In addition to a lineup that features Bill Frisell, Richard Thompson, Giddens teaming up with Francesco Turrisi, Nils Frahm, Spiritualized, Mercury Rev, Mary Halvorson, Jack DeJohnette and many more, Knoxville, TN's Big Ears Festival has announced an ongoing celebration for the 50th year of ECM Records. As written in a Big Ears press release, ECM has spent "spent half a century tirelessly pursuing new frontiers and standards of excellence in jazz and classical music." "ECM’s ethos for the last 50 years dovetails perfectly with Big Ears’ own principles—and has from the start," the release later states. "The label has unwavering standards of excellence, using an unmistakable visual identity and rigorous production goals to build a redoubtable aesthetic. ECM has long served as a stable platform for its artists to venture into the unknown, too, to make music that defied the boundaries of safety and expectation within their chosen form." For more information - including tickets - visit BigEarsFestival.org. Check out the full list of ECM performers as well as the full Big Ears lineup below: ECM Performances: Big Ears 2019 The Art Ensemble of Chicago Arvo Pärt’s Passio performed by St. John’s Choir Avishai Cohen Quartet Bill Frisell & Thomas Morgan Carla Bley TRIOS with Andy Sheppard and Steve Swallow David Torn DeJohnette Coltrane Garrison Larry Grenadier Kim Kashkashian Kim Kashkashian & Robert Levin Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble Cellular Songs Concert Mathias Eick Quintet Nik Bärtsch’s RONIN Ralph Towner Shai Maestro Sun of Goldfinger (David Torn, Tim Berne, Ches Smith) Tim Berne’s Snakeoil Vijay Iyer & Craig Taborn Wadada Leo Smith’s Nda, performing Divine Love with Bobby Naughton and Dwight Andrews
Big Ears 2019 Full Lineup
