Percussion
All records with percussion · Solo percussion only
Mbókó
ECM leader debut of Cuban pianist David Virelles: ten pieces drawing on Abakuá ritual music, with Román Díaz (biankoméko, voice), Marcus Gilmore (drums) and bassists Thomas Morgan and Robert Hurst. Recorded December 2013, Avatar Studios, New York; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Miniatures
First ECM solo album by Italian pianist Glauco Venier, music for piano and percussion: his own pieces and adaptations of Gurdjieff, Komitas, Dufay and Alessandra Franco, with gongs, bells and sound sculptures by Harry Bertoia and Giorgio Celiberti. Recorded December 2013, Lugano.
Kjølvatn
First ECM album by the Nils Økland Band: Økland (Hardanger fiddle, violin, viola d'amore) with Sigbjørn Apeland, Mats Eilertsen, Håkon Mørch Stene and Rolf-Erik Nystrøm. Recorded June 2012 in Hoff Church, Østre Toten, Norway.
The half-finished heaven
Fourth ECM album by Norwegian kantele player and singer Sinikka Langeland, with Lars Anders Tomter (viola), Trygve Seim (tenor saxophone) and Markku Ounaskari (percussion); three songs set Tomas Tranströmer. Recorded January 2013, Rainbow Studio, Oslo.
El Valle de la Infancia
Dino Saluzzi (bandoneon) with his family band: Félix Saluzzi (tenor sax, clarinet), José María Saluzzi (guitars), Matías Saluzzi (basses), plus Nicolás Brizuela (guitar) and Quintino Cinalli (drums). Recorded March-May 2013 at Saluzzi Music Studio, Buenos Aires.
Il Pergolese
Songs and improvisations on Pergolesi's Stabat Mater and opera arias, sung in Neapolitan by Maria Pia De Vito with François Couturier (piano), Anja Lechner (cello) and Michele Rabbia (percussion, electronics). Recorded December 2012 in Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Shadow Man
Second ECM album by Tim Berne's Snakeoil: Berne (alto sax), Oscar Noriega (clarinets), Matt Mitchell (piano) and Ches Smith (drums, vibraphone). Recorded January 2013 at the Clubhouse, New York, produced by Berne and David Torn.
Sunrise - A cantata on texts by Edvard Munch
Ketil Bjørnstad's cantata on prose by Edvard Munch, sung in Norwegian by Kari Bremnes and the Oslo Chamber Choir under Egil Fossum, with Bjørnstad on piano, Aage Kvalbein on cello, saxophone, bass and percussion. Recorded April 2012 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo.
The Gift
Third ECM album by Susanne Abbuehl: settings of Emily Dickinson, Emily Brontë, Sara Teasdale, Wallace Stevens and her own lyrics, with Wolfert Brederode, Matthieu Michel and Olavi Louhivuori. Recorded in summer 2012 at Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-les-Fontaines.
La notte
Ketil Bjørnstad's eight-part suite inspired by Michelangelo Antonioni, commissioned by and recorded live at the Molde International Jazz Festival on 21 July 2010, with Andy Sheppard, Anja Lechner, Eivind Aarset, Arild Andersen and Marilyn Mazur. ECM 2300, 2013.
Canopée
Second ECM album by the improvising quartet Dans les arbres: Xavier Charles (clarinet, harmonica), Ivar Grydeland (electric guitar, banjo, sruti box), Christian Wallumrød (prepared piano, harmonium) and Ingar Zach (gran cassa, percussion). Recorded in Oslo, June 2010 and April 2011.
Mercurial Balm
Second ECM album by Food, Thomas Strønen (drums, electronics) and Iain Ballamy (saxophones), with Christian Fennesz, Eivind Aarset, Nils Petter Molvær and Prakash Sontakke. Recorded 2010-2011 at Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Victoria National Jazz Scene and Rainbow Studio, Oslo.
Say And Play
Second ECM album by Batagraf, led by Jon Balke and Helge Andreas Norbakken, with Erland Dahlen, singer Emilie Stoesen Christensen and poet Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen, recorded in various locations in 2009 and mixed by Olav Torget in 2010/11.
Snakeoil
First ECM album as a leader by saxophonist Tim Berne, with Oscar Noriega (clarinets), Matt Mitchell (piano) and Ches Smith (drums, percussion), recorded in January 2011 at Avatar Studios, New York, and produced by Manfred Eicher.
Celestial Circle
Debut recording of Marilyn Mazur's quartet Celestial Circle, with singer Josefine Cronholm, pianist John Taylor and bassist Anders Jormin: songs by Mazur and group improvisations. Recorded December 2010 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Arco Iris
Amina Alaoui (vocals, daf) with Saïfallah Ben Abderrazak (violin), Sofiane Negra (oud), José Luis Montón (flamenco guitar), Eduardo Miranda (mandolin) and Idriss Agnel (percussion). Recorded April 2010 at Auditorio RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Llyrìa
Third ECM album by Nik Bärtsch's Ronin: Nik Bärtsch (piano), Sha (alto saxophone, bass clarinet), Björn Meyer (bass), Kaspar Rast (drums), Andi Pupato (percussion). Recorded March 2010 at Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-les-Fontaines, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Saburi
Second ECM album by the Berlin quartet Cyminology: Cymin Samawatie (voice, Farsi lyrics of her own), Benedikt Jahnel (piano), Ralf Schwarz (double bass), Ketan Bhatti (drums, percussion). Recorded January 2010, Rainbow Studio, Oslo; released 2011.
Fabula Suite Lugano
Second ECM album by Christian Wallumrød's sextet with Eivind Lønning, Gjermund Larsen, Tanja Orning, Giovanna Pessi and Per Oddvar Johansen: through-composed chamber music recorded June 2009 at Auditorio Radio Svizzera, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.
As Ney
ECM debut of Cyminology: Cymin Samawatie (vocals), Benedikt Jahnel (piano), Ralf Schwarz (double bass) and Ketan Bhatti (drums, percussion), singing Farsi texts by Samawatie, Rumi, Hafez and Forough Farrokhzaad. Recorded in 2008 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, released in 2009.