Even as they negotiate complex parameters of rhythm and harmony, the trio’s expertly attuned playing evokes the openness of improvisation and the urgency of justice.

Eleni Karaindrou (Greek: Ελένη Καραΐνδρου) is a Greek composer, born in the village of Teichio (Tichio) in Phocis, Central Greece, on November 25, 1941. She is best known for scoring the films of the Greek director Theo Angelopoulos

Eleni Karaindrou (Greek: Ελένη Καραΐνδρου) is a Greek composer, born in the village of Teichio (Tichio) in Phocis, Central Greece, on November 25, 1941. She is best known for scoring the films of the Greek director Theo Angelopoulos

Tomasz Ludwik Stańko was a Polish trumpeter and composer. Stańko is associated with free jazz and the avant-garde. In 1962, Tomasz Stańko formed his first band, the Jazz Darings, with saxophonist Janusz Muniak, pianist Adam Makowicz, bassist Jacek Ostaszewski, drummer Wiktor Perelmuter.

Avant-garde. Years active. 1968–present. Meredith Jane Monk (born November 20, 1942) is an American composer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer.

「永遠的一天」是希臘導演Theo Angelopoulos的作品，描述一位老者晚年生活，藉由一封信引發過去的記憶，在錯落的片段生活裡，交雜著記憶的回溯。這部意境深遠的影片，也同時為他贏得了1998年坎城影展金棕櫚最佳影片獎。
導演以其一貫的詩意風格和類魔幻寫實的手法，陳述老者行至生命終極的感觸，老者看似漫長的現實生活其實短暫，那些逝去的過往，反而在追憶的瞬間，被停滯的時空無限延伸，追憶似水年華瞬間亦是永恆……
希臘女作曲家Eleni Karaindrou與Angelopoulos的合作，自八O年代中期開始至今，累積長達十數年的默契；能將Angelopoulos影片中深沈的人文反思氣息，藉由音符完整呈現出來的，也非Karaindrou莫屬。在Angelopoulos的電影中，人物常是巨大歷史構圖中一抹微小的身影，是游移的大氣中一絲微弱的嘆息。許是合作已久，Karaindrou連音樂起伏的呼吸都與其影像近似，甚至有風格疊合之處。
這張專輯也不例外，它延續了影片一貫深沉的疏離，器樂選擇上以黑管和豎笛為主體，映襯淡雅的弦樂旋律。影像與音樂的對位時而喜悅時而低盪，形成矛盾的張力。銅管的沈重與弦樂的閒逸代表詩人的沈重遲暮與活力青春，在夢境中持續對話，老者忽忽悠悠的夢境，彷彿就從這些音符間隙中緩緩蔓延開來…… 除了類似迴旋曲形式反覆夢境之外迭宕的旋律，Karaindrou也適時選用了部分希臘傳統民謠，專輯裡並收錄片中老詩人的獨白，闡述對生命深沈的思索，在這樣的音樂背景中，獨具另一番動人魅力。
安氏曾經形容Karaindrou的音樂為「電影裡沒有流出來的血」

This far-reaching double album, recorded and mixed in three days in Lugano, introduces a new group with Tigran Hamasyan, Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset and Jan Bang. The Norwegians had played in diverse configurations on ECM - Jan Bang on Eivind Aarset's Dream Logic, for instance, and Bang and Aarset on Arve Henriksen's Cartography - but with Hamasyan at the centre of the sound, bringing with him ancient folk melodies transfigured in the compositions of Komitas, other inspirations come into play. All four players are at a creative peak here, whether freely reflecting upon Armenian themes or spontaneously shaping atmospheric soundscapes together. Recorded at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI and produced by Manfred Eicher.
Tigran Hamasyan (piano)
Arve Henriksen (trumpet)
Eivind Aarset (guitar)
Jan Bang (electronics & live sampling)

奇斯‧傑瑞特Keith Jarrett的音樂有多重面向：他的美國四重奏是前衛自由爵士的延伸，強悍而猛烈；歐洲四重奏則加入歐陸民樂的元素，為所謂的「World Fusion」奠下基礎，他在ECM的經典三重奏組合延續了前輩大師比爾‧伊文斯(Bill Evans)的爵士鋼琴三重奏傳統；廣受愛戴的個人鋼琴獨奏，更是新世紀音樂的首部曲，他的古典樂錄音，同樣獲得極高評價。
關於My song(我的歌)專輯—傑瑞特與他的「歐洲四重奏」的經典作品，薩克斯風手楊葛柏瑞克醇美無暇的演奏，為音樂增添一股歐洲民樂的色彩，閒適、喜樂中蘊含著強大的內在能量，音樂讓人極度放鬆卻又潛藏著深刻的感動。
Keith Jarrett (p)
Jan Garbarek (ts,ss)
Palle Danielsson (b)
Jon Christensen (ds)