Defiant Life (CD)Anchored in the idea that, despite all obstacles, the human experience casts a net of possibilities, Defiant Life Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith second duo recording for ECM proves a profound meditation on the human condition and both the suffering and resilience it entails. An ethereal iridescence glistens between Leo Smiths unmistakable trumpet wail and Vijays textural key strokes on piano and Fender Rhodes, conjuring multi dimensional spaces of

in terms of orchestral attack

NF’s HOPE is a 13-track album boasting instant hits

” says Kelly

it documents the only time Ella worked in concert with Paul Weston

including material previously unreleased on CD

Music by Arvo Pärt and JS Bach

and "Green Green Grass Of Home" plus the first-time live acoustic performances of "Rivers Run Dry"

The idea of endless possibility was kind of a theme in the last year of my life"

The album was then mixed in Los Angeles by Doug Boehm (Elliott Smith

live with his ensembles Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists at the Academy of St

We enlisted J Walker with whom I’d worked with previously on Spring and Fall to engineer and co-produce the recording

Imaginary Cycle follows Florian’s contributions to the albums by Matthieu Bordenave