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Thomas Stronen - Parish (2005)

AneL_GR — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:58:49 GMT

Thomas Stronen - Parish (2005)
EAC Rip | FLAC, tracks + CUE Sheet + LOG | 282 MB
ECM 1870 | Jazz | Complete Artwork

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Parish is a fascinating band initiated by Norwegian drummer Thomas Stronen. Half-Swedish, half-Norwegian, it brings master pianist Bobo Stenson into the orbit of the younger generation of Scandinavian players, with striking results.

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Paul Motian Trio - Dance (1978)

AneL_GR — Tue, 18 May 2010 10:12:04 GMT

Paul Motian Trio - Dance (1978)
EAC Rip | FLAC, tracks + CUE Sheet + LOG | 222 MB
ECM 1108 | Jazz | Complete Artwork

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The music on Dance is quite subtle and never attempts at overpowering the listener, but rather wraps her in a delicate web of sound and evoked images.

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Marc Johnson - Shades of Jade (2005)

AneL_GR — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:17:28 GMT

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“Shades of Jade”, a mature jazz album, with a classic, timeless feel, makes sense of the range of Johnson’s experience, and stresses his compositional skills. It also features one of the most melodically-inventive pianists in modern jazz in Eliane Elias, the CD’s other primary composer.

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Sofia Gubaidulina - Sofia Gubaidulina (2002)

AneL_GR — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:55:57 GMT

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The composer from the Tartar Republic of the former Soviet Union is a unique figure in contemporary music, and the first ECM album of her compositions underlines many of the strengths of her work, foremost among them a deep feeling for sound and texture.

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Chick Corea - Children's Songs (1984)

AneL_GR — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:06:40 GMT

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Chick Corea has been one of the most significant jazzmen since the '60s. Not content at any time to rest on his laurels, Corea has been involved in quite a few important musical projects, and his musical curiosity has never dimmed. A masterful pianist who, along with Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett, was one of the top stylists to emerge after Bill Evans and McCoy Tyner, Corea is also one of the few electric keyboardists to be quite individual and recognizable on synthesizers.

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Gideon Lewensohn - Odradek (2002)

AneL_GR — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:08:34 GMT

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The ECM New Series debut of Israeli composer Gideon Lewensohn, "Odradek" is comprised entirely of premiere recordings. Lewensohn is increasingly recognised as one of the freshest voices in contemporary music and the title piece from this album, the "Odradek Quartet" won First Prize in the International Competition of the Italian Academy of Arts and Letters. Lewensohn's music defies easy categorisation. It is by turns, playful, serious, ironic, caustic, beautiful.

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Rosamunde Quartett - A. Webern, D. Shostakovich, E. Burian (1997)

AneL_GR — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:33:49 GMT

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The German-Austrian-Australian Rosamunde Quartett München was formed in 1991 by four musicians of widely differing backgrounds, and given early encouragement by Sergiu Celibedache and Heinrich Schiff. A major success at the Berliner Festwochen a year later elevated them to "the elite of the lofty guild of string quartets" to quote one German critic, and since then they have toured the major festivals.

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Agnes Buen Garnas & Jan Garbarek - Rosenfole (1989)

AneL_GR — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:12:20 GMT

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This 1988 recording may be Garbarek's most extended foray into the early music of his native Norway, crafting spacious settings for the voice of Agnes Buen Garnas, a Norwegian traditional singer who brings a rich drama to these songs based on medieval origins. Her voice is a stunning instrument, possessed of a thrilling vibrato and a subtle sense of pitch that are only enhanced by the electronic climate of the recording.

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Barry Guy - Folio (2005)

AneL_GR — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:59:07 GMT

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The hour-long Folio was Barry Guy’s response to a very specific commission from the BT Scottish Ensemble… It was, though, a prescription tailor-made for Guy: as well as a composer he is also a double-bass virtuoso who makes regular forays into the jazz world, and his wife Maya Homburger is a distinguished baroque violinist.

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Stefano Bollani - Stone in the water (2009)

AneL_GR — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:00:37 GMT

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“Stone in the Water” features the brilliant Italian pianist’s “Danish trio”, a group that has been honing its improvisational understanding for six years already. Bassist Jesper Bodilsen and drummer Morten Lund (both making ECM debuts) draw on a still longer association, having collaborated closely for more than 15 years. The three players move, with immense subtlety, through a fascinating programme that includes new pieces by Bollani and Bodilsen, plus ballads by Caetano Veloso and Antonio Carlos Jobim, and Poulenc’s “Improvisation 13 en mineur”, bringing fresh colours to the piano trio genre.

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Stephan Micus - Life (2004)

AneL_GR — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:36:40 GMT

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Micus has always been a genre of his own, representing a unique way of musical expression in an otherwise musically dry 20th century. He dares to explore equipped with his vast knowledge of instruments and his never ending spiritual wandering. All these are more than enough to place him among the most important modern musical figures.

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John Surman - Discography on ECM

AneL_GR — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:59:19 GMT

John Surman - Discography on ECM
Eac Rip | FLAC, Image + CUE Sheet + LOG | 40 CDs
MP3 CBR 320 kbps 44100 Stereo
ECM | Jazz | Complete Artwork for all albums

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Born in Tavistock, Devon, England in 1944, composer/multi-instrumentalist John Surman is one of the key figures in a generation of European musicians who have crucially expanded the international horizons of jazz during the past thirty years or so. Long acknowledged as an improviser of world class, Surman has also composed a body of work which extends far beyond the normal range of the jazz repertoire. Already, by the late 60s, it was clear that Surman was a phenomenon.

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Gianluigi Trovesi - Vaghissimo Ritratto (2007)

AneL_GR — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:45:19 GMT

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The Italian reedman Gianluigi Trovesi is a treasure for music lovers - whether their chosen genre is jazz, the blurry area between jazz and contemporary chamber music, theme-centered orchestral works, or (as is the case with this recording) simply beautiful music that defies classification.

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Jon Balke & Amina Alaoui - Siwan (2009)

AneL_GR — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:27:58 GMT

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The voice of Amina Alaoui soars above Jon Balke's remarkable compositions for baroque ensemble, with soloists drawn from jazz, scattered improvisational traditions, and the world of early music. Behind this remarkable musical integration is a web of philosophical, historical, and literary interconnections, as Balke and Alaoui set texts from Sufi poets, Christian mystics, troubadours and more.

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Cyminology - As ney (2009)

AneL_GR — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:40:36 GMT

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As Ney, the ECM debut of the Cyminology, posits a new kind of chamber jazz, one that reaches deep into the cultural traditions of its members as much as it does ECM's own musical aesthetic and rich discography—with even a hint of the American jazz tradition. As ECM continues to push the envelope of modern jazz, Cyminology is one of its best finds in recent years. As Ney is an album that speaks across borders with quiet but nevertheless passionate beauty.

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Jon Balke - Book of velocities (2007)

AneL_GR — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:37:06 GMT

Jon Balke - Book of velocities (2007)
EAC Rip | FLAC, Image + CUE Sheet + LOG | 179 MB
ECM 2010 | Jazz | Complete Artwork

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For Book Of Velocities, solo pianist Jon Balke has recorded a highly unusual set of improvisations, which at times sounds quite unlike anything else in the instrument's established vocabulary. The Norwegian musician approached these pieces by recording a number of takes based around an initial, spontaneous idea, meaning that the music here is an odd, semi-improv compromise.

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Eleni Karaindrou - Elegy of the uprooting Concert DVD (2008)

AneL_GR — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:00:00 GMT

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Elegy of the Uprooting —both the CD and the video—sums up Karaindrou's film work in a different setting—the live stage. Two years after the live CD was released comes the video accompaniment. This video was recorded at the Megaron, Athens in 2005 and it was a one-off event. Film music is usually written primarily to enhance the imagery but, every so often, the score is strong enough to stand on its own.

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Eleni Karaindrou - Dust of time (2009)

AneL_GR — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:03:00 GMT

Eleni Karaindrou - Dust of time (2009)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps 44100 Stereo | 105 MB
FLAC+EAC log+Cue Sheet | 178 MB
ECM 2070 | Soundtrack | Artwork

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ECM's recordings of Eleni Karaindrou’s music for films have always been more than “soundtracks”: they stand as independent artworks. So it is with the music written originally for Angelopoulos’s “Dust of Time”.

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Gary Peacock - Shif in the Wind (1981)

AneL_GR — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:55:00 GMT

Gary Peacock - Shift in the Wind (1981)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps 44100 Stereo | 114 MB
FLAC+EAC log+Cue Sheet | 233 MB
ECM 1165 | Jazz | Artwork

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Without a doubt, this record is an underappreciated marvel of contemporary acoustic jazz. With simple instrumentation, the trio "gets it" in a quintessential set of musical invention. Musicians are Gary Peacock (bass), Art Lande (piano), Eliott Zigmund (drums). The group provides canvas of music with complex harmonies and swiftly moving rhythms.

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Arve Henriksen - Cartography (2008)

AneL_GR — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:43:00 GMT

Arve Henriksen - Cartography (2008)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps 44100 Stereo | 123 MB
FLAC+EAC log+Cue Sheet | 216 MB
ECM 2086 | Jazz | Artwork

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The uniquely lyrical, liquid and mellifluous sound of Arve Henriksen’s trumpet has had an important supportive role to play on a number of ECM recordings of the last decade. “Cartography”, the art of making maps, is an apt title. Recorded in the studio and in concert in Kristiansand, Oslo, Cologne and London it is almost a map of moods, of landscapes and soundscapes for Henriksen to explore. His trumpet floats and hovers over ever-changing territory.

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