Is this the same Dominic Miller who was in Sting's band for many years (and may still be for all I know)?
That's correct. One of the tunes on the record is a Sting tune, in fact. I don't follow Sting, so I had to learn that from the ECM website.
Steve Tibbetts – A Man About A Horse (ECM Records) — Steve Tibbetts guitars, percussion; Marc Anderson percussion; Marcus Wise percussion; Jim Anton bass
My yesterday's run through early Eberhard Weber: Eberhard Weber - The Colours Of Chloë (1974) ECM 1042 Eberhard Weber - Yellow Fields (1976) ECM 1066 Eberhard Weber - The Following Morning (1977) ECM 1084 - HR (cut by Henry Riedel) Eberhard Weber Colours - Silent Feet (1977) ECM 1107
I got a little package from a forum bud in California with two ECM gems. Both are Robert Ludwig cuts and I'm happy as Larry. I'm probably biased and a little bit patriotic when it comes to ECM pressings, but damn... RL mastered Metheny albums are the sh**. Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays - As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls (1981) ECM 1-1190 - MASTERDISK RL John Abercrombie - Characters (1978) ECM 1-1117 - promo stamped - MASTERDISK RL
and another from last night: Don Cherry/Ed Blackwell - El Corazón (1982) ECM 1230 One of the first "digital recordings" from ECM. Doesn't sound less "analogue" and amazing than before...
Had some commuting to work this week. Turned out only to be 3 days but I took that opportunity to have a little John Abercrombie fest in the car on the way in. Had one album for each morning from this nice little box set.
Everyman Band (1982) ECM 1234 - with David Torn, Bruce Yaw, Michael Suchorsky and Martin Fogel Some serious free-jazz rumpus going on there. I can easily say that this ECM is the most berserk of 'em ALL... easy to remember, beware of ECM 1234... (although iirc, ECM 1002 with the ironic title "Just Music" is a similar kick in the groin)
I lent this out on CD years ago and lost it. I have a crappy mp3 of it but have never been able to find a cd of it again. Was a great album. EDIT. It was actually Without Warning I was thinking of. I don't believe I ever heard this one.
I never listened to "Without Warning" (or spotted a copy, either CD or LP). I might change that asap. The debut is one of the few ECMs never released on CD. The urgent request in the youtube videos of the album made me chuckle:
That was nice. I totally missed this release. I never realized that Without Warning was the 2nd from them. I always thought it was the first. Hahaha.
Dark, beguiling trio recording from Mike Nock featuring Eddie Gomez and Jon Christensen, recorded in 1981. I was familiar with Nock from his three albums with The Fourth Way and also his solo joint from the early 70s Between And Beyond. This is really amazing music and his only album for ECM unfortunately.
Azimuth, Azimuth (1977) [from Azimuth/The Touchstone/Départ (ECM 1546-48, 1994) John Taylor - piano, organ, synthesizer | Norma Winstone - voice | Kenny Wheeler - trumpet, fluegelhorn Azimuth were one of those instances where just a quick glimpse at the line-up and the instrumentation was enough to tell that the listener would be in for a real treat - and then some. I have always admired John Taylor's playing. Of course, I can barely tell a piano player from a hole in the ground, so my opinion hardly counts, but I'm positive that if I understood anything at all about playing the piano, John Taylor would still rank as one of my biggest pianistic heroes. Kenny Wheeler was my favourite trumpet/fluegelhorn player bar just about none. Norma Winstone had a voice which makes me believe that the ancient Greeks had somehow invented a time machine and travelled to our time and modelled the Sirens' song after her vocalizing. Together they were indeed a force to be reckoned with, even though the word "force" seems somewhat appropriate considering the delicate nature of Azimuth's music. Having said that, it surely is forceful in its gentle and understated way, like the proverbial feather to knock one down. Truly amazing!
