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The Next Door
Second album by the Julia Hülsmann Quartet (Hülsmann piano, Uli Kempendorff tenor saxophone, Marc Muellbauer double bass, Heinrich Köbberling drums): originals by all four plus a Prince song. Recorded March 2022 at Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-les-Fontaines.
At First Light
Solo classical guitar album by Ralph Towner: eight originals plus Danny Boy, Little Old Lady and Make Someone Happy. Recorded February 2022 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.
A Short Diary
Duo album by drummer Sebastian Rochford and pianist Kit Downes, music written after the death of Rochford's father, poet Gerard Rochford, recorded February 2020 at the family home Waverley, Aberdeen. CD, ECM 2749, 2023.
Touch
Matchless Recordings presents a live concert by the Eddie Prévost Trio recorded at Gateway Studio, Kingston, England on 9th March 1997. The album includes seven tracks performed by Eddie Prévost - Drums, Tom Chant - Soprano saxophone, and John Edwards - Double bass.
"This trio, quite intuitively (because I never spelt out what I hoped would happen) works in a subtle, attentive way: examining what the music is and where it is going all within the process of playing; feeling the sound to be comple…
The Blackbird’s Whistle
Matchless Recordings presents a live concert by Eddie Prévost trio recorded at Gateway Studios, Kingston-upon-Thames, London on October 17th 2003. The album includes five tracks performed by Tom Chant - tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, John Edwards - double bass, and Eddie Prévost - drums.
Continuum +
Matchless Recordings presents a live concert by Eddie Prévost quartet. This album is composed of two parts. Part 1 was recorded at the Bracknell Jazz Festival on the 3rd of July, 1983. Part 2 was recorded at Porcupine Studios London. The album includes five tracks performed by Larry Stabbins - Tenor and Soprano Saxophones, Veryan Weston - Piano, Marcio Mattos - Double Bass, and Eddie Prévost - Drums.
"The music you hear on this DL has a distinct urgency and excitement. It moves forward in a comp…
Minute Particulars
In 177 pages Eddie Prévost includes twenty-nine thought-provoking essays on ideas, perceptions, reactions and the practices of improvised music, as well as a short index. Reactions to the real world - in particular, the political, corporate and commercial ones - are never far from the surface and the place of the individual is mirrored through that of the musician developing his or her own position, responsiveness and voice in a group context. Discourses include the questioning of terminology su…
Just
Fourth album by Billy Hart's quartet with Mark Turner (tenor saxophone), Ethan Iverson (piano) and Ben Street (double bass), recorded December 2021 at Sound On Sound Studios, New York, mixed 2023 at La Buissonne. CD, ECM 2748, 2025.
Once Around The Room (A Tribute To Paul Motian)
Paul Motian tribute co-led by Jakob Bro (guitar) and Joe Lovano (tenor sax, tarogato) with Larry Grenadier, Thomas Morgan, Anders Christensen (basses), Joey Baron and Jorge Rossy (drums), recorded November 2021 in Copenhagen. CD, ECM 2747, 2022.
Opening
Ninth album as a leader by Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen, with Steinar Raknes (double bass, electronics) and Jarle Vespestad (drums), recorded October 2021 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher. CD, ECM 2742, 2022.
Thee They Thy
Second ECM album by singer, pianist and cantor Judith Berkson, in a trio with Trevor Dunn (double bass) and Gerald Cleaver (drums), recorded July 2021 at Oktaven Audio, Mount Vernon, NY, produced by Manfred Eicher. CD, ECM 2741, 2026.
Bordeaux Concert
Solo piano improvisations by Keith Jarrett, a suite in thirteen parts recorded live on 6 July 2016 at the Auditorium of the Opéra National de Bordeaux during his last European tour. Recorded by Martin Pearson, produced by Keith Jarrett.
Isabela
Second ECM album by tenor saxophonist Oded Tzur, a five-part suite built on a self-fashioned raga, with Nitai Hershkovits (piano), Petros Klampanis (double bass) and Johnathan Blake (drums). Recorded 2021 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Naked Truth
Improvised suite in nine parts by trumpeter Avishai Cohen with Yonathan Avishai (piano), Barak Mori (double bass) and Ziv Ravitz (drums), closing with a reading of a poem by Zelda Schneurson Mishkovsky. Recorded September 2021 at Studios La Buissonne, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Last Decade
ECM debut of pianist Benjamin Lackner, in a quartet with Mathias Eick (trumpet), Jérôme Regard (double bass) and Manu Katché (drums), playing eight Lackner originals and one by Regard. Recorded September 2021 at Studios La Buissonne, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Face à Face
Duo improvisations by Barre Phillips (double bass) and György Kurtág jr. (synthesizers, digital percussion, live electronics). Recorded in 2020 at Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-les-Fontaines, produced by Manfred Eicher.
John Scofield
First solo album by John Scofield, on electric guitar and looper: five originals, standards, traditional songs and pieces by Keith Jarrett, Buddy Holly and Hank Williams. Recorded August 2021 at Top Story Studio, Katonah, New York.
Siwan - Hafla
Third album by Jon Balke's Siwan, setting poems from 11th-century Al-Andalus, with singer Mona Boutchebak, Derya Türkan (kemençe), Pedram Khavar Zamini (tombak), Helge Norbakken and Barokksolistene. Recorded May-June 2021 at The Village Recording, Copenhagen.
It's Always Now
Ralph Alessi (trumpet) with Florian Weber (piano), Bänz Oester (double bass) and Gerry Hemingway (drums), in thirteen pieces by Alessi, three co-written with Weber. Recorded June 2021 at Artesuono, Udine, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Vermillion
Piano trio album by Kit Downes (piano) with Petter Eldh (double bass) and James Maddren (drums): five pieces by Downes, five by Eldh and a Hendrix cover. Recorded May-June 2021 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.