Lookout Farm is an album by American jazz saxophonist Dave Liebman recorded over two days in October 1973 and released on ECM—his debut for the label.

Tyran Grillo wrote for ECM Reviews:

Saxophonist, flutist, and all-around wunderkind Dave Liebman—who only last year received an NEA Jazz Masters lifetime achievement award for his tireless efforts in music and instruction—made his ECM debut with Lookout Farm, his first of only two albums for producer Manfred Eicher as leader (the other being the enthralling Drum Ode; he would also guest on Steve Swallow’s Home some six years later) and a trendsetter for fledgling improvisers seeking their voices in the seventies and beyond. Here, he is joined by a telepathic ensemble that includes regulars Richie Beirach and John Abercrombie, in addition to a pointed percussion section...

https://ecmreviews.com/2010/11/06/lookout-farm/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgs1u_IgBck&list=RDKgs1u_IgBck&start_radio=1

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John Abercrombie:
🎵 Timeless

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https://unboundworlds.bandcamp.com/track/timeless-john-abercrombie

https://open.spotify.com/track/3nTQL2ScjeyOxjqSmDoCCr

Ended Tuesday and started Wednesday with Music for Large & Small Ensembles is a double album by Canadian jazz trumpeter Kenny Wheeler, released on ECM in 1990

Tyran Grillo wrote for ECM Reviews:

Canadian trumpeter Kenny Wheeler had been writing for jazz orchestra for three decades before this recording, criminally the only of its kind widely available at the time, was released. With a cast list (mostly veterans of the London jazz scene) to make one swoon, ECM’s first release of the 1990s raised the bar on production, arrangement, composition, and musicianship that had been the label’s prime tenets since its inception in 1969.

It’s easy to praise Wheeler as player, but on Music For Large & Small Ensembles we are given a smorgasbord of his delectable talents as composer. This massive two-disc set begins with The Sweet Time Suite in eight parts...

https://ecmreviews.com/2012/04/14/music-for-large-and-small-ensembles/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRLJr_1jhgg&list=PLBJenJIJrq0xsYWt2tSQU8Jc_OBr7GrLN&index=1

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Cosmic Chicken! What a great album! A masterpiece of fusion!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5nPYpISF0k

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Grazing Dreams is the second album by American sitarist and composer Collin Walcott, recorded in February 1977 and released on ECM later that year. Walcott's quintet features trumpeter Don Cherry and rhythm section John Abercrombie, Palle Danielsson, and Dom Um Romão.

Tyran Grillo wrote for ECM Reviews:

"A plaintive, leisurely journey from Collin Walcott, North American pioneer in the art of the jazz sitar and ECM visionary whose life ended all too soon at the age 39...

...Grazing Dreams is structured as long-form whole in which individual tracks blend into the overarching power that binds them. “Song Of The Morrow” starts things off right with flirtatious sitar riffs appearing and disappearing against a reverberant wash of guitar and trumpet while subtle and varied percussion sections sneak past in the background."

https://ecmreviews.com/2010/02/14/grazing-dreams/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aZEf6JXxjk&list=OLAK5uy_lGhOnBkbO6VzW8cC_UAnDxFmox_5YK9x0

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John Abercrombie:
🎵 Timeless

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https://unboundworlds.bandcamp.com/track/timeless-john-abercrombie

https://open.spotify.com/track/3nTQL2ScjeyOxjqSmDoCCr

John Abercrombie/Ralph Towner - Sargasso Sea (ECM, 1976)
Guitar duets by two masters with contrasting sounds and styles. Putting me to sleep but it is about that time. Props to Between Sound and Space for their comprehensive ECM reviews: https://ecmreviews.com/2010/12/19/sargasso-sea/

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John Abercrombie - Timeless (ECM, 1975)
Power trio w/ Jan Hammer and Jack De Johnette. The title track is aptly named.

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Michel Petrucciani en concert le 30 mars 1988 au Théâtre Municipal d'Albi

#MichelPetrucciani (p), #JohnAbercrombie (g), Andy McKee (b), Eliot Zigmund (dr)

#jazz #podcast #francemusique en 2 parties:
https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/podcasts/les-legendes-du-jazz/michel-petrucciani-en-concert-le-30-mars-1988-au-theatre-municipal-d-albi-1-2-8718728
https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/podcasts/les-legendes-du-jazz/michel-petrucciani-en-concert-le-30-mars-1988-au-theatre-municipal-d-albi-2-2-7529323