. CD from the "Touchstones" Series. With "daring and visionary spirit", to quote a Downbeat review from the year of this album's release, master improvisers John Abercrombie, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette... |
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John Abercrombie
Night [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 18/Jan/2019 ] Night reconvenes the guitar/keyboards/drums trio that made Abercrombie's classic Timeless, and adds Mike Brecker on tenor sax for extra emphasis at strategic moments on an album described by the Penguin Guide to Jazz as "surprisingly funky". All... |
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John Abercrombie
Rarum Volume 14 :-Selected Recordings [ ECM Records / CD - released 20/Feb/2004 ] 'Selected Recordings' features landmark recordings and old favourites - greatest hits, effectively - from this highly regarded musician. "I decided to choose from my own bands over the years," guitarist Abercrombie says, "as well as ongoing... |
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John Abercrombie
Timeless (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 25/Nov/2016 ] John Abercrombie's ECM debut Timeless (recorded 1974) has proven to be exactly that. This fiery session with Jack DeJohnette and Jan Hammer still sounds as fresh as the year it was released. "Timeless comes as a major surprise in terms of its depth,... |
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John Abercrombie
Wait Till You See Her [ ECM Records / CD - released 28/Sep/2009 ] |