John Abercrombie/Marc Johnson/Peter Erskine: Live At The Nightstage, Boston

Marc Johnson | John Abercrombie | Peter Erskine

Abercrombie was too modest a musician to have a ‘pomp’, but hellfire, on this live recording he was in, let...

Reviewed in issue September/2019

Ralph Towner: Diary

Ralph Towner

This is not, I think, the first time Ralph Towner's 1974 ECM album has been reissued: does that make it...

Reviewed in issue September/2019

Gary Peacock: Guamba

Jan Garbarek | Gary Peacock | Palle Mikkelborg | Peter Erskine

As with any record label of a certain reputation, ECM became adept at putting together unusual combinations of its star...

Reviewed in issue September/2019

Dave Holland Trio: Triplicate

Dave Holland | Jack DeJohnette | Steve Coleman

Triplicate was the most pared-down of the five ECM recordings made under the great Brit bassist's name that featured a...

Reviewed in issue September/2019

Paul Bley/Gary Peacock/Paul Motian: When Will The Blues Leave

Gary Peacock | Paul Motian | Paul Bley

A previously unissued concert recorded by Swiss Radio from a less documented period of Bley's activity. He had been notably...

Reviewed in issue September/2019

Bennie Maupin: The Jewel In The Lotus

Billy Hart | Buster Williams | Herbie Hancock | Bennie Maupin | Bill Summers | Freddie Waits | Charles Sullivan

Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi sextet, later a septet with the addition of Patrick Gleeson and his Moog synth, put out three...

Reviewed in issue September/2019

Michele Rabbia/Gianluca Petrella/Eivind Aarset: Lost River

Eivind Aarset | Gianluca Petrella | Michele Rabbia

The versatile drummer Michele Rabbia is a purveyor of both airily crisp-toned grooves and a painterly percussive soundscape, and has...

Reviewed in issue September/2019

Stephan Micus: White Night

On his 23rd solo album for ECM, the roots-infused one-man band griot lays out his sonic mantra with a kaleidoscope...

Reviewed in issue July/2019

Don Cherry/Ed Blackwell: El Corazon

Ed Blackwell | Don Cherry

Star performers in Ornette Coleman's legendary bands, Cherry and Blackwell further developed their chemistry on this wonderfully eclectic session that...

Reviewed in issue August/2019

Bill Frisell/Thomas Morgan: Epistrophy

Bill Frisell | Thomas Morgan

Epistrophy picks up from the equally intimate Small Town; recorded live at the Village Vanguard, these are classic standards presented...

Reviewed in issue July/2019