{"title":"Label - ECM Records","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"tord-gustavsen-with-simin-tander-jarle-vespestad-what-was-said","title":"Tord Gustavsen | With Simin Tander \u0026 Jarle Vespestad - What Was Said","description":"\u003cp\u003e“What Was Said” brings new colours to Tord Gustavsen’s musical palette.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis latest trio project builds upon the subtle understanding of his long musical association with drummer Jarle Vespestad, introduces German-Afghan vocalist Simin Tander, and explores the tradition of Norwegian church music in untraditional ways: “For the repertoire of the new project, Simin and I have been working with Afghan poet B. Hamsaaya, translating and shaping a selection of hymns that I grew up with in Norway into Pashto,” Gustavsen explains. “This process has been challenging and really fruitful. We have gone quite far in interpreting the lyrics in a more ‘integral’ manner, reaching into a space where I feel that Sufism and Christianity actually meet.” Simin Tander also sings, in English, verse of Persian mystic Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207-73) and US proto-Beat poet Kenneth Rexroth (1905-82).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a pure play of sounds, too, the combination of Tander’s voice and Gustavsen’s piano and discreet electronics has an emotional persuasiveness of its own, outside the limits of language. The trio takes its programme of “hymns and visions” to the concert halls and clubs of Europe in the first months of 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat was said was recorded at Oslo’s Rainbow Studio in April 2015 and produced by Manfred Eicher. – \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ecmrecords.com\/catalogue\/1452516760\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eECM Records\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Tord Gustavsen, the lyrical and scholarly Oslo-born pianist, got big with a blend of pensive improv and Norwegian hymns, but lately he has moved closer to jazz. This album, however, finds him returning to simple songs with religious roots, and to collaboration with a remarkable singer (he has previously worked with compatriots Solveig Slettahjell and Silje Nergaard) in the tender-toned German-Afghan Simin Tander. Tander sings Norwegian traditionals and hymns in Pashto, and Beat icon Kenneth Rexroth’s stark renewal poem I Refuse and Persian sufi mystic Rumi’s writings in English, while Gustavsen gradually adds melodic embroidery, glimpsed grooves and electronics, with Jarle Vespestad’s fragile percussion the only other instrumental sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe set occasionally suggests an early Gustavsen band spliced with Susannah and the Magical Orchestra, and the mixture of the instrumentalists’ distilled reflections with Tander’s palette of hummed tones, sighing note-bends and pristine inflections represents a beguiling new Gustavsen collaboration.\" - \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2016\/jan\/28\/tord-gustavsensimin-tanderjarle-vespestad-what-was-said-review-beguiling-new-song-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMusicians:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTord Gustavsen, piano\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSimin Tander, vocals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJarle Vespestad, drums\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dZ8tbk8qtf4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore about Tord Gustavsen:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Musically, I have the very clear feeling that my stretching out and being creative has a much better chance of happening organically, avoiding alienation and stiffness, when done in energetic connection with my roots – with the sensuality and groundedness of the hymns and the spirituals and the lullabies.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTord Gustavsen was born in Oslo in 1970 and grew up in the Norwegian countryside. He began playing the piano aged 4, and was composing and improvising before he learned to read music and perform classical pieces. He recalls: “I played in churches and local settings of different kinds, combining classical training with writing my own songs and performing gospel.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the age of 19, he began his studies at the University of Oslo and his interest in jazz started to flourish. He was accepted into the jazz department at the Conservatory of Music in Trondheim in 1993, where he formed several bands and toured all over Scandinavia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChanging Places, Gustavsen’s 2003 recording debut with his trio, was ECM’s most successful debut in a decade. Michael Tucker wrote: “Nothing is forced, or rushed: a variety of quietly memorable, essentially poetic themes unfold, every one of them caressed rather than clipped by pianist Gustavsen… this is superb stuff.” 2005 saw a second trio album, The Ground, which reached No. 1 in the Norwegian pop charts and in 2007 they completed the trilogy with Being There.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2009 Gustavsen launched a new, more flexible ensemble, which released the album Restored, Returned. The line-up included Tore Brunborg on saxophones and Kristin Asbjørnsen on vocals. This was followed in 2012 by an instrumental quartet album called The Well, which John Fordham praised in the Guardian for its “gospel playing, acres of open space, memorable melodies and a glistening delicacy of touch”.  Gustavsen says: “Taken together, the bands and projects represent my quest for a deepening of my own playing.” Gustavsen’s most recent line-up sees him on piano and electronics collaborating with Simin Tander (vocals), Jarle Vespestad (drums). – \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ecmrecords.com\/artists\/1435047213\/tord-gustavsen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eECM Records\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eItem description:\u003c\/strong\u003e        \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"498\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/search?q=%22Tord+Gustavsen%22\"\u003eTord Gustavsen\u003c\/a\u003e | With \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/search?q=%22Simin+Tander%22\"\u003eSimin Tander\u003c\/a\u003e \u0026amp; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/search?q=%22Jarle+Vespestad%22\"\u003eJarle Vespestad\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat Was Said\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/collections\/label-ecm-records\"\u003eECM Records\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold 180 gram\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePressing:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGermany\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2016\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJazz, Folk, World\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStyle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContemporary Jazz, Folk, Nordic, Female Vocals\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalog No:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eECM 2465 \/ 476 6532\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECM Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456456925342,"sku":"602547665324","price":55.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/ab67616d0000b273b292a40cfc18982e6928e324.jpg?v=1669281730"},{"product_id":"nik-bartschs-mobile-continuum","title":"Nik Bärtsch's Mobile - Continuum","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter three studio albums – Stoa (2006), Holon (2008), and Lyria (2010) plus one live-double-CD (2012) – with his electric band RONIN Swiss keyboardist\/composer Nik Bärtsch now presents a new album with his original group MOBILE (whose line-up overlaps with the current RONIN cast).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMOBILE, originally founded in 1997 (and on the new album augmented on three tracks by a string quintet), is at the source of Bärtsch’s ritualistic approach to music making. This approach has been formed by his work with concepts of reduction and repetition as well as his fascination with Japanese culture. Here textures from jazz, funk, new music, minimal as well as ritual and sacral music are organically interwoven in the service of an energetic group sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContinuum was recorded at Lugano’s RSI studio in March 2015 and produced by Manfred Eicher. – \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ecmrecords.com\/catalogue\/1450186232\/continuum-nik-bartschs-mobile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eECM Records\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Mobile remains a vehicle well suited to Bärtsch's sophisticated approach to composing and arranging. There is less of the Asian influences that inspired some of Bärtsch's earlier work with the group, but Mobile remains an inclusive amalgam of progressive jazz and minimalism. Without dominating the pieces in which they appear, the strings add something new to that pallet, reflecting Bärtsch's interest in György Ligeti and other classical composers. With its variety of styles, Continuum is the best of Mobile's albums to date, despite the very high bar set from the beginning.” – \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutjazz.com\/continuum-nik-bartschs-mobile-ecm-records-review-by-karl-ackermann.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eAll About Jazz\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA1        Modul 29_14 \/ 8:59\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA2        Modul 12 \/ 9:02\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eB1        Modul 18 \/ 8:03\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eB2        Modul 5 \/ 8:32\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eC1        Modul 60 \/ 9:27\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eC2        Modul 4 \/ 5:26\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eD1       Modul 44 \/ 10:23\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eD2       Modul 8_11 \/ 8:32\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMusicians:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNik Bärtsch -  Piano\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSha -   Bass Clarinet, Contrabass Clarinet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKaspar Rast -  Drums, Percussion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNicolas Stocker -  Drums, Tuned Percussion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEtienne Abelin  - Violin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOla Sendecki  - Violin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDavid Schnee  - Viola\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolme Hong  - Cello\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmbrosius Huber -  Cello\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e More about Nik Bärtsch\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This music draws its energy from the tension between compositional precision and the self-circumvention of improvisation. From self-implied restriction stems freedom. Ecstasy through asceticism.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSwiss pianist and composer Nik Bärtsch was born in 1971 in Zurich, where he still lives. He took piano and percussion lessons from the age of 8 and subsequently studied at the city’s Musikhochschule and university, simultaneously freelancing in diverse bands, “playing everything from fusion to free-funk, and all kinds of extroverted jazz”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Bärtsch’s interest in composition grew and he immersed himself in the practices of John Cage and Morton Feldman, his attraction to live jazz waned: “I just didn’t see the sense of it any more, for me as an instrumentalist”. In 1997 he created an acoustic group, Mobile, which “develops integral musical concepts within a musical framework”.  Continuum, with an “extended” version of the Mobile ensemble is scheduled for Spring 2016 release on ECM.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe band Ronin (named after the freelance warriors in Japanese history who served no master) was born in 2001 out of Bärtsch’s desire for a group that could also work in the clubs and “play with more power”. The pianist has described the band’s work as “Zen-funk” and “ritual groove”: “Our music is somewhere between jazz and modern composition, progressive pop, ritual music, groove music in general”. Writer Michel Mettler has characterised the group’s aesthetic as “creating the maximum effect by minimum means”: phrases and motives are repeated, combined and layered, creating shifting, complex rhythmic patterns which typically build slowly over time with overwhelming dramatic impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRonin has released three studio albums on ECM to date, Stoa (2006), Holon (2008) and Llyrìa (2010), as well as a double CD, Live (2012), which anthologises a suite of concert performances from their appearances around the world between 2009 and 2011, a collection which reveals its own inner logic and dramaturgy. – \u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ecmrecords.com\/artists\/1435047350\/nik-bartsch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eECM Records\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCheck out the artist’s website \u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nikbaertsch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YlcWDn_Zxrg\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eItem description:\u003c\/strong\u003e        \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"498\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNik Bärtsch's Mobile\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContinuum\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eECM Records\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, 180g\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePressing:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGermany\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2016\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStyle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContemporary Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalog No:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2464 \/ 476 4790\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECM Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456477700254,"sku":"6025476479000","price":55.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/cover_1000_1.webp?v=1725435774"},{"product_id":"nik-bartschs-ronin-awase","title":"Nik Bärtsch's Ronin – Awase","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2016, after a decade-long silence, pianist and composer Nik Bärtsch resurrected his groundbreaking Mobile unit for Continuum. \u003cem\u003eAwase\u003c\/em\u003e sees the musician reconvening Ronin -- the band that drew the attention of ECM's Manfred Eicher and released four stellar albums between 2006 and 2012 -after a six-year break. The lineup has been trimmed from a quintet to a quartet, consisting of veterans Sha on bass clarinet and alto saxophone, drummer Kaspar Rast, and newcomer Thomi Jordy on electric bass. Continuing to compose in his modular system where interlocking rhythms meet contrapuntal, minimal grooves that Bärtsch defines as \"Zen funk,\" he delivers new works as well as expanded and revisioned takes on earlier pieces as a way of extending the band's reach to embrace and integrate some of the concepts offered on Continuum.” — (via AllMusic)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/3qxMkn8mxeVai2ThaI4Uvg?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: ECM Records\u003cbr\u003eSeries: Ritual Groove Music – 12\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, 180g\u003cbr\u003eCountry: Germany\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2018\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Avant-garde Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: ECM Records\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECM Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456574398622,"sku":"602567358695","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/cover_1000_c0235db6-7026-4a90-8e94-3405913980da.webp?v=1728458758"},{"product_id":"vijayiyerlindamayhanohtyshawnsoreyuneasy","title":"Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh \/ Tyshawn Sorey ‎– Uneasy","description":"\u003cp\u003eVijay Iyer presents a powerful new trio, in which he is joined by two key figures in creative music, Tyshawn Sorey and Linda May Han Oh.  “We have an energy together that is very distinct. 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Repertoire on UnEasy, recorded at Oktaven Audio Studio in Mount Vernon, New York in December 2019, includes Iyer originals written over a span of 20 years, plus Gerri Allen’s “Drummer’s Song” and a radical recasting of Cole Porter’s “Night and Day.” – \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ecmrecords.com\/shop\/1603290520\/uneasy-vijay-iyer-linda-may-han-oh-tyshawn-sorey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eECM Records\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1MasELWlBKjqok0ysgHduk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel: ECM Records ‎– ECM 2692, ECM Records ‎– 352 0696\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCountry: Germany\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased: 09 Apr 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle: Avant-garde Jazz, Contemporary Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"ECM Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456632791198,"sku":"602435362410","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/945d22ab953886820c88fbd9d93065e275663f3c.jpg?v=1646293001"},{"product_id":"kitdownesdreamlifeofdebris","title":"Kit Downes ‎– Dreamlife Of Debris","description":"\u003cp\u003eDreamlife of Debris carries forward the story begun on Kit Downes’s Obsidian, extending and developing its processes and core ideas. But where Obsidian was (almost exclusively) a solo church organ album, part of Kit’s plan for Dreamlife was to put the organ in a broader context, and also to bring the piano into the larger compositional picture. Musicians in the project are primarily players with whom Downes has had long associations – saxophonist Tom Challenger, cellist Lucy Railton, drummer Seb Rochford – and there is also a first musical encounter with Norwegian guitarist Stian Westerhus. “I was interested to see how bringing in different people would change the direction of the recording.” – \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ecmrecords.com\/catalogue\/1565611174\/dreamlife-of-debris-kit-downes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eECM Records\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"300\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/3f3Ka0ZMW4EM9rzqPjUhEN\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel: ECM Records ‎– ECM 2632, ECM Records ‎– 080 1588\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCountry: Germany\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased: 25 Oct 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle: Contemporary Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"ECM Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456664871070,"sku":"602508015885","price":39.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/6815b9b888a51355d0c0eb9081cfa5bf8d5384b0.jpg?v=1646293803"},{"product_id":"nilspettermolvaer-khmer","title":"Nils Petter Molvaer - Khmer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMassive beats and throbbing grooves underpin the Norwegian trumpeter’s fiery solos in a project that forms a bridge between ECM’s improvised soundscapes and the brave new world of trip-hop, drum’n’bass, ambient\/illbient, techno, industrial, electronica and samples. Nils Petter Molvær may be best known for his jazz work – with most of the leading Scandinavian players and with Elvin Jones, Gary Peacock, and George Russell – but he also has vast experience as a rock sessioneer. Khmer brings jazz’s freedom and pop\/rock’s sound potential together. — via Label\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/76Z70kaNILhjzrf0wC0RB6?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: ECM Records\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 180-gram\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2019 \/ Original Release: 1997\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic, Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Future Jazz, Contemporary Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: ECM Records\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECM Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456731160734,"sku":"602577426582","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/093cfd41e1a6aa93d8a5e1dc82cab18c6658cada.jpg?v=1646295708"},{"product_id":"keithjarrett-budapestconcert","title":"Keith Jarrett - Budapest Concert","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe second complete show to be issued from Keith Jarrett’s 2016 European tour – following on from the widely-acclaimed concert released as Munich 2016 - this double album documents the pianist’s solo performance at the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall in Budapest. Jarrett, whose family roots reach back to Hungary, viewed the Budapest concert as akin to homecoming, and the context inspired much creative improvisation. Where Jarrett’s early solo concerts shaped a large arc of music over the course of an evening, the later concerts have generated suite-like structures, comprised of independent “movements”, each of them a marvel of spontaneous resourcefulness. Creative energy is applied also to familiar songs given as encores, “It’s A Lonesome Old Town” and “Answer Me”, transformed in the Budapest concert. – \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ecmrecords.com\/shop\/1594369609\/budapest-concert-keith-jarrett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eECM Records\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"300\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/2Af5WzpGIm0AMNxNW4lUog\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel: ECM Records – 2700\/01, ECM Records – 073 9330\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCountry: Germany\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased: 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle: Contemporary Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECM Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456777855134,"sku":"602507393304","price":50.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/0cf3788a3b3985cf87013f38ce7f8a7810fa618d.jpg?v=1646296906"},{"product_id":"evgueni-galperine-theory-of-becoming","title":"Evgueni Galperine – Theory Of Becoming","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe ECM New Series debut of Evgueni Galperine is one of the most strikingly original and evocative albums of the year. A composer of Russian and Ukrainian heritage, living in Paris since 1990, Galperine is working with sound, texture and dynamics in new and powerfully expressive ways.  As he explains, the sound world of Theory of Becoming represents an “augmented reality of acoustic instruments, created from recordings made with real and virtual instruments. The numerous transformations the instruments undergo allow me to capture their acoustic nature while also adding techniques and colours impossible to produce in reality...” Galperine’s compositions address wide ranging subjects: from the resilience of hope in the face of destruction to meditations on the journey of the soul, as well as travels through space and through the magical forests of Max Ernst’s paintings. Theory of Becoming was recorded and mixed 2020-21 in Paris, at Studio EPG and Studios de la Seine. Produced by Manfred Eicher. - \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ecmrecords.com\/shop\/1652882151\/theory-of-becoming-evgueni-galperine\"\u003eECM Records\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/6AtYwnFjwkqi4klkxRDgEZ?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003ccolgroup\u003e\n\u003ccol style=\"width: 49.9368%;\"\u003e\n\u003ccol style=\"width: 49.9368%;\"\u003e\n\u003c\/colgroup\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLabel:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eECM Records – ECM 2744, ECM Records – 485 7283, ECM New Series – ECM New Series 2744\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVinyl, LP, Album\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCountry:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEurope\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eReleased:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18th Nov 2022\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGenre:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eElectronic, Classical\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStyle:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eExperimental, Contemporary\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"ECM Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42334795858078,"sku":"028948572830","price":45.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/Evgueni.jpg?v=1672903678"},{"product_id":"marcin-wasilewski-trio-live","title":"Marcin Wasilewski Trio - Live","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter four studio albums for ECM this is the live recording so many have been waiting for. Recorded in August 2016 at the Jazz Middelheim Festival in Antwerp, it captures the trio in energetic, extroverted mode, fanning the flames of their Spark of Life repertoire and drawing on the deep understanding Marcin Wasilewski, Slawomir Kurkiewicz and Michal Miskiewicz have established in the course of a quarter century of shared musical endeavour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs UK magazine Jazz Journal has noted, “Wasilewski’s music celebrates a vast dynamic range, from the most deftly struck pianistic delicacies to gloriously intense emotional exuberance, the chords pounded with unrestrained joy, yet always within a marvellously melodic concept.” - \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ecmrecords.com\/product\/live-marcin-wasilewski-trio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eECM Records\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/0MZTQUInaqCNzju7fp0kpN?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 99.9751%;\"\u003e\n\u003ccolgroup\u003e\n\u003ccol style=\"width: 50%;\"\u003e\n\u003ccol style=\"width: 50%;\"\u003e\n\u003c\/colgroup\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLabel:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ECM Records – ECM 2592, ECM Records – 673 9916\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVinyl, LP\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCountry:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGermany \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eReleased:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2018 \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGenre:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eJazz\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStyle:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eContemporary Jazz \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"ECM Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42632362098846,"sku":"11361","price":60.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/mwt.jpg?v=1687349040"},{"product_id":"keith-jarrett-jan-garbarek-luminessence","title":"Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek – Luminessence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLuminessence: Music for String Orchestra and Saxophone \u003c\/em\u003eis an album composed by American pianist Keith Jarrett featuring saxophonist Jan Garbarek and the Südfunk-Sinfonieorchester conducted by Mladen Gutesha, recorded in April 1974 and released on ECM the following year—Jarrett does not perform on this album. The title is a portmanteau of \"luminescence\" and \"essence\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMysterious, dramatic and alluring, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLuminessence\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e comes from a peak period in the creative association between Keith Jarrett and Jan Garbarek, recorded in 1974, immediately after their vibrant \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelonging\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e album. Here, Jarrett creates shimmering orchestral frameworks to spur Garbarek to some of his most concentrated, impassioned and expressive playing. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The melodies that Jarrett writes sound like Garbarek improvisations, so great is the rapport between the two men,” wrote Ian Carr in his  Keith Jarrett biography, while \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDownBeat\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, in a 5-star review, observed that “probing deep into his own personal musical cosmos, Jarrett has brought back a chilling and singular achievement that promises to stand as a landmark in the musical landscape of the 70s”. Produced by Manfred Eicher, the album that gives the Luminessence audiophile edition its name is augmented with new liner notes providing historical context. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ecmrecords.com\/product\/keith-jarrett-luminessence-jan-garbarek\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eECM\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"370\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/5nBWyokw263mLfM7N59Os3?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: ECM Records\u003cbr\u003eSeries: Luminessence\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered\u003cbr\u003eCountry: Worldwide\u003cbr\u003eReleased: Mar 1, 2024 \/ Original Release: 1975\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Modern Classical, Free Improvisation\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: ECM Records\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECM Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43360824623262,"sku":"602455238856","price":75.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/cover_1000.png?v=1710918850"},{"product_id":"jan-garbarek-quartet-afric-pepperbird-2024-reissue","title":"Jan Garbarek Quartet - Afric Pepperbird (2024 Reissue)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the \u003cem\u003eLuminessence \u003c\/em\u003eSeries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded in Oslo in September 1970, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfric Pepperbird\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was released on New Year’s Day in 1971. Half a century later, it still conveys the freshness and excitement of discoveries being made. The album signalled the arrival of four Norwegian improvisers – Jan Garbarek, Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen and Jon Christensen – at the fledgling ECM label. It was the start of a lifelong association with each of the musicians, whose influence was soon to reach far beyond the borders of their homeland. In extended passages on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfric Pepperbird\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, with Christensen and Andersen stretching out, it’s quite often Rypdal effectively holding the centre with taut chords. Everybody is roaring here, with Garbarek deep into his free jazz vocabulary. “Garbarek should be heard,” wrote reviewer Joe Klee in DownBeat. “I would venture that not since Django Reinhardt has there been a European jazz musician so original and forward-looking as this young Norwegian.” — via Label\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/4WljiGS6WWAKYh2qYsZb7F?utm_source=generator\u0026amp;theme=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: ECM Records\u003cbr\u003eSeries: Luminessence\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Gatefold\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2024 \/ Original Release: 1970\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Free Jazz, Contemporary Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: ECM\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECM Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44022102524062,"sku":"602445053179","price":70.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/cover_1000-copy.jpg?v=1719226306"},{"product_id":"kenny-wheeler-keith-jarrett-dave-holland-jack-dejohnette-gnu-high","title":"Kenny Wheeler, Keith Jarrett, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette – Gnu High (2024 Reissue)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the \u003cem\u003eLuminessence \u003c\/em\u003eSeries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA vinyl reissue, in ECM's new audiophile \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLuminessence\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e series, for Kenny Wheeler’s sensational ECM leader debut. Recorded in New York in 1975, and produced by Manfred Eicher, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGnu High\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e brought Canadian trumpeter Wheeler to a new level of international acclaim, for both his impassioned playing and his profoundly lyrical writing. Here Kenny is fronting an extraordinary quartet, with Keith Jarrett, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette, all masterful improvisers who had shaped their intuitive collective understanding as members of Miles Davis’s groups. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“What you hear,” says Jack DeJohnette, “is the spontaneity of the moment.” Dave Holland notes that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGnu High\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e “had this wonderful combination of the form and the shape and the harmony of Kenny’s tunes but then this really free way of interpreting them.” The album’s gatefold sleeve includes new liner notes by Kenny’s friend, colleague and biographer Nick Smart. — via Label\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/3ZJDOnK3ypck3huOlnBYrn?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: ECM Records\u003cbr\u003eSeries: Luminessence\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold\u003cbr\u003eCountry: Europe\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2023 \/ Original Release: 1976\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Contemporary Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: ECM\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECM Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44022213804190,"sku":"602445053469","price":55.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/Kenny-Wheeler--Keith-Jarrett--Dave-Holland--Jack-DeJohnette---Gnu-High.jpg?v=1719228789"},{"product_id":"avishai-cohen-ashes-to-gold","title":"Avishai Cohen - Ashes To Gold","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIsraeli-born trumpeter\/composer Avishai Cohen is an adventurous, forward-thinking musician who has performed in various ensembles touching upon modern creative jazz, post-bop, avant-garde improvisation, and klezmer. Initially emerging as a fiery young lion on the East Coast in the late '90s, Cohen has drawn acclaim for his broad artistry on albums such as his 2003 trio date\u003cem\u003e The Trumpet Player\u003c\/em\u003e and 2007's expansive \u003cem\u003eAfter the Big Rain\u003c\/em\u003e. Since 2016, he has recorded regularly for ECM, moving from the atmospheric lyricism of \u003cem\u003eInto the Silence\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCross My Palm with Silver\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cem\u003e Playing the Room\u003c\/em\u003e to the psychedelic fusion and funk-influenced sound of\u003cem\u003e Big Vicious\u003c\/em\u003e. He also leads several other projects, including his Triveni trio, Third World Love with bassist Omer Avital, and the 3 Cohens with his siblings, clarinetist Anat Cohen and saxophonist Yuval Cohen. The wholly improvised and meditative\u003cem\u003e Naked Truth\u003c\/em\u003e arrived on ECM in 2022, followed by the five-part suite \u003cem\u003eAshes to Gold\u003c\/em\u003e in 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn blazing form, the trumpeter from Tel Aviv responds to the turbulent spirit of a troubled time, leading his dedicated band through a five-part suite that runs the gamut of emotions, by turns hopeful, despairing, outraged and profoundly melancholic. The melodic directness of the concluding “The Seventh”, composed by Avishai Cohen’s teenaged daughter Amalia, offers consoling contrast to the suite’s intensity. In between, Cohen turns his attention to the haunting \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAdagio assai\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e from Ravel’s G major piano concerto, which has long been a highlight of the quartet’s concerts. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAshes to Gold\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was recorded in November 2023, at Studios La Buissonne, in the South of France. — (via Label)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/6fI5mkMgCIHlF8NCoWSDL8?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: ECM Records\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2024\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: \u003cspan\u003eAvant Garde, \u003c\/span\u003eFusion, Contemporary Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: ECM Records\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECM Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44541455335582,"sku":"602465210460","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/qvsrns-ashestogol-preview.jpg?v=1732092425"},{"product_id":"vijay-iyer-wadada-leo-smith-defiant-life","title":"Vijay Iyer, Wadada Leo Smith - Defiant Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnchored in the idea that, despite all obstacles, the human experience casts a net of possibilities, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDefiant Life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e – Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith second duo recording for ECM – proves a profound meditation on the human condition and both the suffering and resilience it entails. An ethereal iridescence glistens between Leo Smith’s unmistakable trumpet wail and Vijay’s textural key strokes on piano and Fender Rhodes, conjuring multi-dimensional spaces of thoughtful musical conversation. “We work from our individual languages and materials,” notes Vijay in his extensive liner note, as well as “our methods of aural attunement, and what I would call a shared \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eaesthetic of necessity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e”. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA necessity both urgent and peaceful, ominously stated in the first long-track “Sumud”, then dressed in bluesy undertones throughout the “Floating River Requiem”, still doubtful but with silver linings on “Elegy: The Pilgrimage” and devastatingly beautiful in the concluding “Procession: Defiant Life”. If the album is a contemplation on life as such, then it is its sense of wonder that comes to full expression here. Recorded within two days at Lugano’s Auditorio Stelio Molo, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDefiant Life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was produced by Manfred Eicher. — via Label\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/0O4IPirz3kIb5cgh8ZINk9?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: ECM Records\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2025\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Avant-garde Jazz, Free Improvisation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: ECM Records\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECM Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45383286554782,"sku":"0602475604938","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/1-vijay-iyer-wadada-leo-smith-defiant-lifecopy.jpg?v=1746001614"},{"product_id":"chick-corea-piano-improvisations-vol-1","title":"Chick Corea - Piano Improvisations Vol. 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eECM’s pioneering documentation of solo piano music was one of the genre-changing experiments of the early 1970s, and this beautifully recorded session, capturing Chick Corea in Oslo’s Bendiksen Studio in April 1971, marked the beginning of this new development. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePiano Improvisations Vol.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e1\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has long since acquired the status of a classic. It includes, in “Sometime Ago”, a foretaste of the richly melodic and Latin-tinged music Chick would introduce a year later in the first Return To Forever band, but most of the pieces here were simply pulled from the aether. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCorea, it transpired, had the uncanny ability to shape fully formed compositions in real time. Corea: “This was an intense period of discovery for me. The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePiano Improvisations\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e recordings were made spontaneously in the studio.  I took the next idea that came to mind and played it down – then titled it later. This was a new way to create for me at the time. I wasn’t sure what the outcome would be – but just got into the joy of trying it out to see what would happen…” That sense of joy is palpable in the recording, produced by Manfred Eicher. The Luminessence vinyl edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePiano Improvisations Vol. 1\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e adds a gatefold sleeve with Chick’s performer’s note and a text by Neil Tesser reflecting on the impact of the music in its historical context. — via Label\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/3oJIXfNVUhDEO2trhEqK9K?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: ECM Records\u003cbr\u003eSeries: Luminessence\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2025 \/ Original Release: 1971\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Post Bop\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: ECM Records\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECM Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45399008870558,"sku":"602465234503","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/cover_1000-copy.png?v=1746595004"},{"product_id":"jakob-bro-lee-konitz-bill-frisell-jason-moran-thomas-morgan-andrew-cyrille-taking-turns","title":"Jakob Bro, Lee Konitz, Bill Frisell, Jason Moran, Thomas Morgan, Andrew Cyrille - Taking Turns","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith his rich, warm tone, Danish guitarist and composer Jakob Bro makes expansive, forward-thinking jazz that's atmospheric and experimental while still being grounded in tradition. A former member of Paul Motian's Electric Bebop Band and Tomasz Stanko's Dark Eyes quintet, Bro's playing is informed by smoky, harmonically rich modernist jazz ballads. That said, he is not unfamiliar with aggressive, distortion pedal angularities that shift the calm center of his folk-inflected pastoral tunes to reflect dissonance and tension.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis use of loops and effects also sets him apart from many of his jazz-guitar playing peers. \u003cem\u003eTaking Turns\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erecorded in New York’s Avatar Studio a decade ago, finds Bro joined by a multi-generational cast of improvisers, highly distinctive players all. Lee Konitz, Andrew Cyrille, Bill Frisell, Jason Moran and Thomas Morgan lend their energies to a session that bypasses conventions of the “all-star” band and puts the emphasis on teamwork. Bro’s space-conscious music encourages fresh responses: an atmospheric hint, or a fragment of gentle melody, opening up new trails to explore. My compositions are about catching a glimpse of a feeling, sketching it down and then unfolding it as we record”, said Jakob Bro at the time. — via Label\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/2L39E5ZUGVITVrl0Yg9XZ0?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: ECM Records\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2025\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Contemporary Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: ECM Records\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECM Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45431785193630,"sku":"0247521640","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/cover_1000-copy_4e6383eb-2902-4d2b-a2d5-49057013eb3b.jpg?v=1747290950"},{"product_id":"jakob-bro-thomas-morgan-joey-baron-streams","title":"Jakob Bro, Thomas Morgan, Joey Baron - Streams","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn his second leader album for ECM – following on from the prizewinning \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/jakob-bro-gefion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGefion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e – Danish guitarist Jakob Bro continues to refine his trio project, with its emphases on melody, sound, space, layered textures and interaction. The rapport between Bro and Thomas Morgan (Bro calls him “my musical soul mate”) has become something extraordinary, and often guitarist and bassist develop improvisational ideas in parallel. There’s an historical aptness, too, in the choice of Joey Baron as the band’s new drummer, for Bro first encountered Morgan when the bassist was playing in Baron’s band a decade ago. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn \u003cem\u003eStreams\u003c\/em\u003e Joey Baron dives into the music’s detail with obvious pleasure. This recording features five new Bro pieces: “Opal”, “Full Moon Europa”, “Shell Pink”, “Sisimiut” and “Heroines” (heard in both a trio version and a particularly lovely solo version). Completing the album’s repertoire is the freely improvised “PM Dream”, dedicated to the late Paul Motian. Jakob’s approach to melody acknowledges the influence of Motian, and both Bro and Morgan played in the late drummer’s ensembles . Recorded at Studios La Buissonne in the South of France in November 2015 and produced by Manfred Eicher, Streams is issued on the eve of a major tour by the Bro-Morgan-Baron trio with dates in Denmark, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Ukraine and South Korea. — via Label\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/407Fy6Ig5tyIsr1aruHCCt?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: ECM Records\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, 180 gram\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2016\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Contemporary Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: ECM Records\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECM Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45476312088734,"sku":"602557170245","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/cover_1000_751ecf24-f18b-44b1-a7dd-6c21133521e8.jpg?v=1747900771"},{"product_id":"jakob-bro-gefion","title":"Jakob Bro - Gefion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGefion\u003c\/em\u003e is Danish guitarist Jakob Bro’s first ECM album as leader, following recordings for the label as sideman with Paul Motian and Tomasz Stanko. Like the work of those masters Bro’s balladeering distils a sense of jazz history in its specific and highly personal atmospheres. The open forms of Bro’s compositions leave plenty of space for his companions – drum legend Jon Christensen and creative bassist-of-the-moment Thomas Morgan – to make their statements, interactively and in parallel. And there is space too for the listener’s imagination to follow the flow and the delicate melodic tracery of Bro’s electric guitar in this thoughtful and poetic album. — via Label\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/7oBGBUeoPT402ls5ANCQdT?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: ECM Records\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2015\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Contemporary Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: ECM Records\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECM Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45476363862174,"sku":"602547247070","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/cover_1000_3dc60e5d-b495-4123-a834-89ff9d89174b.jpg?v=1747903675"},{"product_id":"bennie-maupin-the-jewel-in-the-lotus-ecm-luminessence-series","title":"Bennie Maupin - The Jewel In The Lotus (ECM Luminessence Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"An unsung modernist classic from 1974.\" – Pitchfork\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBennie Maupin has been an inventive contributor to iconic records including Miles Davis’s \u003cem\u003eBitches Brew\u003c\/em\u003e, Herbie Hancock’s \u003cem\u003eMwandishi\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHeadhunters\u003c\/em\u003e and Marion Brown’s \u003cem\u003eAfternoon Of A Georgia Faun\u003c\/em\u003e. His recordings under his own name have been infrequent but his leader debut, is indeed a jewel. “A more selfless album is hard to imagine”, said Down Beat in 1975. “On The Jewel In The Lotus, the sound is supreme, and all the players strive to achieve a thorough blending”. Recorded in New York in 1974, the disc’s personnel is drawn from the circle around Herbie Hancock in the period, but the music has a character all its own. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ecmrecords.com\/product\/the-jewel-in-the-lotus-bennie-maupin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eLabel\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJazz -funk fans must have been taken aback when multi-instrumentalist and composer Bennie Maupin's \u003cem\u003eJewel in the Lotus\u003c\/em\u003e was released by Manfred Eicher's ECM imprint in 1974. For starters, it sounded nothing like Herbie Hancock's \u003cem\u003eHead Hunters\u003c\/em\u003e recording, which had been released the year before to massive sales and of which Maupin had been such an integral part. \u003cem\u003eHead Hunters \u003c\/em\u003ehas remained one of the most reliable sales entries in Columbia's jazz catalog into the 21st century. By contrast, \u003cem\u003eJewel in the Lotus\u003c\/em\u003e sounded like an avant-garde jazz record, but it stood outside that hard-line camp, too, because of its open and purposeful melodies that favored composition and structured improvising over free blowing. Jazz after 1970 began to move in so many directions simultaneously it must have felt like it was tearing itself apart rather than giving birth to so many new and exciting musics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConsidered carefully, however, \u003cem\u003eJewel in the Lotus \u003c\/em\u003ewas the perfect realization of the skills acquired by Maupin from the mid-'60s on, when he had played in bands led by Marion Brown, McCoy Tyner, and Pharoah Sanders. He'd even recorded an album under his own name in 1967 entitled Almanac. Maupin was first heard by the masses, however, when he played bass clarinet on the landmark \u003cem\u003eBitches Brew\u003c\/em\u003e session by Miles Davis, and as a member of Herbie Hancock's\u003cem\u003e Mwandishi\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cem\u003e Sextant\u003c\/em\u003e groups. He was the lone holdover when Hancock formed the Headhunters, who blasted their way onto FM radio and into the ears of fans who also dug Earth, Wind \u0026amp; Fire and P-Funk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaupin's band for this set contained close friends and musical allies encountered over the years. For starters, fellow Headhunter Bill Summers and Hancock himself are on this date, with drummer Billy Hart and versatile electric and acoustic bassist Buster Williams, who were both members of the earlier Hancock group. The other drummer on the set (there was one in the right and one in the left channel), the criminally under-recorded Frederick Waits, was a former skin man for Motown and John Lee Hooker who Maupin knew from his hometown in Detroit. Charles Sullivan, who plays trumpet on two cuts, was someone Maupin encountered in his travels in New York and jammed with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e Jewel in the Lotus\u003c\/em\u003e is not exactly a \"lost\" jazz classic. ECM kept it in print for many years on vinyl, but 2007 saw its first official CD release. That said, it has been traded widely on the Internet and vinyl copies of any edition command major dollars in record stores and in online auctions. There is good reason for this: it is a classic of 1970s spiritual jazz, and as much as any recording on Strata East or Black Jazz, Maupin's ECM offering is a wonder of arrangement and composition with gorgeous ensemble play, long yet sparse passages, space, and genuine strangeness. Maupin plays all of his reeds and flute in addition to glockenspiel here; Summers' percussion effects include a water-filled garbage can. The two drummers swirling around in different channels don't ever play the same thing, but counter and complement one another. And Hancock plays some of the most truly Spartan and lyrically modal piano in his career here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the six seconds of silence that introduce the percussive beginnings of \"Ensenada,\" with Williams' acoustic bass on a pulse line, Waits' marimba inside a tight scale, Summers' bells, and Hancock's ghostly piano, you know you are on a journey. It doesn't matter whether that music is jazz, classical, or avant-garde. It's a journey into sound and silence. When Maupin on flute fronts the rest of the group as they enter with long-held notes and Hart begins flitting around the top with sticks playing the rims of his tom-toms, the magic is already transpiring. The music is somewhere in the twilight, perhaps better yet in the first emerging pink of a new day, where everything seems transparent because it is partially hidden from view. The ringing ostinato Hancock introduces about halfway through in the middle register is rhythmic, not melodic. The melody is so restrained it only engages one note at a time, held almost interminably but seductively. The beginning of \"Mappo,\" by contrast, is almost startling: as both drummers move through and around the front line, Williams bows his bass at the lower end of its register, and Hancock begins to dramatically play his bottom register keys, Maupin's saxophone enters -- masculine, definitive, and pronounced -- before it gives way to space and his flute. Rhythms and themes shift and more notes are introduced, but they are still skeletally structured. Themes give way to the return of others, and everything becomes circular. The entire track -- regardless of the frenetic but taut percussion and the intense bowing of Williams -- remains in the realm of absolute crystalline beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe elemental concerns of journey and transformation are paramount on the first half of the recording, all the way through the brief ostinato tune \"Past + Present = Future.\" The primordial moment has been revisited; one listens in the moment and heads toward the sum of the two parts, which becomes almost uncomfortably clear with the introduction of electric piano sounds (think of the score from Tarkovsky's Solaris), slow deep modal lines from Williams, and Maupin's muscular tenor -- but these two give way to brave new sound worlds in the title track. The fact that the vibe remains on the border between light and dark (and nowhere more so than with the bass clarinet lines and flutes in \"Winds of Change\") doesn't make it a difficult record to listen to. Quite the opposite. Maupin's harmonic explorations may be unfamiliar, even downright strange at times, but they are inviting. The beckon gently; they never assault. Edges are rounded and seductive. \"Song for Tracie Dixon Summers\" is one of the most haunting and beautiful modal ballads ever written in the modernist jazz literature. The interplay between Williams, Summers, Maupin's saxophone, and Hancock is symbiotic. Sometimes these moments are so dramatic that what the listener hears is the sound of a new world opening up, so that by the time \"Past Is Past\" closes the set, with its contrapuntal piano and open-key melody, the listener has been taken completely out of the day-to-day, out of the moment and into a new one, where time is formless, free-floating, a stream. Coming back into everyday life with its business can be a bit jarring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe true worth of \u003cem\u003eJewel in the Lotus \u003c\/em\u003eis that perhaps no other bandleader at the time could bring together players from such different backgrounds and relationships to his own musical development and make them interact with one another with material that is scored so closely and whose dynamics and tensions are so pronounced and steady. Maupin was so utterly accomplished as a composer as well as a soloist by this time it comes as a shock that he hadn't been making records regularly -- and even more so that he has only recorded very sporadically as a leader since (only a handful of recordings bear his name on top but they are all as fine as they are different from one another).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJewel in the Lotus \u003c\/em\u003eis a true jazz classic because only jazz was big enough in the early '70s to hold music like this, with all its seeming paradoxes, and recognize it as its own. This album sounds as timeless and adventurous in the present as the day it was released. Amen. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/the-jewel-in-the-lotus-mw0000490381\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAllMusic\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1Na5QsavsjOUqtj4f4Bxn1?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: ECM Records \u003cbr\u003eSeries: Luminessence\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2025 \/ Original: 1974\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Fusion, Avant-garde Jazz, Post Bop\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECM Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45778570969246,"sku":"602458923667","price":60.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a_049d2ecb-df02-4a3a-8197-1a68af6ad82d.png?v=1752504622"}],"url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/collections\/label-ecm-records.oembed","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}