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Anja Lechner Podcast

In the 46th episode of the ECM podcast we’re joined by the German violoncellist Anja Lechner to discuss her frist solo album after years of collaboration with ECM: Bach/Abel/Hume, produced by Manfred Eicher. Anja talks about freedom, composer’s […]

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Artists in Focus

Julia Hülsmann

Julia Hülsmann’s quartet resurfaces with a fresh Norwegian voice on horn in tow and presents an attractive batch of originals that finds the group thoughtfully exploring common ground with a knack for adventure. As on past outings, each quartet member contributes music to the session, the leader herself being responsible for half the programme. Saxophonist Uli Kempendorff’s introduction to Julia’s trio on 2019’s Not Far From Here already brought a new dimension to the group’s interplay – this sense is again amplified and expanded upon through the addition of Norwegian trumpeter Hildegunn Øiseth, who joins the quartet on trumpet and the supply articulating goat horn for five cuts. Spellbinding lyricism and playful rhythmic and melodic interaction conspire throughout Under The Surface – a gem in Julia Hülsmann’s increasingly impressive ECM-oeuvre.

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Julia Hülsmann

Albums in Focus

The Old Country

“The music has the dash and the unabashed lyricism of Keith Jarrett’s best work,” wrote Stereophile in 1994 of At The Deer Head Inn, the first selection of material from the pianist’s spontaneous and in retrospect historic return to the Pennsylvanian venue of his early years. Gramophone spoke of “spellbinding” playing, and the Los Angeles Times hailed “a compendium of grace”. All attributes applicable also to this edition, featuring eight previously unreleased performances, which dives deeply into the magic of this special event, a one-night-only coming together of a Jarrett trio with Gary Peacock and Paul Motian. Keith Jarrett: “It was like a reunion and a jam session at the same time.”

The Old Country

About ECM

The Label

The independent record label ECM – Edition of Contemporary Music – was founded by producer Manfred Eicher in 1969, and to date has issued more than 1800 albums spanning many idioms.

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