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Jarrett Keith: La fenice 2018 [2 CD]

ECM is particularly pleased to present this two-disc set by one of the most outstanding groups of its era, the group often referred to as 'Belonging' or Keith Jarrett's 'European Quartet', heard here in a previously unreleased concert recording from 1979. After more than three decades in the archive, this "sleeper" now awakes, sounding thoroughly alive and of the moment. <br/><br/>"Sleeper" is a significant addition to the group's small discography, until now comprised of the albums "Belonging" (1974), "My Song" (recorded 1977, released 1978), "Nude Ants" (recorded 1979), and "Personal Mountains" (1979, released 1989). The pieces performed by the quartet on April 16, 1979, at Tokyo's Nakano Sun Plaza were Jarrett compositions - "Personal Mountains", "Innocence", "So Tender", "Oasis", "Chant of the Soil", "Prism" and "New Dance" - all written for this ensemble (in later years, "Prism" and "So Tender" would be reinterpreted by the "Standards" trio), all delivered with enormous verve. This was a group that could play very freely, and joyously, inside the melodic and rhythmic structures set up or implied by Keith Jarrett's writing, with an extraordinary and unforced sense of flow. As Jarrett said at the time: "I myself, as a so-called leader, wish very, very often to blend with the other three musicians and that situation [the Belonging band] allows that, because no one is fighting with anyone else. Everyone is just trying to make the thing transparent and clear and feeling good."

Coltrane John: Blue train 1957 (Mono+Stereo) [2 CD]

Weather Report: Weather Report 1971 [CD]

Weather Report: Sweetnighter 1973 [CD]

Digipack.<br/><br/>"Att Sonya Hedenbratt, som de flesta minns från revy- och kabaréscenen samt tv:s "Jubel i busken", från början var en helt enastående jazzsångerska är i dag kanske inte känt för alla. Nu råder Lasse Zackrisson på Vax records bot på det med ett album med mestadels outgivna inspelningar från första hälften av 1950-talet, där Hedenbratt kompas av musiker ur den svenska jazzeliten. Och med en sångerska vid micken i en sådan strålande vokal form att den lätt skulle kunna ha gett henne en karriär i USA - om hon hade vågat ta steget. Vid hennes död 2001 hyllade Arné Domnérus i DN hennes omedelbarhet. Och vare sig det handlar om drömmande tonårsromantik ("Dedicated to you") eller desillusionerad vuxenhet ("What is this thing called love") fångar Hedenbratt låtarna liksom direkt ur luften och ger dem en energi som gör att all övrig förstärkning av uttrycket blir fullkomligt onödig. Det är faktiskt förbluffande att höra hur lätt hon kunde avväpna lyssnaren - genom att hålla stilen.<br/>Bästa spår: "He's funny that way"."<br/><br/>- Martin Nyström / DN

Kent Stacey: Songs From Other Places 2021 [Digipack / CD]