Artist: Keith Jarrett
     Album: The Koln Concert
     Label: ECM
     Year: 1975
     Quality: MP3@320 kbps
     Size: 87 MB + 57 MB (+ 96,5 MB)
     Total Time: 1:06:05


     The poetry to the piano
     A musical chameleon, pianist Keith Jarrett was at his finest when he recorded these sustained solo improvisations in a German concert hall in 1975, the first lasting 26 minutes, the second 40. Melodies and rhythmic figures arise fluidly from his fingers as he moves from one idea to another, while his strong left hand is often used for repeated motifs that generate a rolling hypnotic power. This couples with strongly consonant harmonies to impart the flavor of gospel music at times, dance musics and Debussy at others.

     Artist - Bill Evans
     Album - Sunday At The Village Vanguard
     Genre - Post-bop, cool
     Label - OJC/Riverside
     Year - 1961
     Quality - MP3@192 kb/s
     Size - 98,1 mb
     Total time - 68:16
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REPOST with new link from Mr. Gormenghast

     The "poet of the piano" as defined by the writer, Gene Less, remained undiminished its lyrical style and his sensitivity to his last days.

   Artist: Pat Metheny
   Album:Watercolors
   Label: ECM
   Year:1977
   Quality: MP3 @ 320 kbps
   Size: 84 MB
   Total Time: 41:48

   Different from most Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays, there is little electronica. Mostly acoustic, the music is a pleasant change from the guitar synthesizers often used by Metheny. Lyle Mays is in top form here and provides some beautiful and virtuoso playing. One definitely to have in the collection.

REPOST! Happy Birthday, mr. Metheny!

Artist: Mats Edén
Album: Milvus
Label: ECM
Year: 1999
Quality: MP3 @ 320 kbps
Size: 63 + 82 MB


Mats Eden has been hailed, by Ale Moller, as the "real leader" of the Swedish folk revival.

     Artist: Misha Alperin
     Album: First Impression
     Year: 1999
     Label: ECM
     Quality: MP3 @ 320 kbps
     Size: 98 MB

     Off-the-cuff interplay and melodic creativity are uppermost in this spontaneously-organised session in which the great British reedman John Surman meets the pianist Misha Alperin for the first time. Based now in Oslo, Alperin has become a central figure on the Sandinavian scene, and assembled an impressive "Nordic" jazz band, that includes the great Jon Christensen on drums.

      Artist: Bobo Stenson Trio
      Album: War Orphans
      Year: 1998
      Label: ECM
      Quality: MP3 @ 320 kbps
      Size: 64 + 56 MB

      Here is another great trio date from pianist Bobo Stenson, bassist Anders Jormin and drummer Jon Christensen. War Orphans is filled with colorful explorations and is a great example of how a trio can communicate in a supremely intuitive manner.

     Стенсона принято считать лучшим современным джазовым пианистом Швеции. По крайней мере — самым известным.
В копилку достижений Стенсона заносят его совместные проекты с признанными корифеями джаза — Стеном Гетцем, Сонни Роллинзом, Доном Черри и Яном Гарбареком. Сам про себя он говорит так: «За тридцать лет моя игра стала проще и чище, я наконец пришел к тому, что всегда хотел сказать, и научился делать это выразительно».

      Artist: Brad Mehldau
      Album: ELEGIAC CYCLE
      Year: 1999
      Label: Warner Bros / Wea
      Quality: MP3 @ 320 kbps
      Size: 95 + 56 MB

      Brad Mehldau is a pianist with a reputation for Bill Evans-style quietude. On Elegiac Cycle, Mehldau's first solo piano outing, that tendency toward melancholy meets up with his rather obvious classical influences (Brahms, Chopin, Satie) for a round of nine haunting and radiant originals. Mehldau's touch has always been light and deft, and those qualities are brought to the front on these gently searching, often mournful compositions.

      Artist: Tord Gustavsen Trio
      Album: Changing Places
      Year: 2003
      Label: ECM
      Quality: MP3 @ 320 kbps
      Size: 88 MB

      One hour of pure sensuality is what to expect from Changing Places. The trio’s ECM debut is lyrical, tender, and fresh, even with a hint of blues.

      Artist: Keith Jarrett
      Album: Dark Intervals
      Label: ECM
      Year: 1988
      Quality: MP3 @ 320 kbps
      Size: 66 + 61 MB

      This is Jarrett at his best.
      Recorded live in Tokyo this CD contains some of the best pieces he ever made.
      The pieces are not lengthy, appr. 5-7mins and they never become boring or so. All of them can be seen as small soundtracks of little stories of our lives.

     Artist: Edward Vesala
     Album: Lumi
     Label: ECM
     Year: 1987
     Quality: MP3 @ 320 kbps
     Size: 105 MB


     Drummer, composer, bandleader was born 1945 in Mäntyharju, Finland. He was one of the most original forces in contemporary jazz.

     "Lumi" was declared by the British press to be one of the essential albums of the 1980s.

     Artist: Jan Garbarek
     Album: Esoteric Circle
     Original Release Date: 1969
     Audio CD: 1988
     Label: Freedom
     Quality: MP3 @ 320 kbps
     Size: 88 MB

       

     Jan Garbarek in a quartet with guitarist Terje Rypdal, bassist Arild Anderson and drummer Jon Christensen that played a unique hybrid of jazz-rock, free jazz and progressive-rock on Esoteric Circle

     Artist: Jan Garbarek
     Album: Twelve Moons
     Label: ECM
     Year: 1993
     Quality: MP3 @ 320 kbps
     Size: 130 MB
     Playtime 75:33

     For this release, Garabrek has (as usual) assembled a stunning cast of supporting musicians -- Rainer Bruninghaus (keyboards), the always-amazing Eberhard Weber (bass), Manu Katche (drums) and Marilyn Mazur (percussion). To these players' fine efforts are added the vocal colorings of Agnes Buen Garnas (Garbarek's collaborator on the breathtaking 'Rosensfole' album of medieval music from Norway) and Sami singer Mairi Boine. Under Garbarek's direction, playing mostly his own compositions, they have given the listener a meticulously assembled yet naturally flowing sound painting that evokes the Nordic spirit which gives Garbarek much of his inspiration.

      Artist: John Abercrombie
      Album: Cat 'n' Mouse
      Label: ECM
      Year: 2002
      Quality: MP3 @ 320 kbps
      Size: 54 + 59 MB

      John Abercombie makes it clear on CAT 'N' MOUSE exactly why he continues to be regarded as one of jazz's most creative and progressive guitarists

      John Abercrombie possesses a unique voice as a jazz guitarist combining evolving technologies with a tradition well represented by jazz standards.

     Artist: Arild Andersen
     Album: Sagn
     Label: ECM
     Year: 1991
     Quality: MP3 @ 320 kbps
     Size: 84 + 65 MB


     This is a whole different world, a soul-stirring blend of jazz and ancient Norwegian folk music

     I truly love it and recommend to everybody who wants to explore something different.

     Artist: Mikhail Alperin & Arkady Shilkloper
     Album: Wave of Sorrow
     Label: ECM
     Year: 1990
     Quality: MP3 @ 320 kbps
     Size: 60 + 46 MB

     Artist: Patricia Barber
     Album: Verse
     Year: 2002
     Label: Blue Note Records
     Quality: MP3 @ 320 kbps
     Size: 98 + 26 MB

      Patricia Barber has taken her art to a higher level on "Verse".
     If you are tired of warmed over standards and need a new vibe - pick up "Verse." This music is refreshing, stimulating and beautiful.

     Этот альбом американской джазовой пианистки и певицы Патриции Барбер принес ей признание публики и престижную премию Гугенхайма за 2003 год.

     Artist: Eberhard Weber
     Album: Little Movements
     Year: 1980
     Label: ECM
     Quality: MP3 @ 320 kbps
     Size: 94 MB



     Weber's compositions blend chamber jazz, European classical music, minimalism and ambient music, and are regarded as characteristic examples of the ECM Records sound.

     Artist: Dino Saluzzi
     Album: Cite de la musique
     Label: ECM
     Year: 1997
     Quality: MP3 @ 320 kbps
     Size: 76 + 57 MB


     The poet, the teacher, the preacher

     Artist: Keith Jarrett
     Album: Tribute
     Label: ECM
     Year: 1989
     Quality: MP3 @ 320kbs
     Size: 281 MB
     Number of Discs: 2

     This 2CD set is recorded live on Oct. 15, 1989 at Koln.
     There is a concept this time, for all the standards carry a dedication to some jazz man or woman who performed them

     Artist: Ali Farka Toure
     Album: Savane
     Year: 2006
     Label: World Circuit
     Quality: MP3 @ 320 kbps
     Size: 58 + 49 MB

     All we need to know is, he was a master and this is his masterwork.
     Savane stands out both as Ali Farka Touré’s masterpiece, and as one of contemporary African music’s finest achievements to date.