Free Jazz auf ECM

Art Ensemble Of Chicago

Tribute To Lester

When AEC trumpeter Lester Bowie died in November 1999 at the age of 58, the jazz world lost one of its great originals –­ a flamboyant sound-painter, a great soloist, a musical philosopher, and a charisma…

Art Ensemble Of Chicago

Urban Bushmen

Paul Bley (1932-2016)

Ballads (Touchstones)

Diese historischen Aufnahmen aus dem März und Juli 1967 wurden im Frühjahr 1971 erstmals veröffentlicht. Sie dokumentieren den Sound einer Gattung, die aus freien Balladen von Annette Peacock entstand, un…

Paul Bley (1932-2016)

Fragments

Paul Bley (1932-2016)

Open, To Love

Product InformationOne of the most influential recordings in the history of jazz piano, Paul Bley’s solo album thoughtfully explores the compositions of Carla Bley and Annette Peacock.

Paul Bley (1932-2016)

Paul Bley With Gary Peacock

Paul Bley (1932-2016)

Solo in Mondsee

Product Information Paul Bley, master improviser, alone at a Bösendorfer Imperial piano in Mondsee, Austria. Kaleidoscopically-splintered melodies, distant memories of standards, abstractions of the blues…

Paul Bley (1932-2016)

The Paul Bley Quartet

Paul Bley, Gary Peacock, Tony Oxley & John Surman

In The Evenings Out There

Lester Bowie (1941-1999)

I Only Have Eyes For You

Lester Bowie (1941-1999)

The Great Pretender

Flamboyant trumpeter Lester Bowie was a sonic scientist with roots in R & B, the blues and carnival music: his first ECM leader disc good-humoredly explores these elements.

Lester Bowie (1941-1999)

Works

Roscoe Mitchell (geb. 1940)

Compositions / Improvisations - Live

Produktinfo: “Jazz is part of the whole picture, but the communication lines are all over the place now. If you’re truly in love with music, you can’t help being affected by that fact.” Roscoe Mitche…

Roscoe Mitchell (geb. 1940)

Nine To Get Ready

Produktinfo: Fifteen years after the Art Ensemble of Chicago's Third Decade, master saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell returns to ECM with his extraordinary Note Factory group, an ensemble brimming over with im…

Old And New Dreams

Playing

Evan Parker (geb. 1944)

Boustrophedon - Live

Produktinfo: Recorded live in Munich, Evan Parker’s “Boustrophedon” is the companion volume to Roscoe Mitchell’s highly-acclaimed “Composition/Improvisation Nos. 1, 2 & 3” and features an identical li…

Evan Parker (geb. 1944)

Drawn Inward

Produktinfo: "Drawn Inward" is the second ECM release from Evan Parker's Electro-Acoustic Ensemble. "Toward The Margins" (ECM 1612), the debut album released in 1997, attracted a great deal of criti…

Evan Parker (geb. 1944)

Memory / Vision - Live In Oslo 2002

Der britische Saxophonist gilt seit jeher als ein Wegbereiter der musikalischen Sprache des Free Jazz. Als Verehrer des späten John Coltrane, bereicherte er das von seinem Idol maßgeblich beeinflusste Gen…

Evan Parker (geb. 1944)

The Eleventh Hour - Live 2004

Produktinfo:“The Eleventh Hour” is the fourth ECM album by Evan Parker’s Electro-Acoustic Ensemble, the group formed by the English saxophonist in 1992 to explore the nexus of free improvisation and real …