The Gift has a beautiful power all of its own making, with the shaping of mood, the channelling of the source texts and compositions so very rewarding.
— Stephen Graham
— Stephen Graham
German pianist Julia Hülsmann gave – for my taste – the best performance of her already enormously varied career. In trumpet player Tom Arthurs she has found a wonderful counterpart for her poetic ingenuity.
— Ulrich Olshausen
— Ulrich Olshausen
German pianist Julia Hülsmann gave – for my taste – the best performance of her already enormously varied career. In trumpet player Tom Arthurs she has found a wonderful counterpart for her poetic ingenuity.
— Ulrich Olshausen
— Ulrich Olshausen
Spotlights
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Podcast Dobrinka Tabakova «Composition can be seen as a way of ordering sound and sonorities.»
Interview Craig Taborn «I don’t limit my creative choices based on idiom. It’s all available.»
Reviews of the week 3 May 2013 18
2 or 3 Things Peter Zumthor’s favourite ECM «When I listen to ECM’s music all my troubles just seem to magically disappear.»
Awards Carolin Widmann is Artist of the Year at ICMA Awards
Catalog
›ECM New Releases
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La notte Ketil Bjørnstad ECM 2300
Quercus June Tabor, Iain Ballamy, Huw Warren ECM 2276
Chants Craig Taborn Trio ECM 2326
Transylvanian Concert Lucian Ban, Mat Maneri ECM 2313
In Full View Julia Hülsmann Quartet ECM 2306
ECM Timeline
Artists
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Tours
- Eivind Aarset
- Susanne Abbuehl
- Lucian Ban, Mat Maneri
- Tim Berne “Snakeoil” w/ Noriega, Smith & Mitchell
- Tim Berne
- Tim Berne
- Ketil Bjørnstad
- Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin
- Couturier, De Vito, Lechner, Rabbia
- Marilyn Crispell
- Elina Duni Quartet
- Ketil Bjørnstad
- Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin
- Couturier, De Vito, Lechner, Rabbia
- Marilyn Crispell
- Elina Duni Quartet
- Duo Gazzana
- Levon Eskenian Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble
- Anat Fort Trio
- Paolo Fresu
- Jan Garbarek Group
- Anna Gourari
- Julia Hülsmann Quartet
- Tim Berne
- Ketil Bjørnstad
- Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin
- Couturier, De Vito, Lechner, Rabbia
- Marilyn Crispell
- Elina Duni Quartet
- Julia Hülsmann Trio
- Eivind Aarset
- Susanne Abbuehl
- Couturier, De Vito, Lechner, Rabbia
- Marilyn Crispell
- Elina Duni Quartet
- Duo Gazzana
- Levon Eskenian Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble
- Anat Fort Trio
- Paolo Fresu
- Lucian Ban, Mat Maneri
- Tim Berne “Snakeoil” w/ Noriega, Smith & Mitchell
- Tim Berne
- Ketil Bjørnstad
- Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin
- Couturier, De Vito, Lechner, Rabbia
- Marilyn Crispell
- Elina Duni Quartet
- Duo Gazzana
- Levon Eskenian Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble
- Anat Fort Trio
- Paolo Fresu
- Jan Garbarek Group
- Anna Gourari
- Ketil Bjørnstad
- Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin
- Couturier, De Vito, Lechner, Rabbia
- Marilyn Crispell
- Elina Duni Quartet
- Julia Hülsmann Quartet
- Julia Hülsmann Trio
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Recently hailed by Down Beat as “one of the visionaries of the current wave”, Craig Taborn has a unique perspective on creative music-making. Just as Avenging Angel subverted expectations of solo improvised piano, so does “Chants” find its own response to the vast tradition of the piano trio. The pieces that Taborn has been writing for the band in the eight years of its existence are set up to generate a new group music by channelling the special skills of drummer Gerald Cleaver and bassist Thomas Morgan. “I knew that if I created a context and then deferred, fully, to Gerald’s and Thomas’s sensibilities it would inherently be stimulating and would also challenge the context. I wanted to invite that challenge: I’d much rather engage with the group, always, than have the format be ‘piano adventures with supporting cast’”. Morgan and Cleaver share the leader’s concern for compositional shape and multi-layered improvisational detail, as the music is pulled between the poles of density and spaciousness, to dramatic and thrilling effect. “Chants” was recorded in New York in June 2012, and produced by Manfred Eicher. Its release is accompanied by international touring with concerts in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium and the US.
Recently hailed by Down Beat as “one of the visionaries of the current wave”, Craig Taborn has a unique perspective on creative music-making. Just as Avenging Angel subverted expectations of solo improvised piano, so does “Chants” find its own response to the vast tradition of the piano trio. The pieces that Taborn has been writing for the band in the eight years of its existence are set up to generate a new group music by channelling the special skills of drummer Gerald Cleaver and bassist Thomas Morgan. “I knew that if I created a context and then deferred, fully, to Gerald’s and Thomas’s sensibilities it would inherently be stimulating and would also challenge the context. I wanted to invite that challenge: I’d much rather engage with the group, always, than have the format be ‘piano adventures with supporting cast’”. Morgan and Cleaver share the leader’s concern for compositional shape and multi-layered improvisational detail, as the music is pulled between the poles of density and spaciousness, to dramatic and thrilling effect. “Chants” was recorded in New York in June 2012, and produced by Manfred Eicher. Its release is accompanied by international touring with concerts in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium and the US.