Catch Up

Yussef Dayes – For My Ladies
Future3 – Flares
Marla Kether & Sofia Grant – Reverse
Matt Johnson – Is It Too Late
Finn Rees – Another Spring
Jackson Mathod – Mirage
Sarah Tandy – HyperJazz
Mark Guiliana – D.Rum
Zenel – Spyro Skank
Neue Grafik Ensemble – Queen Assa
Energy Exchange Ensemble – Alkalo
Pyjaen – Shades of July

corto.alto – IJUSTDONTKNOW {Some Small Fortune}
Domi & JD Beck – SOME THiNGS NEVER CHANGE {WHO ASKED?}
Sarah Tandy – Hyperjazz {Delicious Capricious}
Ahmed Sirour – T.G.I.F. (Thank God It’s Funky) {7”}
The Meters – Cardova {The Meters}
Orchestra Mambo International – Yenyere {¡Apúntalo!}
Daniel Poncé – Oromi {Arawe}
The Womack Sisters – If I Let You {The Womack Sisters}
Nils Petter Molvaer – Rome (Martux_m) {Be Quiet}
Fergus McCreadie – The Pass {The Shieling – Companion Pieces}
Elsa Nilsson’s Band of Pulses – Andetag {Liminal}
Mama Terra – Ishi {Inner Space}

In this episode of the ECM Podcast Caro is joined by pianist Nitai Hershkovits, whose leader-debut for ECM Records is an impressive piano-solo album, recorded in Lugano and produced by Manfred Eicher.

In our conversation, Nitai talks about his inspirations, the old wise ones in his life, the recording of this album and the magic of music.

In this edition Ruth talks to American vocalist Carmen Lundy about her 2026 release ‘Notes From The Wine Cellar’

Playlist:

Carmen Lundy – Thinking of You {Notes From The Wine Cellar}
Carmen Lundy – Love and Freedom {Notes From The Wine Cellar}
Carmen Lundy – In The Rain That Day {Notes From The Wine Cellar}
Carmen Lundy – No Better Love {Notes From The Wine Cellar}
Carmen Lundy – Today, Tonight, Tomorrow and Forever {Notes From The Wine Cellar}
Carmen Lundy – Another Color {Notes From The Wine Cellar}
Carmen Lundy – New Moon Rising {Notes From The Wine Cellar}

Jared Hall – Home Town {Home Town (Origin)}
Isaiah Collier – God Is By Your Side {Joy (Brownswood)}
Ralph Alessi – Nothing Is Dead {A Sun That Never Sets (ECM)}
Ran Blake & Dominique Eade – Mendacity {Roots & Byways (Sunnyside)}
Mat Maneri – Mist {Mist (Sunnyside)}
Threadgill/Iyer/Prieto – I Wanted A Map {Fifteen (Nonesuch)}
Ambrose Akinmusire/Mary Halvorson – Sound Check {Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings (Nonesuch)}
Charles Brackeen – Attainment {Attainment (Cosmic Sounds)}
Terri Lyne Carrington – Riddim Song {Trip The Night Fantastic (Mack Avenue)}
Rob Clearfield – Play Through That {Voice In The Wilderness (J&P)}
Charlie Ballantine – Tomorrow Never Knows {East By Midwest (Origin)}
Deirdre Cartwright – On Green Dolphin Street {Organik (Blow The Fuse)}
Miguel Zenon & Luis Perdomo – La Gloria Eres Tu {El Arte Del Bolero (Miel)}
Charlie Parker – Just Friends {Parker With Strings (Verve)}
Satoko Fuji – After The Storm 3 {After The Storm (Libra)}
Jamile Vinicius Gomes – Endangered Species {Boundless Species (La Reserve)}
Wayne Shorter – Flying Down To Rio {Without A Net (Blue Note)}

Sharp Little Bones – Step up! Get Down! {Step Up! Get Down!}
The Knoel Scott Quartet – Kingdom or not {Asha}
Ike Quebec – Acquitted {Heavy Soul}
Hannah Marks – Room 157 {Feed the fire}
Jeremy Cunningham – Union Pier {Passing fires}
Surprise Chef – Leg day {Frogs in a pond}
Bobbi Humphrey – Harlem River Drive {Blacks and Blues}
Sam Blakeslee – Ephemeral {New Blood}
Count Basie – Whirly-Bird {The Atomic Mr Basie}
Count Basie – Japan {Afrique}
Henry Threadgill, Vijay Iyer, Dafnis Prieto – Last Night {Fifteen}
Brandon Seabrook – Star-Crossed Phantasms {Utility Modern}
John Hollenbeck & Hot Club Jazz Orchestra – Racing heart, heart racing {Peace and justice}
Duke Pearson – Xibaba {I don’t care who knows it}
Art Framer – Mau Mau {The Art Framer Septet}
Vanisha Gould – Poor Man {What an interesting girl}
Ran Blake and Dominique Eade – Saving all my love for you {Roots and Byways}
Kiefer – Memory Bomb {Memory Bomb}
Mali Sheard – Elephants {Hayfever}
OMNO – Inner Games {In time and spirit}
John Coltrane – Naima {Blue World}
Andy Sheppard – Salgado {Salt Catchers}

Ivo Perelman/Mathew Shipp/William Parker/Bobby Kapp – First Color Heard {Synesthesia}
Punkt.Vrt.Plastik – Granular Navigation {Kompress}
Bernhard Hadriga & Aurel Violas – Tuesday at the Imp’s Cleatring {what happened in the hayloft}
Jazzy Mayhem International – Nostrum {Eponymous/Storming the Corporate Citadel on the back of a CSR Snow Swine}
MoE & Ikuro Takahashi feat. Signe Emmeluth – 02 {Live at Børsen Kulturhus}
K Trio – Parade {Parientes De La Vida}
Henry Threadgill Zooid – Flouroscope {Cut You Where You Was}
Co Strieff Quartet – Oracle {Oracle}
Matthew Putnam/Hilliard Green/Francisco Mela – Airplane to the Sky {Bright Sun Outside}
Ballister – Sause for the Goose {Clocking the Wheel}

Maik Krahl – The Journey of Serenity {The Journey of Serenity}
Bobby Timmons – Einbahnstraße {The Soul Man}
Timo Vollbrecht – Brighton Blues {Bremen – New York}
Joachim Kühn – Renata’s Sleep {Joachim Kühn And Young Lions}
Ganna – Der Mann im Mond {Utopia}
Leo Genovese – La Casita de mis Viejos {Tango Criollo}
Leo Genovese, Takashi Sugawa, Alfred Vogel – A Hill Without a A Name{Unleashed}
Esther Kaiser – Learning to Breathe {Learning to Breathe}
Alenti – Asturaianas {Jasmine}

Ntjam Rosie & SMANDEM. – Elle (reworked) {Elle (reworked)}
SMANDEM. & Elena Pinderhughes – 12 AM In Bali {Self-Titled}
Bnnyhunna – honest {SINTHA}
QUANZA – Neon Noir {Neon Noir}
Erik von Spreckelsen & Bo Stief – Chance of A Day, Pt.1 {Chance of A Day, Pt.1}
Artvark Saxophone Quartet – Red Line {The Four Fathers}
Julieta Eugenio – Mi Boathouse {Mi Boathouse}
Rocky Marsiano & Rodrigo Amado – Last One {Last One}
Maarten Voortman & Suzan Veneman – Opening {Opening}
William Barrett Band – Third Sun {Live In Amsterdam}
Y.O.P.E. & Avvnt MM – My buddy Skip {Music For Dogs}
Chocos feat. Eduardo Cardinho, João Mortágua – Roue Libre {R U HAppy?}

Dana and Alden – Lee’s Greenhouse [feat. Mei Semones] {Papa’s Boat [E]}
Nicolas Meier World Group – Mystical {Elysian Drift}
Linda Sikhakhane – Indlela {LINDA}
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane – Big Nick {Duke Ellington & John Coltrane}
Charles Tolliver All Stars – Repetition (Take 1) {Right Now and Then}
Brent Birckhead – Sound Check {EXCHANGE}
Carmen Lundy – I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings {Notes From The Wine Cellar}
Vanisha Gould – Go-To Girl {What An Interesting Girl}
Nicholas Payton, Butcher Brown – Freddie Freeloader {A Supreme Blue}
Matt Wilson’s Good Trouble – Fuller Love {Love Is The Whole Thing}
Jonathan Crossley, David Kollar and Lukas Ligeti – Freedom to Choose {Solace}
Sharp Little Bones with Tony Kofi – Dream Capture {Step Up! Get Down!}
John Hollenbeck & the Hot Club Jazz Orchestra – Power of Water {Peace And Justice}
Michael White – Let Love Be Your Magic Carpet {The X Factor}
Samuel Blaser Quartet – Elgnij {Rosina}
Ralph Alessi – Transitional Imagery {A Sun That Never Sets}
Reiner Witzel – Message from Africa {Nomansland}
Mali Sheard – Elephants {Hayfever}
Branford Marsalis Quartet – Central Park West {Dedicated To You}