Monday Music
Somehow I never got around to posting this on Saturday, and by Sunday afternoon it seemed a bit late to call it "Weekend Music." It's a track from a recent ECM release which is my current enthusiasm.
I've been taking advantages of the low prices at eMusic.com to explore some of ECM's back catalog, and in browsing that I noticed this new one. I was immediately intrigued by the title, which refers to Antonioni's movie of the same name. It seems to be some sort of homage, and although I certainly wouldn't have made the connection without the title, but it's a rich association, especially in the hands of ECM, which put an evocative scene from the movie on the album cover.
I should point out to anyone who might consider purchasing the album that the quiet and sombre mood of this opening track is not continued throughout; it gets considerably more agitated, then slows down again. It's unclassifiable instrumental music–not exactly jazz, not classical, more substantial than New Age–but very much in keeping with the ECM tradition. Here are a couple of reviews:
And here's information at the ECM web site.
Light On Dark Water 
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