Stanko, Tomasz * Balladyna (ECM Luminessence Series) [New LP] 12/18/12 British band The Magnetic North

British band The Magnetic North is made up of Erland Cooper

Whithout Wind Without Air

Les McCann and Eddie Harris introduced many to jazz via spirited performances of "The Price You Gotta Pay to Be Free" and "Hey Jorler

and keys delivered with a fire and fury that demands your close attention

The aptly named Rations is indeed the final offering from Dillon & Paten

Stanko, Tomasz * Balladyna (ECM Luminessence Series) [New LP] 12/18/12 British band The Magnetic NorthAn essential document of European jazz in the 1970s, and a recording that still sounds magnificent today, Balladyna exerted an enduring influence on successive generations of improvising musicians in Poland and Finland above all, though it also cast it's spell more widely. As Tomasz Stanko once said, "My international name was built on Balladyna." The quartet explores the seven originals on the album with a strong sense of rhythmic propulsion and