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Aaron Parks
drumsb.1983
Recent And Upcoming ECM Releases: April - June 2017
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Find the Way
Aaron Parks: piano,
Find the Way
Aaron Parks: piano,
Ben Street
bass
Billy Hart
drumsb.1940
For the second ECM album by Aaron Parks—following the solo release Aborescence, which JazzTimes praised as “expansive, impressionistic… like a vision quest”—the prize-winning pianist has convened a cross-generational trio featuring bassist Ben Street and drummer Billy Hart. The rhythm pair, which also teams in Hart’s hit quartet for ECM, blends fluidity and strength—what Parks calls “an oceanic” quality, producing waves of energy for the pianist to alternately ride and dive into. Find the Way has the aura of a piano-trio recording in the classic mold, from melody-rich opener “Adrift” to the closing title track, a cover of a romantic tune Parks grew to love on an LP by
Rosemary Clooney
vocals1928 - 2002
Alice Coltrane
piano1937 - 2007
Shirley Horn
piano1934 - 2005
Bill Frisell
guitar, electricb.1951
Thomas Morgan
bass, acousticSmall Town
Bill Frisell: guitar; Thomas Morgan: double bass.
Small Town presents guitarist Bill Frisell and bassist Thomas Morgan in a program of duets, the poetic chemistry of their playing captured live at New York’s hallowed Village Vanguard. Frisell made his debut as a leader for ECM in 1983 with the similarly intimate In Line. The guitarist’s rich history with the label also includes multiple recordings by his iconic cooperative trio with
Paul Motian
drums1931 - 2011
Joe Lovano
drumsb.1952
Tomasz Stańko
trumpet1942 - 2018
Jakob Bro
guitarb.1978
David Virelles
pianob.1983
Giovanni Guidi
piano
Masabumi Kikuchi
piano1939 - 2015
Avishai Cohen
bassb.1970
Cross My Palm With Silver
Avishai Cohen: trumpet;
Yonathan Avishai
piano
Barak Mori
bass, acoustic
Nasheet Waits
drumsb.1971
A year after his impressionistic, critically-lauded ECM debut Into The Silence, trumpeter Avishai Cohen’s Cross My Palm With Silver introduces a program of new pieces which put the focus on the ensemble, on teamwork, with a quartet of the highest caliber. The adroit, almost telepathic interplay among the musicians allows Avishai Cohen to soar, making it clear why he is one of the most talked-about jazz musicians on the contemporary scene. “All of these people together are my dream team”, says the charismatic trumpeter of fellow players Yonathan Avishai, Barak Mori and Nasheet Waits, who share his sense for daring improvisation and his feeling for structure. “I feel we’re in a perfect place with the balance. It’s open and there’s so much room for the improvisation to take the music any place we can. At the same time the composition is very specific and the vibe is very direct and thought about.” As with em>Into The Silence, Cross My Palm With Silver was produced by Manfred Eicher at Studios La Buissonne in the south of France.
Chris Potter
saxophone, tenorb.1971
The Dreamer Is the Dream
Chris Potter: tenor and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet;
David Virelles
pianob.1983
Joe Martin
bassb.1970
Marcus Gilmore
drumsb.1986
For his third ECM release as a leader, Chris Potter presents a new acoustic quartet that naturally blends melodic rhapsody with rhythmic muscle. The group includes superlative musicians well known to followers of ECM’s many recordings from New York over the past decade: keyboardist David Virelles, bassist Joe Martin and drummer Marcus Gilmore, who each shine in addition to the leader on multiple horns. The Dreamer Is the Dream features Potter on tenor saxophone—the instrument that has made him one of the most admired players of his generation—in the striking opener “Heart in Hand” and such album highlights as “Yasodhara,” as well as on soprano sax (“Memory and Desire”) and bass clarinet (the title track). Potter is an artist who “employs his considerable technique in service of music rather than spectacle,” says The New Yorker, and his composing develops in texture and atmosphere with every album. Along with his previous ECM releases, Imaginary Cities and The Sirens, he has appeared on some of the label’s most acclaimed discs, including Paul Motian’s classic Lost in a Dream and Dave Holland’s Grammy Award-winning What Goes Around.
Tomasz Stańko
trumpet1942 - 2018
December Avenue
Tomasz Stanko: trumpet; David Virelles: piano;
Reuben Rogers
bass, acoustic
Gerald Cleaver
drumsb.1963
Four years after the landmark album Wis?awa, the great Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko’s New York Quartet returns with another masterful recording, December Avenue. Always an insightful bandleader, Stanko here encourages spirited improvisation to flower around his characteristically melancholic and soulful themes, and all players are presented to best advantage. New band member Reuben Rogers—originally from the Virgin Islands and perhaps best-known for his work with Charles Lloyd—is a splendid addition to the team, establishing a profound understanding with Cuban-born pianist David Virelles and Detroit drummer Gerald Cleaver. JazzTimes, reviewing the band in concert, reflected on the strengths of the individual players: “Stanko has never had a pianist like Virelles. When his moments came, he configured his own lyrical domain within the world of a Stanko song. For that matter, Stanko has never had a bassist and drummer like Rogers and Cleaver, with their hard edges and their volatile energy.” December Avenue was recorded at Studios La Buissonne in the South of France in June 2016 and produced by Manfred Eicher.
Dominic Miller
guitarb.1960
Silent Light
Dominic Miller: guitar, electric bass; Miles Bould: percussion, drums
Born in Argentina to an American father and Irish mother, guitarist Dominic Miller was raised in the U.S. from age 10 and then educated there and in England. Now he lives in France, though he has toured the globe for the past three decades. Aptly, Silent Light—Miller’s ECM debut, featuring him solo and with percussion accompaniment – has a very international feel, with the Latin influence strong in such pieces as “Baden” (dedicated to Brazilian guitarist- composer Baden Powell). “Le Pont” has an early 20th-century Parisian air, while “Valium” evokes Celtic tunes in the vein of Bert Jansch and “Fields of Gold” is a hushed instrumental take on one of Sting’s best-known ballads. Miller has long been known as Sting’s right-hand man on guitar—and co-writer of the worldwide hit “Shape of My Heart,” among others. Miller has also worked with the likes of Paul Simon, The Chieftains and Plácido Domingo. The guitarist’s playing has prompted praise from Simon, who points out, in a liner note to the album, that Miller “has a beautiful touch, with a fragrance of jazz and English folk.”
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