Flute
All records with flute · Solo flute only
Thunder
Stephan Micus's 25th solo album for ECM: nine pieces for thunder gods of different cultures, built around the Tibetan dung chen trumpet. Micus plays all instruments and voices, recorded 2020-2022 at MCM Studios.
Winter's End
Stephan Micus's 24th solo album for ECM (2021), recorded alone at MCM Studios between 2018 and 2020, with the Mozambican chikulo, tongue drum, kalimba, sinding, nay, nohkan, suling, sattar, charango, 12-string guitar and voice.
Coda
Michael Mantler reworks his own compositions (1975-2010) into five suites for a chamber orchestra conducted by Christoph Cech, with Mantler (trumpet), Bjarne Roupé (guitar) and David Helbock (piano) as soloists. Recorded September 2019 at Porgy & Bess, Vienna.
Inland Sea
Solo album by Stephan Micus, his 22nd for ECM: ten original pieces led by the Swedish nyckelharpa, with balanzikom, shakuhachi, genbri, chord and bass zithers, steel-string guitar and voice, all played by Micus and recorded 2014-2016 at MCM Studios.
Comment c'est
Song cycle in ten parts by Michael Mantler (trumpet, music and French texts), sung by Himiko Paganotti with the Max Brand Ensemble conducted by Christoph Cech. Recorded April 2016 at Porgy & Bess, Vienna, with additional recording at La Buissonne. ECM 2537, 2017.
Gnosis
Eighteen pieces by Cuban pianist David Virelles for piano, Román Díaz's voice and percussion and the Nosotros Ensemble of strings, woodwinds and percussion, with Thomas Morgan on bass. Recorded May 2016 at Avatar Studios, New York; produced by Manfred Eicher.
The Dreamer Is The Dream
Third ECM album by saxophonist Chris Potter, six originals with a new quartet: David Virelles (piano, celeste), Joe Martin (double bass), Marcus Gilmore (drums). Recorded June 2016 at Avatar Studios, New York; produced by Manfred Eicher.
The Distance
Michael Formanek's first big-band album, written for his 18-piece Ensemble Kolossus with Tim Berne, Ralph Alessi, Mary Halvorson, Kris Davis and others, conducted by Mark Helias. Recorded December 2014 at Systems Two, Brooklyn.
Komitas
Arrangements of songs, dances and piano pieces by Komitas Vardapet for Armenian folk instruments, played by the ten-member Gurdjieff Ensemble directed by Levon Eskenian. Recorded February 2015 at the Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Outland
Fifth album by the Norwegian trio Jøkleba (Per Jørgensen, trumpet, voice; Jon Balke, piano, electronics; Audun Kleive, drums, electronics) and its first for ECM: free collective pieces recorded in May 2014 at Madstun and Rainbow Studio, Oslo.
Nomad Songs
Eleven pieces composed and performed alone by Stephan Micus on nine instruments, including the Moroccan genbri and the San ndingo, both new to his work, plus voice. Recorded 2012-2014 at MCM Studios; his 21st album for ECM.
Made In Chicago
Live reunion of AACM associates Jack DeJohnette, Muhal Richard Abrams, Roscoe Mitchell and Henry Threadgill, with Larry Gray, recorded 29 August 2013 at the Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, during the 35th Chicago Jazz Festival.
The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra Update
Michael Mantler's 2013 reworking of his 1968 Jazz Composer's Orchestra music, played live at Porgy & Bess, Vienna, by the Nouvelle Cuisine Big Band under Christoph Cech, with radio.string.quartet.vienna, guitarist Bjarne Roupé and Mantler on trumpet.
Mira
Studio album by Arild Andersen (double bass, electronics), Tommy Smith (tenor saxophone, shakuhachi) and Paolo Vinaccia (drums), mostly Andersen originals plus Bacharach's Alfie, recorded December 2012 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM 2307, 2014.
Bold As Light
Solo album by Stephan Micus in ten parts, layering raj nplaim (Laotian free-reed pipe), nohkan, sho, zithers, kalimba, shakuhachi, sinding and up to nineteen of his own voices. Recorded 2007-2010 at MCM Studios; released 2010.
Far Side
Live recording by Roscoe Mitchell and The Note Factory (Corey Wilkes, Craig Taborn, Vijay Iyer, two bassists, two drummers), made on 17 March 2007 at the Stadtsaal, Burghausen, during the Burghausen jazz festival. Released by ECM in 2010.
Résumé
Eberhard Weber reworks twelve solo bass sequences recorded live with the Jan Garbarek Group between 1990 and 2007, adding keyboards, saxophone and selje flute by Garbarek and percussion by Michael DiPasqua. Mixed in 2011 at Studios La Buissonne.
On the Wing
Ten-part instrumental suite by Stephan Micus, who plays every part through multitracking: sattar, mudbesh, hné, nay, suling, sho, shakuhachi, mandobahar, sitar, guitars, hang and gongs. Recorded 2003-2006 at MCM Studios. ECM 1987, 2006.
The Iron Stone
The Iron Stone is Robin Williamson's third ECM album, with Mat Maneri on viola, Ale Möller on mandola, accordion and flutes, and Barre Phillips on double bass, recorded in September 2005 at Mill House, Abergavenny, Wales, and produced by Steve Lake.
Vindonissa
Paul Giger (violin, violino d'amore, viola d'amore, foot bells) with Robert Dick (flutes) and Satoshi Takeishi (percussion): solo pieces, duos and trios recorded 1995-2000 and edited at Big Ear Studio, Dübendorf, released by ECM in 2003.