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21 December 2017
The best from ECM at the end of the year
I love Anouar Brahem so don't expect an "objective" review, music is never objective, at least good music isn't! This is a jazz album for starters, not a world album as such, having said that, the compositions are beautiful, the playing superb and the sound, well it is an ECM recording, enough said. This is similar to Brahem's "Thimar" trio recording from years ago, Brahem with Holland and Surman, two jazz musicians reproducing a Middle-East sound, "Blue Maqams" is a quartet recording which is even more "jazz" than "Thimar" yet the oud is central to the music.
The quartet, Holland on bass again, DeJohnette on drums and Django Bates on piano with Brahem on oud is just superb, no other word for it, Holland was made for this music and setting and once heard, I cannot imagine another bassist coming close, he has been missed on ECM!
The compositions are superb, you will hear that word a lot with this recording, and range from moments of solo playing, duos and the full quartet. What we have are four musicians so in tune with the music that there is not one moment that mars this outing, this is as near a perfect album as one can get. The quartet playing becomes almost lush and romantic, do not expect pretty, but absolutely beautiful with Bates providing some exquisite moments on piano. Bates rises to the company, I never expected him to be an equal with Jack DeJohnette and Dave Holland but his contribution makes this album. I haven't said much about this music just that this is my album of the year, ECM or otherwise, jazz, world, classical, it doesn't matter, it is that good!
19 May 2023
Finally heard, The Waifs
I am sad to say this is the very first time I have heard The Waifs, they were the support act for Jackson Browne here in Perth. and they were wonderful. How they slipped under the radar is a mystery but now I have two albums of theirs. A sort of country rock with a slice of both soul and the blues yet very Australian, even dare I say it, Western Australian. The sound is very natural, not forced or contrived and you can tell it emerged from two sisters who just loved music growing up. It sounds both familiar and new at the same time. Well worth checking out.
05 January 2018
Bach played by someone who loves Bach
I received these wonderful recordings recently and they are a must. One thing I will say before I go on any further, the CDs wouldn't play in my Naim CD player, not a common thing but it has happened before, so I had to make "copies" for myself and they played beautifully.
If you like Glenn Gould, you will like these, they are Bach but without the presence of Glenn Gould. I have heard other versions which are fine but they often give me a sense of a love of piano rather than a love of Bach (a female English pianist has this characteristic), these are played beautifully, with little sustain and all the wonder of Bach let they don't sound as "heavy" as Gould's recordings of the same pieces.
Can recommend them but be prepared for a lighter sound, both in playing which I find wonderful in this set but also in the choice of piano Schiff uses.