Ended the week and welcomed the weekend with Lontano by Anja Lechner / François Couturier, released on ECM in 2020.

Tyran Grillo wrote for ECM Reviews:

"On Lontano, the cello of Anja Lechner and the piano of François Couturier play the roles of scenery and camera. As the lens bends the light into a discernible image yet changes that image in the process of fixing it within a frame, Couturier funnels Lechner’s sunbeams laden with stories that can only be heard with the eyes (and vice versa). If such a description seems too cerebral or even bogus, it’s only because the music it seeks to capture doesn’t accompany it...

If the “Praeludium” tells us anything, it’s that awakening in this scenario can only take place when there is both sun and dew. Otherwise, the dawn might have nothing to kiss as it peers over the not-so-distant mountaintops."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzH-IirTlWg&list=OLAK5uy_nM46CBBtIzhmVrlrGlNHHQVLaHC5MvGkE

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Ended Saturday and welcomed Sunday with Movements in Colour an album by British jazz saxophonist and composer Andy Sheppard recorded in February 2008 and released on ECM the following year.

Tyran Grillow rote for ECM Reviews:

British saxophonist Andy Sheppard’s ECM debut is a phenomenon in sound. A musician of remarkable integrity, Sheppard takes full advantage of the opportunity to broaden his reach farther than ever before. For this project, he indulges in his Indian, African, and Latin affinities, as reflected in the eclectic lineup that shapes this set into something greater than the sum of its parts...

https://ecmreviews.com/2014/01/27/movements-in-colour/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gnCs_DYBD0&list=OLAK5uy_lFXeiJRmS4mwnpGYybD5FO64FSgJjTXY0

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