Oct 30, 2019
On November 1 and 2, the jazz world will celebrate 50 years of the monumentally influential ECM Records, rightfully called “one of the defining sound-worlds of the past half-century of recorded music” by the New Yorker.
Founded by producer Manfred Eicher in Munich in 1969 and still under his artistic leadership, ECM...
Oct 28, 2019
Resonance Records has lead an archival revolution over the past decade, digging up long lost or previously unknown recordings from the likes of Bill Evans, Wes Montgomery and Stan Getz. But Zev Feldman and George Klaban’s largest, and perhaps most important project is just about to be released.
Released in partnership...
Oct 26, 2019
The Dream Thief is the first ECM release by pianist Shai Maestro as a leader, and it presents the Israeli pianist fronting the latest incarnation of his uncommonly interactive, atmospherically expansive trio. The group now features new drummer Ofri Nehemya, a fellow Israeli, and its bassist from the start, Jorge Roeder,...
Oct 22, 2019
Fifty years ago today, Led Zeppelin released their second album as a group, appropriately enough entitled Led Zeppelin II. Recorded earlier in 1969, it was released just 10 months after their eponymous debut album. The band’s first number one album, it also contained their biggest hit single, “Whole Lotta Love”, a...
Oct 21, 2019
I crossed another name off my “I gotta talk to this guy/girl” list this month when I finally had a chance to have a conversation with guitarist Dave Stryker. I first came to admire Dave’s tasty playing during his tenure with Jack McDuff, and then with Stanley Turrentine during the Eighties. Since then he has...