Reissues

Duo album by Miroslav Vitous (double bass) and Jan Garbarek (tenor and soprano saxophones), with seven Vitous compositions and two joint improvisations. Recorded February 1992 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher.

Keith Jarrett (piano), Gary Peacock (double bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums) in a tribute to Miles Davis, recorded on 12 October 1991 at the Power Station, New York, two weeks after his death. Executive producer Manfred Eicher.

First ECM album by the Louis Sclavis Quintet: Sclavis (clarinets, soprano saxophone), Dominique Pifarély (violin), François Raulin (piano, synthesizer), Bruno Chevillon (bass), Christian Ville (drums). Recorded September 1991 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo.

Highlights from small group recordings from the 2001 Freedom of the City festival featuring artists such as Steve Beresford (electronics), John Butcher (saxes), Lol Coxhill (sax), Paul Rutherford (trombone), Phil Minton, and more in various arrangements.

Animato is a 1990 ECM album by guitarist John Abercrombie with composer Vince Mendoza (synthesizers) and drummer Jon Christensen, mostly of Mendoza's compositions, recorded in October 1989 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, and produced by Manfred Eicher.

Extensions is a 1990 ECM album by the Dave Holland Quartet: Holland (double bass), Steve Coleman (alto saxophone), Kevin Eubanks (guitar) and Marvin "Smitty" Smith (drums), recorded in September 1989 at the Power Station, New York, produced by Manfred Eicher.

Triplicate is the only album by the trio of Dave Holland (double bass), Steve Coleman (alto saxophone) and Jack DeJohnette (drums), recorded digitally in March 1988 at the Power Station, New York, produced by Lee Townsend and released by ECM in 1988.

Private City is a 1988 ECM solo album by John Surman, who plays bass clarinet, recorders, soprano and baritone saxophones and synthesizer in multi-tracked pieces, two of them written for a Sadler's Wells ballet. Recorded December 1987 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo.

Oregon's 1987 ECM album, the first after Collin Walcott's death: Ralph Towner (guitars, piano, synthesizer), Paul McCandless (oboe, cor anglais, soprano sax), Glen Moore (double bass) and Trilok Gurtu (tabla, percussion). Recorded March 1987 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg.

Gary Peacock (double bass) with Jan Garbarek (tenor and soprano saxophones), Palle Mikkelborg (trumpet, flugelhorn) and Peter Erskine (drums, drum computer), playing Peacock's compositions. Recorded March 1987 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo.

Second and last album by Marc Johnson's Bass Desires: Johnson (bass), Bill Frisell and John Scofield (guitars), Peter Erskine (drums). Recorded March 1987 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher.

Terje Rypdal (electric guitar, keyboards) with The Chasers, Bjørn Kjellemyr (electric and acoustic bass) and Audun Kleive (drums, percussion). Their second ECM album, recorded November 1986 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo.

Edward Vesala's 1987 ECM album with his eleven-piece Sound and Fury, co-arranged by Iro Haarla (piano, harp), with Raoul Björkenheim (guitar) and Taito Vainio (accordion). Recorded June 1986 at Finnvox Studios, Helsinki.

Norma Winstone's first ECM album as leader, a trio with John Taylor (piano) and Tony Coe (clarinet, tenor saxophone): standards and her own lyrics to tunes by Gismonti, Towner, Wheeler and Bill Evans. Recorded July 1986, Rainbow Studio, Oslo. ECM 1337, 1987.

David Torn's 1987 quartet album with Mark Isham (trumpet, flugelhorn, synthesizer), Tony Levin (Chapman Stick, synthesizer bass) and Bill Bruford (Simmons drums, percussion). Recorded March 1986 at Audio International, London, produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM 1322.

Solo album by Stephan Micus in four parts for voice, hammered dulcimers, nay, sho, shakuhachi and Bavarian zithers, all played by him through overdubbing. Recorded January 1986 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg. ECM 1318, 1986.

First live album by the Keith Jarrett trio with Gary Peacock (double bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums): six standards recorded on 2 July 1985 at the Palais des Congrès, Paris, produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM 1317, 1986.

Marc Johnson's debut as a leader: a quartet with guitarists Bill Frisell (also guitar synthesizer) and John Scofield and drummer Peter Erskine, recorded in May 1985 at the Power Station, New York, produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM 1299, 1986.

Second ECM duo album by Egberto Gismonti (guitars, piano, flutes, dilruba, voice) and Naná Vasconcelos (percussion, berimbau, voice), recorded in June 1984 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo. Produced by Manfred Eicher.

Continuing the definitive Fred Frith edition, this is the CD based on Fred’s music for the second film he made with Humbert and Penzel – following nomads – that features, along with Fred’s compositions and re-workings, a restless and gripping unfolding of atmospheric locations, tuareg and other musics, ethongraphic material and times captured. A collage or a soundwork rather than a straightforwardly musical composition, this is a serious and unfairly marginalised piece (because it falls between …

A major work by Francois Bayle, 'Son Vitesse-Lumiere' ('Sound Speed-Light') was composed in parts during a period of several years. Of 'Grandeur Nature' (1980), Bayle writes, "Imagine an 'object' that is coming to 'visit' us from many light years away ..." Of 'Paysage, Personnage, Nuage' (1980), "It comes in snatches, like interference on a radio. The scene continues ..." Of 'Voyage au Centre de la Tete' (1981), "The object moves inside us ..." Of 'Le Sommeil d'Euclide' (1983), "This piece descr…

The first CD release of works by Franco Evangelisti (1926-1980), the founder of Nuova Consonanza (infamous early '60s Italian avant garde ensemble that included Mario Bertoncini, Roland Kayn, Ennio Morricone, Frederic Rzewski and others). This two disc retrospective features studio audio-footage and lab-experiments, featuring performers Aloys Kontarsky, David Tudor, Eberhard Blüm and the LaSalle Quartet. Spanning the last 40 years, virtually all forms of post-1950 invention are represented here …

Pat Metheny Group album recorded in February 1984 at Power Station, New York, with Pat Metheny (guitars, guitar synthesizer), Lyle Mays (piano, synthesizers), Steve Rodby (bass), Paul Wertico (drums) and Pedro Aznar (voice, guitar, percussion). Produced by Metheny.

John Abercrombie (guitar) with Jan Hammer (keyboards), Jack DeJohnette (drums) and Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone), recorded in April 1984 at Power Station, New York, and mixed at Rainbow Studio, Oslo. Produced by Manfred Eicher.

Chick Corea's cycle of twenty short solo piano pieces, written between 1971 and 1983, plus an Addendum for piano trio with Ida Kavafian (violin) and Fred Sherry (cello). Recorded in July 1983 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg. Produced by Manfred Eicher.

Kenny Wheeler album of four original compositions, with Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone), John Taylor (piano), Dave Holland (bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums), recorded in May 1983 at Power Station, New York. Produced by Manfred Eicher.

First ECM album by Oregon (Ralph Towner, Paul McCandless, Collin Walcott, Glen Moore), recorded at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, in March 1983, produced by Manfred Eicher and released in 1983.

First album of the Keith Jarrett trio with Gary Peacock (double bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums): five standards recorded at the Power Station, New York, in January 1983, produced by Manfred Eicher and released in 1983.

Dino Saluzzi's first ECM album, a solo recording on bandoneon, voice, percussion and flutes, made at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, in November 1982, produced by Manfred Eicher and released in 1983. Eight Saluzzi compositions.

Third ECM album by Miroslav Vitous's quartet, with John Surman (reeds), John Taylor (piano) and Jon Christensen (drums), recorded at Talent Studio, Oslo, in July 1982, produced by Manfred Eicher and released in 1983.

Mike Nock's only ECM album: a piano trio with Eddie Gomez (bass) and Jon Christensen (drums), recorded at Talent Studio, Oslo, in November 1981, produced by Manfred Eicher and first released in 1982. Five Nock compositions.

Lester Bowie's first ECM album as leader, with Donald Smith, Fred Williams and Phillip Wilson, plus Hamiet Bluiett, Fontella Bass and David Peaston on the title track, recorded in June 1981 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg.

Duo album by John Surman (soprano and baritone saxophones, bass clarinet, synthesizer) and Jack DeJohnette (drums, congas, electric piano), recorded in January 1981 at Talent Studio, Oslo, and first released by ECM in 1981.

Steve Swallow's settings of ten poems by Robert Creeley, sung by Sheila Jordan with Steve Kuhn, David Liebman, Lyle Mays and Bob Moses, recorded in September 1979 at Columbia Recording Studios, New York, and first released by ECM in 1980.

Second album by the Pat Metheny Group, with Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, Mark Egan and Dan Gottlieb, recorded in June 1979 at Long View Farm, North Brookfield, Massachusetts, and first released by ECM in 1979.

The first album by Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition, recorded in March 1979 at Generation Sound Studios, New York, with David Murray (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet), Arthur Blythe (alto saxophone) and Peter Warren (bass, cello). DeJohnette also plays piano and melodica.

Seven pieces, seven possibilities to discover the work from these two swedish composers. 'Argh!' tape collage, 1965 (Rabe), 'bolos' for trombones quartet 1962 (Bark & Rabe), 'bar' electroacoustic music 1968 (Bark), 'joe's harp' for Chamber Choir, 1970 (Rabe), 'ach chamberlin' tape collage, 1965 (Bark), 'to the barbender' tape collage, 1982 (Rabe), 'memoria in memoriam' for ensemble, 1975 (Bark).

Terje Rypdal's trio album with Palle Mikkelborg (trumpet, flugelhorn, keyboards) and Jon Christensen (drums, percussion), Rypdal on guitar, keyboards and flute. Recorded in March 1979 at Talent Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher.

Wadada Leo Smith's first ECM album, recorded in September 1978 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, with Dwight Andrews (winds), Bobby Naughton (vibraphone, marimba, bells) and guests Lester Bowie, Kenny Wheeler (trumpets) and Charlie Haden (bass). Produced by Manfred Eicher.

George Adams's only ECM album, recorded in May 1979 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, with Heinz Sauer (tenor saxophone), Kenny Wheeler (trumpet, flugelhorn), Richard Beirach (piano), Dave Holland (bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums). Produced by Manfred Eicher.