David Darling: violoncello, 8 string electric violoncello, vocal, percussion

Keith Jarrett: piano, Jan Garbarek: tenor and soprano sax, Charlie Haden: bass, Mladen Gutesha: conductor

Amina Alaoui: vocal, Jon Hassell: trumpet, electronics, Kheir Eddine M Kachiche: violin, Jon Balke: keyboards, conductor, Helge Andreas Norbakken: percussion, Pedram Khavar Zamini: zarb

Barokksolistene
Bjarte Eike: violin, leader, Per Buhre: violin, Peter Spissky: violin, Anna Ivanovna Sundin: violin, Milos Valent: violin, Rastko Roknic: viola, Joel Sundin: viola, Tom Pitt: cello, Kate Hearne: cello, recorder, Mattias Frostensson: double-bass, Andreas Arend: theorboe, archlute, Hans Knut Sveen: harpsichord, clavichord

Ralph Towner: 12-string and classical guitars, piano, French horn, Kenny Wheeler: trumpet, fluegelhorn, Eddie Gomez: bass, Michael DiPasqua: drums, percussion, David Darling: cello

Vassilis Tsabropoulos: piano

The versatile Greek pianist has already outlined a broad arc of musical possibility in his recordings for ECM – from post-Bill Evans jazz with Arild Andersen to explorations of Gurdjieff’s nomadic sound-world with Anja Lechner. “The Promise” picks up the implications of his earlier solo recital “Akroasis” (“Hypnotic and mysterious, shimmering like ancient mosaics” – The Independent), but is more rigorously composed, carefully casting arpeggios into deep pools of silence. All pieces are Tsabropoulos originals, with the exception of “Djivaeri”, a Greek traditional tune. The album was recorded in 2008 in the resonant space of Athens’ Megaron Concert Hall, with Manfred Eicher producing.