Meditative
Restored, Returned
Tord Gustavsen's first ensemble album after his trio trilogy, with Tore Brunborg (saxophones), Kristin Asbjørnsen (vocals, W.H. Auden settings), Mats Eilertsen (double bass) and Jarle Vespestad (drums). Recorded January 2009, Rainbow Studio, Oslo; EC…
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.
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, Os…
Fasil
Song cycle on the life of Aisha by Marc Sinan (guitar) and Julia Hülsmann (piano, compositions) to texts by Marc Schiffer, with Yelena Kuljić (voice), Lena Thies (viola), Marc Muellbauer and Heinrich Köbberling. Recorded March 2008, Rainbow Studio, O…
Monograph
Solo album by Norwegian violinist Nils Økland, playing his own pieces on Hardanger fiddle, violin and viola d'amore. Recorded July 2007 in Olavskirken, Avaldsnes, Norway, engineered by Audun Strype. CD, ECM 2069, 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.
Snow
Eight-part suite by Stephan Micus, who plays every instrument and sings every voice: duduk, bass duduk, Bavarian zither, sinding and doussn' gouni harps, charangos, hammered dulcimers, nay, gongs. Recorded 2005-2007 at MCM Studios; his 18th ECM album…
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.
Melos
Trio album by Vassilis Tsabropoulos (piano), Anja Lechner (cello) and U.T. Gandhi (percussion): twelve Tsabropoulos compositions and three Gurdjieff/de Hartmann pieces. Recorded June 2007 at Auditorio Radio Svizzera, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eiche…
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.
Siwan
Jon Balke (keyboards, conductor) and Amina Alaoui (voice) set Andalusian, Sufi and Christian mystical poetry with Kheir Eddine M'Kachiche (violin), Jon Hassell (trumpet, electronics) and Bjarte Eike's Barokksolistene. Recorded 2007-2008 at Rainbow St…
Vignettes
First ECM solo piano album by Marilyn Crispell: seven improvised Vignettes and other pieces of her own, plus Jayna Nelson's Cuida Tu Espiritu and Arve Henriksen's Stilleweg. Recorded April 2007 at Auditorio Radio Svizzera, Lugano, produced by Manfred…
Being There
Third and last album of Tord Gustavsen's ECM trilogy, with Harald Johnsen (double bass) and Jarle Vespestad (drums). Twelve Gustavsen pieces and one by Johnsen, recorded December 2006 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher.
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.
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.
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.
Passing Images
Second ECM album by Norwegian accordionist Frode Haltli, reworking Norwegian and Swedish traditional material with Arve Henriksen (trumpet), Garth Knox (viola) and Maja Ratkje (voice). Recorded December 2004, Rainbow Studio, Oslo; released 2007.
The Ground
Second album by the Tord Gustavsen Trio: twelve compositions by Gustavsen (piano) with Harald Johnsen (double bass) and Jarle Vespestad (drums). Recorded January 2004, Rainbow Studio, Oslo; produced by Manfred Eicher.
In winds, in light
Sacred song cycle by bassist Anders Jormin, commissioned for Västerås cathedral, with Lena Willemark (voice), Marilyn Crispell (piano), Karin Nelson (church organ) and Raymond Strid (percussion). Recorded May 2003 in the Organ Hall, Musikhögskolan, G…
The Rain
Ghazal, Kayhan Kalhor (kamancheh) and Shujaat Husain Khan (sitar, vocals) with Sandeep Das (tabla), in three Persian and Indian improvisations recorded live by Swiss radio DRS in Bern on 28 May 2001, released by ECM in 2003.