Jazz & Improvisation / All styles

Reissue of this 1974 Emanem LP, with bonus tracks. Hard-swinging Free Jazz recorded in a club in Paris, featuring original tunes by the vastly under-rated Bradford (cornet) with Trevor Watts (alto sax), Kent Carter (bass) & John Stevens (drums). Reissue of Emanem 3302 with extra material. Recorded Nov. 1973.

Quartet album led by John Surman (baritone and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet) with Paul Bley (piano), Gary Peacock (bass) and Tony Oxley (drums), recorded in September 1991 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM 1463, 1992.

Live concert by Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette, recorded 21 April 1990 at Town Hall, New York: seven standards and one Jarrett original. Produced by Manfred Eicher. CD, ECM 1440, 1991.

Anouar Brahem's first ECM album, a trio with violinist Béchir Selmi and percussionist Lassad Hosni, recorded in September 1990 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher. CD, ECM 1432, 1991.

Kenny Wheeler's 1990 ECM quintet album of six original compositions, with John Abercrombie, John Taylor, Dave Holland and Peter Erskine. Recorded February 1990 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher. CD, ECM 1417.

Solo piano concert by Keith Jarrett, recorded on 17 October 1988 at the Salle Pleyel, Paris, and released by ECM in 1990: a 38-minute improvisation, Russ Freeman's The Wind and Jarrett's Blues.

Second and last album by the British quartet First House: Ken Stubbs (alto saxophone), Django Bates (piano, tenor horn), Mick Hutton (bass) and Martin France (drums), recorded in March 1989 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, and released by ECM in 1989.

Live trio album by Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette: four long improvised pieces recorded at concerts in Lexington, Dallas, Houston and Denver in October 1987, released by ECM in 1989.

Concert recording by Keith Jarrett's European quartet with Jan Garbarek, Palle Danielsson and Jon Christensen, made in Tokyo in April 1979 and released by ECM in 1989. Five Jarrett originals.

The only ECM album by the Swiss trio of Hans Koch (clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor and soprano saxophones), Martin Schütz (bass, cello) and Marco Käppeli (drums), nine pieces by Koch recorded June 1987 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, produced by Manfred Eicher.

Zakir Hussain (tabla, percussion, voice) with Hariprasad Chaurasia (flutes), John McLaughlin (acoustic guitar) and Jan Garbarek (tenor and soprano saxophones), recorded December 1986 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM, 1987.

Second ECM album by the trio of John Abercrombie (electric and acoustic guitars, guitar synthesizer), Marc Johnson (bass) and Peter Erskine (drums), with Michael Brecker on tenor saxophone on three tracks. Recorded April 1987 at Power Station, New York, produced by Lee Townsend.

Chick Corea's seven-part suite for his duo with vibraphonist Gary Burton plus a string quartet (Ik-Hwan Bae, Carol Shive, Karen Dreyfus, Fred Sherry), recorded in September 1982 at Mad Hatter Studios, Los Angeles, produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM, 1983.

Jan Garbarek Group with Bill Frisell (guitar), Eberhard Weber (bass) and Michael DiPasqua (drums, percussion): six Garbarek compositions recorded in March 1983 at Talent Studio, Oslo, engineered by Jan Erik Kongshaug and produced by Manfred Eicher (ECM 1259).

Second album by Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra, arranged by Carla Bley, with a twelve-piece band including Don Cherry, Dewey Redman and Paul Motian: resistance songs from Spain, Portugal, Chile and El Salvador, recorded November 1982 in Ludwigsburg.

Live recording of a one-off quartet led by bassist Arild Andersen with Bill Frisell, John Taylor and Alphonse Mouzon at the Molde Jazz Festival, Norway, in August 1981. Expanded CD reissue (2000) of ECM 1236, first issued in 1982.

Recorded, mixed and mastered at Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago on 5 June, 2004.

Chick Corea, Miroslav Vitous and Roy Haynes reunited in 1981: trio and duo improvisations plus seven Thelonious Monk pieces, recorded November 1981 at Mad Hatter Studios, Los Angeles, produced by Manfred Eicher. Originally a double album (ECM 1232/33, 1982), here on one CD.

Quartet album by Jan Garbarek (saxophones, wood flutes, percussion) with Bill Frisell (guitar), Eberhard Weber (bass) and Jon Christensen (drums), recorded in December 1981 at Talent Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher and released by ECM in 1982. CD edition.

Third studio album by the Pat Metheny Group (Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, Steve Rodby, Danny Gottlieb, with Naná Vasconcelos), recorded in October 1981 at the Power Station, New York, produced by Manfred Eicher and released by ECM in 1982. CD edition.

Live recording by Old and New Dreams (Don Cherry, trumpet, piano; Dewey Redman, tenor saxophone, musette; Charlie Haden, bass; Ed Blackwell, drums) from June 1980 at the Theater am Kornmarkt, Bregenz, produced by Manfred Eicher, released by ECM in 1981. CD edition.

Trio album by Jan Garbarek (saxophones, flutes), John Abercrombie (electric guitars, mandolin guitar) and Naná Vasconcelos (berimbau, percussion, voice), recorded in December 1980 at Talent Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher and released by ECM in 1981. CD edition.

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 by ECM in May 1979.

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-miking. There are seven untitled tracks in 42-minutes, each one relentlessly exploring a different technical area : the restrained breath noises of the opening track, the superb low-end growl of the fourth, the chasm-like whooshing of the third, or the…

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 Manfred Eicher.

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 Eicher.

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 ECM in 1978. CD edition.

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 ECM in 1977. CD edition.

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. CD edition.

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 1976. CD edition.

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. CD edition.