Re: ECM

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

I love the ECM recordings that I have, all of which date back to the 
mid-1970s, and were primarily Keith Jarrett and associated folks. 
Great music, but I felt it cleaved to the stereotype.

In any event, we can take this thread to private e-mail, and encourage
people to keep eyes out for Blood Oranges at non-import prices. It is
an astounding album, as many people have testified. Complex, engaging,
very deep, and also with some wonderful =songs=. The title track is
one of my favorite modern Jewish tunes, and I had a long, long talk
with Alpert about his "Homeland" when the album came out, and all
that it represented. I am in awe of his songwriting ability. In 
concert, of course, it is expressed primarily by the Yiddish improv
that he does, but in songs, it's at an even higher level.

ari

At 06:35 PM 6/29/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Y,know Ari? People have said that (quite cold--non-emotional), but it's not
>really true- check out any of the Gateway Trio albums (Abercrombie/
>Holland/ DeJohnette) or Gary Burton's 'Passengers' or The Art Ensemble of
>Chicago's 'Nice Guys' or, or, or. I guess the 'coldness' could be said to
>describe some of the releases by some of their European Artists, such as
>Terje Rypdal (and I haven't heard anything he's done in years- so I'm
>certainly describing his earlier recordings here), but I don't think any
>sort of generalization in this area holds true.
>               EK
>
>
>At 09:58 AM 6/29/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>ECM music is/was also considered (or was, in the Seventies when I listened
>>to it more) quite cold--non-emotional, which Royte Pomerantzn very much 
>>isn't.
>>
>>At 07:46 AM 6/29/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>ECM is Editions Contemporary Music. See also the fantastic recordings by
>>>Ralph Towner, Oregon, Egberto Gismonte, etc...for more examples of the
>>>classic ECM sound. Some of this music is what Windham Hill hoped to be,
>>>ambient and lush, but with a very strong compositional sense. Don't get me
>>>wrong, some of the early Windham Hill releases were great, however, things
>>>have gotten a bit more formulaic recently. ECM has never lost it, IMHO.
>>>
>>>
>>>Seth
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi Wolf.
>>>>ECM is a record label run by Manfred Eicher known for recording a certain
>>>>style of artist- some good examples of 'the ECM sound' would be certain
>>>>albums by the likes of John Abercrombie, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette
>>>>(these three have actually recorded four albums as a trio), Pat Metheny
>>>>(before he became as popular as he now is), Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek
>>>>etc, etc. The particular approach is characterized by high levels of
>>>>musicianship and technical skill- almost as if approaching post-post-bop
>>>>jazz (sort of the child of stuff like Wayne Shorter's Blue Note records, or
>>>>the Miles Davis late 60's quintet) as classical music and recording it that
>>>>way. I think ECM originally stood for 'Excursions in Contemporary Music' or
>>>>some such thing.
>>>>            EK
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>At 08:04 PM 6/28/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Eliezer Kaplan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I also agree that it's a masterpiece and a must-have album- more like
>ECM
>>>>>> jazz than typical Klezmer in its attitude and execution (not that I have
>>>>>> any special feelings for ECM jazz or against Klezmer- I'm just being
>>>>>> descriptive here).
>>>>>>                 EK
>>>>>
>>>>>Dear Eliezer
>>>>>
>>>>>What is ECM;  European Common Market?  (I'm not trying to be funny).
>>>>>
>>>>>I agree the Braves did a great job.  They have raised the ante on all the
>>>>>pine-repro, generic klezmer bands, B"H.
>>>>>
>>>>>Complimenti and <yasher koyekh>.
>>>>>
>>>>>Wolf Krakowski
>>>>>www.kamea.com
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>(603) 539-8301
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>>>
>>>
>>>
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