Ecm Official Download 24

On Once Around The Room ECM recording artists and key jazz musicians from several generations unite in a small ensemble to celebrate the musical legacy of drum icon Paul Motian in a big way. Joe Lovano and Jakob Bro lead a party of seven through fiery originals that recall the idioms and idiosyncrasies which Motian brought to light over six influential decades behind the drums.

With Overpass, Marc Johnson makes a decisive and intriguing contribution to ECM’s solo bass tradition.

To those who are still wondering about the meaning of improvisation, Naked Truth give solid clues. Now well settled at ECM, trumpeter Avishai Cohen signs here an album driven by his senses, his inspiration and his free exchanges with his old compatriot accomplices the pianist Yonathan Avishai, the bassist Barak Mori and the drummer Ziv Ravitz.

Many years into her study of the music of Finnskogen, an area of Norway once populated by Forest Finns, where she now resides, Sinikka Langeland returns with another strong chapter in her journey.

German Afghan, internationally celebrated singer and composer Simin Tander, known for her expressive and emotionally evocative voice, received the Annual German Record Critics‘ Award in 2016 for her ECM album with pianist Tord Gustavsen. Recently nominated for the German Jazz Prize 2024 in the „Vocal“ category, Tander continues to captivate audiences with her powerful yet delicate timbre.

On his first solo piano masterpiece, 2011's Avenging Angel, Craig Taborn added his voice to the proud ECM tradition of keyboard greats, a list that includes Chick Corea, Vijay Iyer, Paul Bley and especially Keith Jarrett.

Ralph Alessi's fourth appearance as a leader for ECM follows a singular album run that's been met with nothing but praise from The New York Times to The Guardian.

Acoustic Unity, driven by the stick work of prolific Norwegian drummer Gard Nilssen along with his longtime compositional collaborator and saxophonist André Roligheten and Swedish bassist Petter Eldh, plays explorative post-bop originals that can lean into free jazz or up the tempos and grow agitated, before sliding into a wonderfully melodic slow mode.

Suspended Nights is an album by Polish jazz trumpeter Tomasz Stańko, recorded together with musicians from the Tomasz Stańko Quartet.

ECM legend Arild Andersen, one of Norway's leading bassists for over 30 years, forges promising relationships with two rising stars - Daniel Sommer (drums) and Rob Luft (guitar) - in an expansive, playful exploration of song and collective improvisation.