Glass Song by Yelena Eckemoff
"Almost 75 minutes first-class very calmly, very clearly Jazz trio pieces that undoubtedly deserve a perfect home at ECM (and accordingly have reached more music lovers). A fantastic trio, and yet it speaks for the boss that she dares a new line-up with each album and has not rested on this success afterwards." - Ingo J. Biermann
"Eckemoff places very strong emphasis onto making melody as attractive to listener as possible and creating a range of kaleidoscopic mood changes. She is able to achieve a unique combination of subtle minimalism with climatic span of her music to obtain a truly captivating sound. Melody mostly oscillates around the peculiar darkness, beautiful sadness and reflection, and the pianist is more focused on creating the atmosphere than on showing her virtuoso technique. The greatest asset of Glass Song is that these tracks put listener in reflective frame of mind and give free ran to his imagination.Music is so captivating, full of such contemplation that it makes it hard to stop listening in any point during playing. Unhurriedly in the agile, delicate pace, the artists create a world of sounds to the listener, which causes deep reflection to set it and provokes a variety of thoughts." - Robert Ratajczak
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Tracklist
| 1. | Melting Ice | 7:28 |
| 2. | Glass Song | 9:30 |
| 3. | Cloud Break | 5:45 |
| 4. | Polarity | 7:05 |
| 5. | Dripping Icicles | 7:38 |
| 6. | Sweet Dreams | 5:33 |
| 7. | Whistle Song | 6:30 |
| 8. | Sunny Day in the Woods | 7:20 |
| 9. | Elegy | 7:41 |
| 10. | March Rain | 7:54 |
Credits
Yelena Eckemoff - piano and compositions; Arild Andersen - double bass; Peter Erskine - drums and percussion.
Recorded at The Bridge studio in Glendale, CA, on March 16 - 17, 2012.
Digital downloads are 96kz/24bit tracks.
License
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Yelena Eckemoff is an internationally renowned Russian/American pianist, composer, poet, and visual artist who organically blends classical elements with jazz improvisation in evocative and uniquely distinctive works that strike a delicate balance between through-composed frameworks and open-ended exploration and improvisation.