Circle (Anthony Braxton, Chick Corea, David Holland, Barry Altschul)
Paris Concert (2LP) [ ECM / 2 LP - released 30/Jun/2017 ] Circle was a band on fire with creativity. Chick Corea and Dave Holland had just left Miles Davis's band, keen to explore all parameters of new music in an improvised context. Anthony Braxton, equally inspired by Stockhausen and Coltrane, brought in... |
Claudio Puntin
Ylir [ ECM / CD - released 19/Mar/2001 ] |
Colin Vallon Trio
Danse [ ECM / CD - released 3/Mar/2017 ] The Colin Vallon Trio has found its own space in the crowded world of the piano trio by quietly challenging its conventions. On its third ECM album Vallon again leads the group not with virtuosic solo display but by patient outlining of melody and... |
Colin Vallon Trio
Rruga [ ECM Records / CD - released 14/Mar/2011 ] |
Courvoisier Sylvie
Abaton [ ECM Records / 2 CD ] |
Craig Taborn
Avenging Angel [ ECM / CD - released 23/May/2011 ] |
Craig Taborn
Daylight Ghosts [ ECM / CD - released 3/Mar/2017 ] Keyboardist Craig Taborn's Daylight Ghosts is the Minneapolis-bred New Yorker's third ECM release as a leader, a quartet album following the solo Avenging Angel and trio disc Chants. Both projects earned wide acclaim, with The Guardian saying that... |
Craig Taborn Trio
Chants [ ECM / CD - released 29/Apr/2013 ] |
Marilyn Crispell / Gary Peacock / Paul Motion / Annette Peacock
Nothing Ever Was Anyway [ ECM / 2 CD - released 19/Dec/2008 ] It's astonishing to think that the music of Annette Peacock, given its rare and just dues on this essential 1997 release, has not been buried under more attention. Then again, when listening to it in the hands of pianist Marilyn Crispell (in her ECM... |
Cyminology
As Ney [ ECM Records / CD - released 27/Feb/2009 ] 'As Ney' is the ECM debut of an unique band. The subtle yet dynamic, softly-pulsating music of Cyminology (formed 2002) takes its cue from the sound of the Persian language. |
Cyminology
Saburi [ ECM / CD - released 21/Feb/2011 ] The unique Berlin based band fronted by charismatic German-Iranian singer Cymin Samawatie may be the only Western jazz ensemble performing ballads with lyrics in Farsi. Last time around, on the widely-praised "As Ney", Cymin included classic Persian... |
Cyminology, with Cymin Samawatie (vocals)
Phoenix [ ECM / CD - released 25/Oct/2015 ] German-Iranian singer Cymin Samawatie and her band Cyminology continue on their unique course, allowing the subtle yet dynamic sounds and rhythms of Persian poetry to influence their compositions and improvisation. Phoenix is their third disc for... |
DVORAK / EBEN / JANACEK
Choral Works Dagmar Maskova, Marta Benackova, Prague Chamber Choir [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] Recorded November 1993 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / J. S. BACH
Beethoven/Shostakovich/Bach: Prism I Danish String Quartet [ ECM New Series / CD - released 21/Sep/2018 ] For its third ECM release, the prize-winning Danish String Quartet inaugurates a series of five albums with the overarching title of Prism, in which the group will present one of Beethoven's late string quartets in the context of a related fugue by... |
J.S. BACH
Bach: Das Wohlthemperierte Klavier, Buch I Keith Jarrett [ ECM New Series / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Recorded February 1987, Oxford, New Jersey. |
J. S. BACH
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 Keith Jarrett (harpsichord) [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Recorded May 1990 |
Dave Holland
Emerald Tears [ ECM / CD - released 19/Dec/2008 ] |
Dave Holland
Rarum Volume 10 - Selected Recordings [ ECM Records / CD - released 20/Feb/2004 ] 'Selected Recordings' features landmark recordings and old favourites - greatest hits, effectively - from this highly regarded musician. |
Dave Holland / Barre Phillips
Music From Two Basses [ ECM Records / CD - released 30/Aug/2005 ] |
Dave Holland Quartet
Extensions [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 22/Sep/2008 ] |