Double Bass
All records with double bass · Solo double bass only
Nude Ants
Keith Jarrett's European quartet with Jan Garbarek, Palle Danielsson and Jon Christensen, live at the Village Vanguard, New York, May 1979: six Jarrett compositions on 2CD, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Magnetic Works 1993-2001
Two-CD anthology compiled by Jon Balke from the Magnetic North Orchestra albums Further (1993), Solarized (1998) and Kyanos (2001), with Anders Jormin, Audun Kleive, Per Jørgensen, Arve Henriksen, Morten Halle and string players including the Cikada …
Resonance
Two-CD compilation of the Manfred Schoof Quintet's JAPO albums Scales, Light Lines and Horizons, with Michel Pilz, Jasper van 't Hof, Rainer Brüninghaus, Günter Lenz and Ralf-R. Hübner. Recorded 1976-1979 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg.
Serenity
Double CD by the Bobo Stenson Trio (Bobo Stenson piano, Anders Jormin double bass, Jon Christensen drums), recorded in April 1999 at HageGården Music Center, Brunskog, Sweden, and produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM, 2000.
Paul Motian
Six-CD box of Paul Motian's first six ECM albums as leader, recorded 1972-1984 in New York and Ludwigsburg, with Keith Jarrett, Charlie Haden, Charles Brackeen, Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano and others. Old & New Masters series, 2013, notes by Ethan Ivers…
At The Blue Note
Six-CD box with all six sets played by Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette at the Blue Note, New York, on 3, 4 and 5 June 1994. Produced by Manfred Eicher, engineered by Jan Erik Kongshaug; released by ECM in 1995.
The First Quartet
Three albums by John Abercrombie's first quartet, with Richie Beirach (piano), George Mraz (double bass) and Peter Donald (drums): Arcade (1978) and Abercrombie Quartet (1979), recorded in Oslo, and M (1980), recorded in Ludwigsburg. Produced by Manf…
Dansere
Three early Jan Garbarek albums on 3CD: Sart (quintet with Bobo Stenson, Terje Rypdal, Jon Christensen, recorded Oslo 1971), Witchi-Tai-To (1973) and Dansere (1975) by the Garbarek-Stenson Quartet with Palle Danielsson and Christensen. Produced by Ma…
Green In Blue - Early Quartets
3-CD box with Arild Andersen's first three ECM albums as leader, Clouds in My Head (1975), Shimri (1977) and Green Shading into Blue (1978), with Knut Riisnæs, Jon Balke, Juhani Aaltonen, Lars Jansson and Pål Thowsen, recorded in Oslo 1975-1978.
Colours
3-CD box collecting Eberhard Weber's Colours albums Yellow Fields (1975), Silent Feet (1977) and Little Movements (1980), with Charlie Mariano, Rainer Brüninghaus, Jon Christensen and John Marshall, recorded at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg.
In/Out
Dine Doneff's 'soundscape theater for double bass and tapes': a live solo against pre-recorded music and field recordings from Lisbon, Istanbul, Timisoara and Zurich. Recorded 1 July 2016 at the Domagk Ateliers, Munich; neRED/2.
Rousilvo
Dine Doneff's Balkan-jazz folk opera on the abandoned village of Rousilvo (Xanthogeia) in northern Greece, mixing an ensemble, the Camea Quartet and archive voices. Recorded April 2004 at Agrotikon, Thessaloniki; neRED/1.
Pur ti miro
Wu Wei (sheng), Martin Stegner (viola) and Janne Saksala (double bass) play Monteverdi, Bach organ trio sonatas, Vivaldi's La Follia and a Norwegian bridal march. Recorded October 2022 at Teldex Studio, Berlin.
Reminiscentiae
Choral and orchestral works by Veljo Tormis, including the four Reminiscentiae seasonal cycles for strings and The Tower Bell in My Village, by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra under Tõnu Kaljuste. Recorded autumn…
Keel Road
The Danish String Quartet (Frederik Øland, Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, Asbjørn Nørgaard, Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin) in their own arrangements of folk tunes from around the North Sea, with pieces by O'Carolan and new tunes by members. Recorded November 2022…
Hallgató
Live concert by guitarist Ferenc Snétberger and the Keller Quartett, with bassist Gyula Lázár: works by Snétberger, Shostakovich, Dowland and Barber. Recorded December 2018 in the Grand Hall of the Liszt Academy, Budapest; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Alisei
Works for solo double bass, two basses and eight basses by Stefano Scodanibbio, played by Daniele Roccato, Giacomo Piermatti and the Ludus Gravis ensemble under Tonino Battista; recorded February-March 2014 in Perugia and Rome.
On an overgrown path
Janáček's piano cycle On an Overgrown Path in Daniel Rumler's string orchestra arrangement, with Suk's St. Wenceslas Meditation, Dvořák's Notturno and poems read by Maïa Brami. Camerata Zürich led by Igor Karsko; recorded 2017 at Radiostudio Zürich.
Last Leaf
Danish String Quartet (Frederik Øland, Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, Asbjørn Nørgaard, Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin) in their own arrangements of Nordic and Shetland folk tunes, dances and hymns, plus new pieces. Recorded January 2017 at the Kirsten Kjær Museum…
Air - Bent Sørensen, Hans Abrahamsen
Accordion music by Bent Sørensen and Hans Abrahamsen played by Frode Haltli, solo, with the Trondheim Soloists and with the Arditti Quartet; recorded October-November 2014 at Selbu Kirke, Norway.