Reviews

Review of Arve Henriksen/Harmen Fraanje: Touch of Time

Arve Henriksen/Harmen Fraanje: Touch of Time

Arve Henriksen | Harmen Fraanje

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

Though most associated with Rune Grammofon, and with a long career spanning Supersilent’s flaming prog improv, orchestral work and Jan...

Reviewed in issue March/2024

Review of John Surman: Words Unspoken

John Surman: Words Unspoken

John Surman | Rob Luft | Thomas Strønen | Rob Waring

ECM

Rating: ★★★

Words Unspoken is a natural heir to Surman’s Invisible Threads. As the titles suggest, this is music about the spaces...

Reviewed in issue March/2024

Review of Matthieu Bordenave Quartet: The Blue Land

Matthieu Bordenave Quartet: The Blue Land

Patrice Moret | James Maddren | Florian Weber | Matthieu Bordenave

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

For the follow up to his ECM trio debut La traverse, the 40-year-old French saxist Matthieu Bordenave adds a fourth...

Reviewed in issue March/2024

Review of Keith Jarrett: Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne

Keith Jarrett: Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne

Keith Jarrett

Editor's Choice

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

It’s tempting to suggest that this Lausanne and Bremen solo concert set was a stepping stone towards his landmark The...

Reviewed in issue December/January/2023/2024

Review of Arild Andersen: Affirmation

Arild Andersen: Affirmation

Helge Lien | Arild Andersen | Håkon Mjåset Johansen | Marius Neset

Editor's Choice

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

This entrancing and almost entirely improvised session was one of the creative happenstances the pandemic's restrictions often prompted. In November...

Reviewed in issue December/January/2023/2024

Review of John Scofield: Uncle John’s Band

John Scofield: Uncle John’s Band

John Scofield | Bill Stewart | Vincente Archer

Editor's Choice

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

This double CD set is the ECM debut of the latest version of John Scofield’s trio, with Vincente Archer in...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Review of Sinikka Langeland: Wind and Sun

Sinikka Langeland: Wind and Sun

Thomas Strønen | Trygve Seim | Mathias Eick | Mats Eilertsen | Sinikka Langeland

ECM

Rating: ★★★

For her seventh album on the ECM label, the Norwegian instrumentalist and singer Sinikka Langeland teams up with Jon Fosse.Fosse,...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Review of Maciej Obara Quartet: Frozen Silence

Maciej Obara Quartet: Frozen Silence

Ole Morten Vågan | Maciej Obara | Gard Nilssen | Dominik Wania

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

Altoist Maciej Obara’s third album on ECM sees him team up with his Polish-Norwegian quartet for their most persuasive statement...

Reviewed in issue October/2023

Review of Jacob Young/ Mats Eilertsen/Audun Kleive: Eventually

Jacob Young/ Mats Eilertsen/Audun Kleive: Eventually

Audun Kleive | Mats Eilertsen | Jacob Young

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

Not all jazz recordings have to be at 700mph, or be out to impress, or act as a musical visiting...

Reviewed in issue August/2023

Review of Elina Duni: A Time To Remember

Elina Duni: A Time To Remember

Matthieu Michel | Rob Luft | Elina Duni | Fred Thomas

ECM

Rating: ★★★

The Swiss-Albanian vocalist Elina Duni, an artist with a rare sensitivity to the connecting points between pure vocal and instrumental...

Reviewed in issue July/2023

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