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Cantilena
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.
Changeless
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.
Personal Mountains
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.
Accélération
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.
Making Music
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.
Getting There
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.
Lyric Suite For Sextet
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.
Wayfarer
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).
The Ballad Of The Fallen
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.
Molde Concert
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.
Landscape: recognizable
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago on 5 June, 2004.
Trio Music
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.
Paths, Prints
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.
Offramp
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.
Playing
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.
Eventyr
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.
To Be Continued
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.
As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
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.
Magico
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.
Saudades
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.