March 11th, 2024
"Afric Pepperbird" Spearheads Jan Garbarek's ECM Reissue Trifecta Early ECM barn burner by Norwegian quartet gets first vinyl reissue since 1976By: Jan Omdahl
Afric Pepperbird by the Jan Garbarek Quartet with Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen and Jon Christensen was an early ECM touchstone, and the beginning of five decades of cooperation between producer Manfred Eicher, engineer Jan Erik Kongshaug and the four Norwegian players. It gets its first vinyl reissue since 1976 in ECM's Luminessence series.
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October 17th, 2022
Keith Jarrett’s Fine “Bordeaux” One of the pianist’s last solo concert albums ranks among his bestBy: Fred Kaplan
It’s tragic that, in the past decade, physical catastrophes have struck two of our greatest jazz masters in their prime. Pulmonary thrombosis stopped Sonny Rollins from blowing the saxophone; two strokes prevented Keith Jarrett from ever again playing the piano. At least Rollins was in peak form for an 80th birthday concert (captured on "Road Trip, Vol. 3)"; Jarrett stayed active barely past his 70th. (Both are still alive, at 89 and 72, respectively.) Lucky... Read More
