Jakob Bro, Thomas Morgan, Joey Baron
Streams (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 18/Nov/2016 ] On his second leader album for ECM - following on from the prizewinning Gefion - Danish guitarist Jakob Bro continues to refine his trio project, with its emphases on melody, sound, space, layered textures and interaction. The rapport between Bro and... |
Jan Garbarek
Dansere [ ECM Records / 3 CD - released 29/Jun/2012 ] All of Garbarek's ECM collaborations with pianist Bobo Stenson - a welcome return to the catalogue for three much-loved albums: 'Sart', 'Witchi-Tai To' and 'Dansere'. |
Jan Garbarek
In Praise of Dreams [ ECM Records / CD - released 12/Nov/2004 ] Classical violist Kim Kashkashian and rock drummer Manu Katche join the great Norwegian saxophonist in memorable melodies that create a very distinctive and "filmic" soundscape. |
Jan Garbarek
Madar [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] Recorded August 1992 |
Jan Garbarek
Places (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 30/Jun/2017 ] Recorded in 1977 in Oslo, Places was an important album for Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek, and - with its stellar line-up including Americans Jack DeJohnette and Bill Connors - one that also drew significant attention in the US. "How does... |
Jan Garbarek
Rites [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Jan Garbarek's powerful new double-album is a magnum opus, and well-titled. 'Rites' suggests initiations, rituals, the archaic, the magical, but also 'rites of passage', and the Norwegian saxophonist reflects, in his choice of material, upon pivotal... |
Jan Garbarek
Visible World [ ECM Records / CD - released 14/Oct/2013 ] Recorded June 1995 Known to most for last year's Officium collaboration with the Hilliard Ensemble, Garbarek has long been a sax guru to the avant-garde. |
Jan Garbarek Group
Dresden [ ECM / 2 CD - released 21/Sep/2009 ] This double album - recorded in Dresden's Alter Schlachthof in October 2007 - is the first-ever live set from the highly-popular Garbarek Group. |
Jan Garbarek Quartet
Afric Pepperbird (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 1/Mar/2024 ] Recorded in Oslo in September 1970, Afric Pepperbird was released on New Year's Day in 1971. Half a century later, it still conveys the freshness and excitement of discoveries being made. The album signalled the arrival of four Norwegian improvisers... |
Jan Garbarek, saxophone / The Hilliard Ensemble
Mnemosyne [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Recorded April 1998 Released 1999 |
Jean-Luc Godard / Soundtrack (featuring Dino Saluzzi / David Darling / Patti Smith / Jean Schwartz / Werner Pirchner / Paul Hindemith / etc)
Nouvelle Vague [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] This is the complete soundtrack - music, dialogue, sounds - of Jean-Luc Godard's Nouvelle Vague, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 1990. |
Jøkleba
Outland [ ECM / CD - released 19/Jun/2015 ] The Norwegian trio Jøkleba was formed in 1990, establishing itself as one of the most unpredictable groups on the Scandinavian scene. The present disc - the fifth Jøkleba album, but the first for ECM - finds old friends Jørgensen, Balke and Kleive... |
Johann Sebastian Bach / Sandor Veress
Hansheinz Schneeberger : violin / Tabea Zimmermann : viola / Thomas Demenga : violoncello [ ECM Records / CD ] Recorded December 1991 |
John Abercrombie
Animato [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 24/Oct/2008 ] Recorded October 1989. John Abercrombie's guitar is framed and supported by composer Vince Mendoza's quasi-orchestral use of synthesizers. Jon Christensen's drums add acoustic commentary. |
John Abercrombie
Night [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 18/Jan/2019 ] Night reconvenes the guitar/keyboards/drums trio that made Abercrombie's classic Timeless, and adds Mike Brecker on tenor sax for extra emphasis at strategic moments on an album described by the Penguin Guide to Jazz as "surprisingly funky". All... |
John Abercrombie
Rarum Volume 14 :-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. "I decided to choose from my own bands over the years," guitarist Abercrombie says, "as well as ongoing... |
John Abercrombie Quartet
The Third Quartet [ ECM / CD - released 2/Apr/2007 ] |
John Abercrombie Quartet
Up and Coming (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 30/Jun/2017 ] Guitarist John Abercrombie - who has recorded as a leader for ECM since 1974 - returns with a second album by his quartet featuring Marc Copland on piano, along with longtime rhythm partners Drew Gress and Joey Baron. Extolling 39 Steps, the group's... |
John Abercrombie Quartet
Within a Song [ ECM Records / CD - released 25/May/2012 ] "Within A Song" celebrates the spirit of discovery that illuminated the jazz of the 1960s, as John Abercrombie declares his musical loyalties in a quartet album that pays tribute to a range of early influences including Miles Davis, John Coltrane,... |
John Abercrombie Trio
Speak Of The Devil [ ECM Records / CD ] Recorded July 1993 |