ECM auf Vinyl 05: Neighbourhood

“The past isn’t dead. It isn’t even past,” observed William Faulkner – and how true this is of ECM’s back catalogue, an edition of music which remains thoroughly contemporary. Five best selling titles from the 1990s and early 2000s, that were previously only available on CD and through the digital domain, are now available on audiophile vinyl.

Neighbourhood
Manu Katché, Tomasz Stanko, Jan Garbarek, Marcin Wasilewski, Slawomir Kurkiewicz

ECM 1896

Manu Katché’s first leader date for ECM finds him fronting a remarkable band, assembled by producer Manfred Eicher, which brings the French-African drummer together with Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek and Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko. Two of Stanko’s gifted young associates, pianist Marcin Wasilewski and bassist Slawomir Kurkiewicz, complete an ensemble which plays Manu’s music with enormous assurance, as if they’ve been playing together for years. Which, indeed, some of them have. As so often with this record label, a “first encounter” trails a network of associations and interwoven histories....

Initially published on CD in September 2005, vinyl is issued in June 2019.
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FEATURED ARTISTS
Manu Katché   Drums
Tomasz Stanko   Trumpet
Jan Garbarek   Tenor Saxophone
Marcin Wasilewski   Piano
Slawomir Kurkiewicz   Double-Bass