The stark elegance of Arild Andersen's bass playing has been inspiring and entertaining audiences since the 1970s. He first gained prominence as a member of the Jan Garbarek Quartet, performing ...
Arild Andersen’s career as a bassist of high regard without much public notoriety, particularly in North America, is explored on this latest ECM reissue. Like the rest of the Rarum series, the label ...
It was shamelessly theatrical, but it set the tone for a highly original and technically skilful performance, if also self-consciously provocative, sometimes to the edge of self parody. Pianist Harmen ...
In October 2010, a very lucky audience was privileged to hear a concert commemorating some of the amazing music released by the ECM label over the past 40 years. There have been a number of ...
Andersen and Smith are obviously a gilt-edged mutual admiration society. This is Andersen’s pianoless trio in its first studio recording. The drummer, as always, is Paolo Vinaccio. What is so ...
Sheila Jordan's 'Comes Love: Lost Session' Out September 16 by A.A. Cristi - August 12, 2021 At the age of 92 and still going strong, singer-songwriter Sheila Jordan has been one of the most revered ...