Ravishing, melodic and lyrical, but also poised and alert piano-playing.
Piano duets with David Rothenberg, playing clarinet and bass clarinet.
Gorgeous, direct duets, love songs, close in spirit to The Melody At Night With You.
With Chris Potter and Jason Moran.
Rainer Bruninghaus, keyboards; Eberhard Weber, bass; Manu Katche drums; Marilyn Mazur percussion; Agnes Buen Garnas, vocal; Mari Boine, vocal.
Music written for Angelopoulos’ film, featuring the viola of Kim Kashkashian, alongside oboe, accordion, voice, trumpet, french horn and cello.
Duets by trumpet, or French horn, and guitar.
With new cohorts from Finland and Denmark — electric bass and guitar bringing a new tension and urgency — this is by turns fierce and hard, swinging and sparse, lyrical and mournful.
‘The quintessence of experience of sorts. It has some free playing, some reflection, and we also played Komeda’s Kattorna. Among my records this is the one I listened to the most after recording.’
With Barbaros Erkose, clarinet; Lassad Hosni, bendir, darbouka.
John Surman, bass clarinet and soprano saxophone; Dave Holland, double-bass.
With Chick Corea, piano; John McLaughlin, guitar; Miroslav Vitous, double-bass; Jack DeJohnette, drums.
With David Finck and Joey Barton, and Joe Lovano guesting.