Kenny Wheeler
Double, Double You [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 18/Jan/2019 ] Canadian trumpeter Kenny Wheeler was both a major jazz composer and a soloist given to free flights, thriving on the creative tension between lyricism and fiery interplay. Musicians loved the challenges implied in his writing, as is apparent in every... |
Kenny Wheeler (with Keith Jarrett, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette)
Gnu High (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 28/Apr/2023 ] "Gnu High" was trumpeter/flugelhornist Kenny Wheeler's first for ECM, and Keith Jarrett's last session as a sideman: both deliver astonishing improvisations in a highly interactive quartet with Holland and DeJohnette, and Wheeler's writing is... |
Kenny Wheeler
Songs for Quintet [ ECM / CD - released 23/Jan/2015 ] Kenny Wheeler (1930-2014) was an unassuming giant of modern jazz, a daring improviser, and a writer of many beautiful and slyly unorthodox tunes. His recorded legacy includes albums now regarded as contemporary jazz classics such as Gnu High, Deer... |
LARS SAABYE CHRISTENSEN
A Suite Of Poems Ketil Bjørnstad (Piano), Anneli Drecker (Voice) [ ECM / CD - released 18/May/2018 ] Norwegian-Danish author Lars Saabye Christensen is one of Scandinavia most widely-praised and prolific contemporary writers. For many years now, in the course of his travels around the globe, he has been sending "hotel poems" to his friend Ketil... |
MORTON FELDMAN / JOHN CAGE / ERIK SATIE
Rothko Chapel Kim Kashkashian (viola) / Houston Chamber Choir, Robert Simpson, with Sarah Rothenberg (piano) & Steven Schick (percussion) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 25/Oct/2015 ] "The Houston choir's singing is warm and percussionist Steven Schick creates a great sense of space and ritual." The Guardian |
Kit Downes
Obsidian [ ECM / CD - released 19/Jan/2018 ] Kit Downes's previous ECM appearance was as pianist on the debut recording of Time Is A Blind Guide in 2015 and he's critically-regarded as one of the UK's outstanding young jazz talents. This recording however has little to do with "jazz", although... |
Kit Downes, Peter Eldh, James Maddren
Vermillion [ ECM Records / CD - released 11/Feb/2022 ] Kit Downes joins forces with long-time collaborators Petter Eldh on bass and James Maddren on drums for a carefully assorted piano trio programme that treads gentle lyricism and bold creative outbursts in equal measures. Downes, whose prior ECM... |
Kit Downes, Peter Eldh, James Maddren
Vermillion (LP) [ ECM Records / LP - released 11/Feb/2022 ] Kit Downes joins forces with long-time collaborators Petter Eldh on bass and James Maddren on drums for a carefully assorted piano trio programme that treads gentle lyricism and bold creative outbursts in equal measures. Downes, whose prior ECM... |
VALENTIN SILVESTROV
Silvestrov: Maidan Kyiv Chamber Choir, Mykola Hobdych [ ECM New Series / CD - released 30/Sep/2022 ] With Maidan, Valentin Silvestrov continues his longstanding association with ECM and this time presents a programme of choir music that is as timely as it is dear to the Ukrainian composer's heart. Like the albums Sacred Songs and Sacred Works,... |
Lena Willemark
Nordam [ ECM / CD - released 19/Dec/2008 ] |
VARIOUS ECM COMPOSERS
Sounds and Silence - Travels with Manfred Eicher BLU-RAY Lisa Batiashvili (violin) Truls Mork (cello) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Simon Rattle [ ECM Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Dec/2011 ] Over a period of five years, Swiss filmmakers Norbert Wiedmer and Peter Guyer followed producer Manfred Eicher and the artists of ECM around the world. |
ARVO PART
Symphony No. 4 / Kanon Pokajanen Los Angeles Philharmonic / Esa-Pekka Salonen [ ECM New Series / CD - released 16/Sep/2010 ] "Arvo Part evokes symphonic serenity for the City Of Angels" (William Dart NZ Herald) |
Lucian Ban & Mat Maneri
Transylvanian Concert [ ECM / CD - released 13/May/2013 ] "Transylvanian Concert" marks an ECM debut for Romanian pianist-composer Lucian Ban and a welcome return for US violist Mat Maneri, in his 9th appearance for the label. The album documents a spontaneously organised performance in Targu Mures, in the... |
Maciej Obara Quartet
Frozen Silence [ ECM / CD - released 18/Aug/2023 ] Frozen Silence is the third ECM release from alto saxophonist Maciej Obara's Polish-Norwegian quartet bringing the story forward from Unloved and Three Crowns - and perhaps its strongest musical statement to date. Alert interactivity is the hallmark... |
Maciej Obara Quartet
Frozen Silence (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 8/Sep/2023 ] Frozen Silence is the third ECM release from alto saxophonist Maciej Obara's Polish-Norwegian quartet bringing the story forward from Unloved and Three Crowns - and perhaps its strongest musical statement to date. Alert interactivity is the hallmark... |
Manu Katche
Neighbourhood (LP) [ ECM Records / LP - released 7/Jun/2019 ] Manu teams up with Jan Garbareck, Tomasz Stanko, Marcin Wasilewski & Slawomir Kurkiewicz - the fine results speak for themselves. 'Neighbourhood' = ECM at its finest. |
Manu Katche
Playground [ ECM Records / CD - released 24/Sep/2007 ] 'Playground' is the brilliant second ECM album by French-African jazz drummer Manu Katché, featuring performances by David Torn, Mathias Eick, Trygve Seim, Marcin Wasilewski & Slawomir Kurkiewicsz. |
Manu Katche
Third Round [ ECM / CD - released 22/Mar/2010 ] France-based, Ivory Coast-born musician and songwriter Manu Katche is joined on 'Third Round' by Pino Palladino, Jason Rebello and Tone Brunborg. |
Marc Johnson
Overpass [ ECM / CD - released 29/Nov/2021 ] With Overpass, Marc Johnson makes a decisive and intriguing contribution to ECM's solo bass tradition. Johnson's experiments with the bass and its potential as a lead voice began during his tenure with the Bill Evans Trio, where his nightly solo... |
John Scofield, with Steve Swallow & Bill Stewart
Swallow Tales [ ECM Records / CD - released 15/May/2020 ] Guitarist John Scofield celebrates the music of his friend and mentor Steve Swallow in an outgoing and spirited recording. John was a 20-year-old student at Berklee when he first met and played with the bassist, and they have continued ever since. |