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Paul Motian
Tribute [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 17/May/2019 ] The combination of Paul Motian and Charlie Haden was always a guarantee for magical improvisational interaction, and there is much of it in this attractive line-up with the twinned guitars of Sam Brown and Paul Metzke and Carlos Ward's alto sax.... |
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Paul Motian Band
Psalm [ ECM / CD - released 1/Jun/1982 ] |
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Paul Motian, Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano
I Have The Room Above Her [ ECM / CD - released 31/Jan/2005 ] "Paul Motian, Bill Frisell and Joe Lovano have celebrated solo careers, but when they unite a special magic occurs, a marvel of group empathy" - The New Yorker "I Have The Room Above Her" marks the return of Paul Motian to ECM, the label that... |
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Paul Motian Trio
Lost in a Dream [ ECM / CD - released 22/Mar/2010 ] "The trio demonstrates sublime improvising musicianship and flawlessly creative listening at once."- The Guardian. |
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Peter Erskine
Juni [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 18/Jan/2019 ] Recorded in 1997, Juni was the fourth and final ECM album of the Peter Erskine Trio. A piano trio led by a drummer was an unusual proposal and one that initially surprised listeners who had followed Erskine through louder adventures with Weather... |
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Peter Erskine Trio
As It Was [ ECM / 4 CD Box Set - released 15/Jul/2016 ] The newest addition to ECM's popular Old and New Masters Series is a box set reprising the four albums made by Peter Erskine's American-British-Swedish trio with John Taylor and Palle Danielsson between 1992 and 1997: You Never Know, As It Is, Time... |
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PETER-ANTHONY TOGNI
Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae Jeff Reilly (bass clarinet) / Elmer Iseler Singers, Lydia Adams [ ECM / CD - released 25/Mar/2010 ] "Under Jeff Reilly's virtuosic control, the bass clarinet possesses an aloof, almost mystical timbre comparable to the duduk flute used in Middle Eastern music, aptly representing the Old Testament prophet Jeremiah's lamentations in this piece by... |
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Quercus
Nightfall [ ECM / CD - released 16/Jun/2017 ] Quercus's self-titled ECM debut won the album-of-the-year award of the German Record Critics in 2013, was widely praised by the international press, and especially celebrated in Britain where June Tabor has long reigned as "the dark voiced queen of... |
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Rainer Brüninghaus, Kenny Wheeler, Jon Christensen, Brynjar Hoff
Freigeweht (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 7/Feb/2025 ] Released in 1981, the debut of the legendary keyboardist from Eberhard Weber's Colours band and later the Jan Garbarek Group, Freigeweht presented Rainer Brüninghaus as a highly original and idiosyncratic sound sculptor in his own right, accompanied... |
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Rainer Brüninghaus, Kenny Wheeler, Jon Christensen, Brynjar Hoff
Freigeweht [ ECM / CD - released 10/May/2011 ] Released in 1981, the debut of the legendary keyboardist from Eberhard Weber's Colours band and later the Jan Garbarek Group, Freigeweht presented Rainer Brüninghaus as a highly original and idiosyncratic sound sculptor in his own right, accompanied... |
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Ralph Alessi, Jason Moran, Drew Gress, Nasheet Waits
Baida [ ECM / CD - released 9/Sep/2013 ] There are magic moments when an artist can be said to have well and truly "arrived." For Ralph Alessi, the release of Baida - his ECM debut as a bandleader - is just such a moment, despite his already extensive resume. Among those in the know, Alessi... |
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Ralph Alessi Quartet
It's Always Now [ ECM / CD - released 27/Feb/2023 ] Ralph Alessi's fourth appearance as a leader for the label follows a singular album run that's been met with nothing but praise from The New York Times to The Guardian. The latter lauded Ralph's previous recording Imaginary Friends (2019) for its... |
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Ralph Alessi Quartet
It's Always Now (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 2/Jun/2023 ] Ralph Alessi's fourth appearance as a leader for the label follows a singular album run that's been met with nothing but praise from The New York Times to The Guardian. The latter lauded Ralph's previous recording Imaginary Friends (2019) for its... |
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Ralph Alessi, Ravi Coltrane, Andy Milne, Drew Gress, Mark Ferber
Imaginary Friends [ ECM / CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] Trumpeter Ralph Alessi's first two ECM albums as a leader - Baida (2013) and Quiver (2016) - justly earned him high praise. The New York Times lauded the "elegant precision and power" of Baida, while The Guardian extolled Quiver, pointing to the... |
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Ralph Towner
Anthem [ ECM Records / CD ] The dictionary defines an anthem as a solemn song of praise; there are several on this disc. |
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Ralph Towner
At First Light [ ECM / CD - released 24/Mar/2023 ] An ECM artist for his entire musical career, US guitarist Ralph Towner has built up a unique body of work in his recordings for the label. Central to his oeuvre are his solo albums, the first of which, Diary, was issued 50 years ago. At First Light... |
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Ralph Towner
At First Light (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 28/Apr/2023 ] An ECM artist for his entire musical career, US guitarist Ralph Towner has built up a unique body of work in his recordings for the label. Central to his oeuvre are his solo albums, the first of which, Diary, was issued 50 years ago. At First Light... |
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Ralph Towner
Batik [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 13/Nov/2008 ] This is a specially priced re-issue edition of Ralph Towner's 'Batik' album, which was recorded in January 1978. |
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Ralph Towner
Diary [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 17/May/2019 ] As the title implies, Diary, the first entirely solo recording from Ralph Towner, is an intimate album. Its quiet reflections get to the heart of some outstanding Towner compositions including "Icarus" and "The Silence of a Candle" which receive... |
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Ralph Towner
My Foolish Heart [ ECM / CD - released 3/Mar/2017 ] 'Towner's originality and genre-transcending approach remains unique' BBC Music Jazz Recording of the Month May 2017 |