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Second album by the trio of Terje Rypdal (electric guitar, flute), Miroslav Vitous (bass, piano) and Jack DeJohnette (drums, voice), recorded in January 1981 at Talent Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher and released by ECM in 1981. CD edition.

Album by Pat Metheny (guitars, bass) and Lyle Mays (piano, synthesizer, organ, autoharp) with Naná Vasconcelos (berimbau, percussion, drums, voice), recorded in autumn 1980 at Talent Studio, Oslo, and released by ECM in 1981. 2022 CD reissue.

Trio album by Charlie Haden (double bass), Jan Garbarek (tenor and soprano saxophones) and Egberto Gismonti (guitars, piano), recorded in June 1979 at Talent Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher and released by ECM in 1980.

First ECM album as leader by Brazilian percussionist Naná Vasconcelos (berimbau, percussion, voice, gongs), with Egberto Gismonti and the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart under Mladen Gutesha, recorded in March 1979 in Ludwigsburg. CD edition.

Album by German bassist Eberhard Weber (bass, tarang) with Gary Burton (vibraharp, marimba), Bill Frisell (guitar, balalaika) and the voices of Norma Winstone and Bonnie Herman, recorded in January 1979 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, and released b…

Quartet album by Jan Garbarek (saxophones) with John Taylor (organ, piano), Bill Connors (guitar) and Jack DeJohnette (drums), four Garbarek compositions recorded at Talent Studio, Oslo, in December 1977 and produced by Manfred Eicher.

Early alto & soprano saxophone solo Recorded in 2004 inside two french chapels. "There are no tricks here, first and foremost ; Bertrand Gauguet has simply developed a weird array of techniques for his alto and soprano, which he exploits via close-mi…

Studio album by Keith Jarrett's European Quartet: Jarrett (piano, percussion), Jan Garbarek (tenor and soprano saxophones), Palle Danielsson (double bass) and Jon Christensen (drums), recorded at Talent Studio, Oslo, in November 1977 and produced by …

Debut album of the Pat Metheny Group: Pat Metheny (6- and 12-string guitars), Lyle Mays (piano, Oberheim synthesizer, autoharp), Mark Egan (bass) and Danny Gottlieb (drums), recorded at Talent Studio, Oslo, in January 1978 and produced by Manfred Eic…

Four compositions by Kenny Wheeler (trumpet, flugelhorn) with Jan Garbarek, John Abercrombie, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette, and Ralph Towner on one track. Recorded in July 1977 at Talent Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher and released by EC…

Jan Garbarek (tenor and soprano saxophones, wood flute) in duo with Ralph Towner (12-string and classical guitars), with a windharp on three tracks and Den Norske Messingsekstett on one. Recorded in December 1976 at Talent Studios, Oslo, released by …

Gary Burton (vibraharp) with Pat Metheny (electric guitar), Steve Swallow (bass guitar), Dan Gottlieb (drums) and guest Eberhard Weber (bass), recorded in November 1976 at Talent Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher and released by ECM in 1977. C…

Keith Jarrett's two-part suite for his American Quartet with Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian, recorded in April 1976 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, produced by Manfred Eicher and released by ECM in 1977. CD edition.

Six pieces by Jack DeJohnette on drums, piano and organ, three of them in duo with John Abercrombie on electric and acoustic guitars. Recorded in February 1976 at Talent Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher, released by ECM in 1977. CD edition.

First studio album as a leader by guitarist Pat Metheny, a trio with Jaco Pastorius (bass) and Bob Moses (drums), seven Metheny pieces and an Ornette Coleman medley, recorded in December 1975 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, and released by ECM in 19…

Keith Jarrett's improvised solo piano concert recorded live at the Cologne Opera House on 24 January 1975, produced by Manfred Eicher and first released by ECM in November 1975. CD edition with the complete concert.

First ECM album by the Gary Burton Quintet (Burton, Mick Goodrick, Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow, Bob Moses) with bassist Eberhard Weber, recorded 23-24 July 1974 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, and released by ECM in December 1974. CD edition.

First album by Keith Jarrett's quartet with Jan Garbarek (tenor, soprano saxophone), Palle Danielsson (bass) and Jon Christensen (drums), six Jarrett compositions recorded 24-25 April 1974 at Arne Bendiksen Studio, Oslo, and released by ECM in 1974. …

Three compositions by Keith Jarrett for string orchestra and saxophone, with Jan Garbarek (tenor, soprano saxophone) and the strings of the Südfunk Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart conducted by Mladen Gutesha, recorded 29-30 April 1974 at Tonstudio Bauer…

First album as a leader by guitarist John Abercrombie, a trio with Jan Hammer (organ, piano, synthesizer) and Jack DeJohnette (drums), recorded on 21-22 June 1974 at Generation Sound Studios, New York, and released by ECM in 1975. CD edition.

Steve Beresford, keyboards, small trumpet; Dennis Palmer, synthesizers, voice; Bob Stagner, drums, percussion; Roger Turner, drums, percussion. The pencil - a history (09.04), Trees without dogs (00.33), Our world as we know it (05.24), Name without …

Free improvisation trio of Jan Garbarek (saxophones, flute), Arild Andersen (bass) and Edward Vesala (percussion), recorded 8 November 1972 at Arne Bendiksen Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher. Released April 1973. CD edition.

Chick Corea's 1972 ECM album with Joe Farrell, Flora Purim, Stanley Clarke and Airto Moreira, recorded 2-3 February 1972 at A & R Studios, New York, produced by Manfred Eicher. CD edition.

Chick Corea's first ECM album as a leader, a piano trio with Dave Holland (bass) and Barry Altschul (drums), recorded 11-13 January 1971 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, produced by Manfred Eicher. Released April 1971. CD edition.

ECM 1007, the label debut of the Jan Garbarek Quartet with Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen and Jon Christensen, recorded at Arne Bendiksen Studio, Oslo, on 22-23 September 1970, produced by Manfred Eicher. Released 1 January 1971. CD edition.

Documentary on saxophonist Charles Lloyd, directed by Dorothy Darr and Jeffery Morse, with archive footage, concerts and interviews with Herbie Hancock, Ornette Coleman, Jack DeJohnette and others. 113 minutes, premiered 2013, ECM 2014.

Film by Prashant Bhargava on the Holi festival in Mathura, with a score by Vijay Iyer for the International Contemporary Ensemble, commissioned for the Rite of Spring centenary and premiered at Chapel Hill in March 2013. With making-of.

Live double album by Keith Jarrett (piano), Gary Peacock (double bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums), recorded at the Kölner Philharmonie on 15 October 1989 and produced by Manfred Eicher. Ten standards each dedicated to a jazz musician, plus two Jarre…

First ECM album by the Louis Sclavis Quintet: Sclavis (clarinets, soprano saxophone), Dominique Pifarély (violin), François Raulin (piano, synthesizer), Bruno Chevillon (bass), Christian Ville (drums), recorded in September 1991 at Rainbow Studio, Os…

First album under her own name by Norwegian singer Sidsel Endresen, with Nils Petter Molvær (trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion), Django Bates (piano) and Jon Christensen (percussion), recorded in June 1990 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, and released by ECM i…

Studio album by Terje Rypdal (guitar) with Allan Dangerfield (keyboards, Synclavier), Bjørn Kjellemyr (bass) and Audun Kleive (drums), recorded in August 1988 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher and released by ECM in 1989. Cassette e…

Double album by the John Scofield trio with Vicente Archer (double bass) and Bill Stewart (drums): seven Scofield originals and seven covers, recorded in August 2022 at Clubhouse Studio, Rhinebeck, New York, and released by ECM in 2023. Double LP edi…

Keith Jarrett's solo piano concert recorded live on 16 July 2016 at the Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich, the last night of his European tour: twelve improvised parts and three encores. 2LP, ECM 2667/68, released 2019.

Debut album of the Tord Gustavsen Trio: Tord Gustavsen (piano), Harald Johnsen (double bass), Jarle Vespestad (drums), recorded December 2001 and June 2002 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher. First vinyl edition (2LP) of ECM 1834 (20…

Recorded at Axel's house. Berlin. July 2004. December 2005. Limited edition of 200

Jan Garbarek (tenor and soprano saxophone), Anouar Brahem (oud) and Ustad Shaukat Hussain (tabla), recorded August 1992 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher. First vinyl edition (2LP) of ECM 1515 (1994), Luminessence series.

First duo album by guitarist John Scofield and bassist Dave Holland, with nine originals by the two, recorded in August 2024 at NRS Recording Studio, Catskill NY, and produced by the musicians. LP edition, released 2025.

Debut of Joe Lovano's Paramount Quartet with Julian Lage (guitar), Asante Santi Debriano (double bass) and Will Calhoun (drums), recorded in February 2025 at Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-les-Fontaines, produced by Manfred Eicher. LP edition, released…

Second ECM album by saxophonist Joe Lovano with the Marcin Wasilewski Trio (Slawomir Kurkiewicz, Michal Miskiewicz), recorded in November 2023 at Van Gelder Studio, New Jersey, produced by Manfred Eicher. LP edition, released 2025.

Patternmaster is a 2026 ECM album by tenor saxophonist Mark Turner's pianoless quartet with Jason Palmer (trumpet), Joe Martin (double bass) and Jonathan Pinson (drums): six Turner originals recorded in April 2024 at Studios La Buissonne, produced by…