Still Clinging to the Wreckage

From the earliest days of the label, distinctively conceived duets have featured strongly at ECM – and here is another gem to set next to releases by, e.g., Chick...

I don't recall what tune the woman attempted to sing. I do remember her voice emerging as a sort of strangled caterwaul, rather akin to fingernails scraping a chalkboard....

"This is a man's, man's, man's world" proclaimed the godfather of soul, James Brown, whilst rarely ever acknowledging that this renowned anthem was co-written by his former girlfriend, Betty...

The Eternal Triangle is a follow up to the well received Double Take recorded in 1985. Hubbard, now long distanced from purely commercial considerations, per­forms outstandingly, a crackling sharpness...

Ronnie Scott was, as someone once put it, a very interesting bunch of guys and Oliver Murray has got together a very interesting bunch of guys to build a...