Saxophone
All records with saxophone · Solo saxophone only
Mostly Coltrane
Steve Kuhn, Coltrane's pianist in early 1960, plays Coltrane pieces and two standards with Joe Lovano (tenor saxophone, tárogató), David Finck (double bass) and Joey Baron (drums). Recorded December 2008, Avatar Studios, New York; ECM, 2009.
Lost on the Way
Louis Sclavis quintet album on themes from Homer's Odyssey, with Matthieu Metzger (saxophones), Maxime Delpierre (guitar), Olivier Lété (electric bass) and François Merville (drums). Recorded September 2008, Théâtre de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines; ECM,…
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.
Live At Belleville
Live album by Arild Andersen (double bass, live electronics) with Tommy Smith (tenor saxophone) and Paolo Vinaccia (drums), recorded in September 2007 at Belleville, Oslo, and the Drammen Theatre. Produced by Manfred Eicher, released by ECM in 2008.
Gianluigi Trovesi all'opera - Profumo di Violetta
Gianluigi Trovesi (piccolo and alto clarinet, alto saxophone) with Marco Remondini, Stefano Bertoli and the Filarmonica Mousiké conducted by Savino Acquaviva, in a suite on Italian opera from Monteverdi to Puccini. Recorded September 2006, Teatro Ser…
Sky & Country
ECM debut of Fly, the leaderless trio of Mark Turner (tenor and soprano saxophone), Larry Grenadier (double bass) and Jeff Ballard (drums). Recorded at Avatar Studios, New York, in 2008 and produced by Manfred Eicher. CD, ECM 2067, 2009.
New York Days
Enrico Rava's quintet with Stefano Bollani (piano), Mark Turner (tenor saxophone, his ECM debut), Larry Grenadier (double bass) and Paul Motian (drums): nine Rava pieces and two group improvisations. Recorded February 2008, Avatar Studios, New York.
Michael Mantler, Bjarne Roupé, Bob Rockwell, Pedro Carneiro, Roswell Rudd, Majella Stockhausen, Nick Mason, Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin, Roland Kluttig
ConcertosSeven one-movement concertos by Michael Mantler for soloists including Mantler, Roswell Rudd, Majella Stockhausen and Nick Mason, with the Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin under Roland Kluttig. Recorded 2007-2008 in Berlin, Pernes-les-Fontaines and U…
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.
Brewster's Rooster
Jazz quartet album by John Surman (baritone and soprano saxophones) with John Abercrombie (guitar), Drew Gress (double bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums). Seven Surman originals plus tunes by John Warren and Billy Strayhorn. Recorded September 2007, A…
Yeraz
Duo album by Trygve Seim (soprano and tenor saxophones) and Frode Haltli (accordion): Seim originals, Armenian traditional music, Gurdjieff and Bob Marley's Redemption Song. Recorded June 2007 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Crime Scene
Live recording of Terje Rypdal's suite Crime Scene, commissioned by Nattjazz, with his quartet (Palle Mikkelborg, Ståle Storløkken, Paolo Vinaccia) and the Bergen Big Band directed by Olav Dale. Recorded May 2009 at Nattjazz, Bergen.
Universal Syncopations II
Miroslav Vitous (double bass, compositions, arrangements, production) with a shifting ensemble including Randy Brecker, Bob Mintzer, Gary Campbell and Gerald Cleaver, plus orchestral and choral samples. Recorded 2004-2005 in Clavesana, Italy. CD, ECM…
Sideways
Second ECM album by Jacob Young (guitars) with Mathias Eick (trumpet), Vidar Johansen (bass clarinet, tenor saxophone), Mats Eilertsen (double bass) and Jon Christensen (drums). Recorded May 2006 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher. E…
Starflowers
Sinikka Langeland (vocals, kantele) sets poems by Hans Børli with Arve Henriksen (trumpet), Trygve Seim (saxophones), Anders Jormin (double bass) and Markku Ounaskari (percussion). Recorded May 2006 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo. ECM 1996, 2007.
Rain On The Window
Rain on the Window (ECM 1986, 2008): duets by John Surman (baritone and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet) and organist Howard Moody, recorded January 2006 at Ullern Church, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Juan Condori
Juan Condori (ECM 1978, 2006) by the Dino Saluzzi Group: Dino Saluzzi (bandoneon) with Felix, José María and Matías Saluzzi and drummer U.T. Gandhi, recorded October 2005 at Estudios Moebio, Buenos Aires, produced by Manfred Eicher.
The Source
The Source is the second ECM album by the Norwegian quartet The Source: Trygve Seim on saxophones, Øyvind Brække on trombone, Mats Eilertsen on double bass and Per Oddvar Johansen on drums, recorded in July 2005 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo.
Garden of Eden
Garden of Eden is the first ECM album by the Paul Motian Band, the drummer's septet with saxophonists Chris Cheek and Tony Malaby, three guitarists including Ben Monder and Jakob Bro, and bass, recorded in November 2004 at Avatar Studios, New York.
Neighbourhood
Manu Katché's first album as leader for ECM: ten of his compositions played with Jan Garbarek (tenor saxophone), Tomasz Stańko (trumpet), Marcin Wasilewski (piano) and Sławomir Kurkiewicz (double bass). Recorded March and November 2004, Rainbow Studi…