Jazz & Improvisation / Chamber Jazz

Duo album by violinist Dominique Pifarély and pianist François Couturier: nine pieces, mostly their own plus Mal Waldron's Warm Canto, recorded April 1997 at the Festeburgkirche, Frankfurt, produced by Manfred Eicher.

Second album by Ketil Bjørnstad's The Sea quartet, with David Darling (cello), Terje Rypdal (guitar) and Jon Christensen (drums). Recorded in December 1996 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher, released by ECM in 1998.

Trio album by pianist Michael Cain, trumpeter Ralph Alessi and saxophonist Peter Epstein, without bass or drums. Recorded in August 1996 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher, released by ECM in 1997.

Quartet album led by John Surman (baritone and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet) with Paul Bley (piano), Gary Peacock (bass) and Tony Oxley (drums), recorded in September 1991 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM 1463, 1992.

Concert recording by Keith Jarrett's European quartet with Jan Garbarek, Palle Danielsson and Jon Christensen, made in Tokyo in April 1979 and released by ECM in 1989. Five Jarrett originals.

Chick Corea's seven-part suite for his duo with vibraphonist Gary Burton plus a string quartet (Ik-Hwan Bae, Carol Shive, Karen Dreyfus, Fred Sherry), recorded in September 1982 at Mad Hatter Studios, Los Angeles, produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM, 1983.

Jan Garbarek Group with Bill Frisell (guitar), Eberhard Weber (bass) and Michael DiPasqua (drums, percussion): six Garbarek compositions recorded in March 1983 at Talent Studio, Oslo, engineered by Jan Erik Kongshaug and produced by Manfred Eicher (ECM 1259).

Trio album by Charlie Haden (double bass), Jan Garbarek (tenor and soprano saxophones) and Egberto Gismonti (guitars, piano), recorded in June 1979 at Talent Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher and released by ECM in 1980.

Album by German bassist Eberhard Weber (bass, tarang) with Gary Burton (vibraharp, marimba), Bill Frisell (guitar, balalaika) and the voices of Norma Winstone and Bonnie Herman, recorded in January 1979 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, and released by ECM in May 1979.

Four compositions by Kenny Wheeler (trumpet, flugelhorn) with Jan Garbarek, John Abercrombie, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette, and Ralph Towner on one track. Recorded in July 1977 at Talent Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher and released by ECM in 1978. CD edition.

First ECM album by the Gary Burton Quintet (Burton, Mick Goodrick, Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow, Bob Moses) with bassist Eberhard Weber, recorded 23-24 July 1974 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, and released by ECM in December 1974. CD edition.

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 in September 1991 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo. Cassette edition.

First album under her own name by Norwegian singer Sidsel Endresen, with Nils Petter Molvær (trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion), Django Bates (piano) and Jon Christensen (percussion), recorded in June 1990 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, and released by ECM in 1990. Cassette edition.

Debut album of the Tord Gustavsen Trio: Tord Gustavsen (piano), Harald Johnsen (double bass), Jarle Vespestad (drums), recorded December 2001 and June 2002 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher. First vinyl edition (2LP) of ECM 1834 (2003), Luminessence series.

Spindrift is the second ECM album by German-American pianist Benjamin Lackner, with Mathias Eick (trumpet), Mark Turner (tenor saxophone), Linda May Han Oh (bass) and Matthieu Chazarenc (drums), recorded in March 2024 at Studios La Buissonne and produced by Manfred Eicher.

Uma Elmo is a 2021 ECM album by Danish guitarist Jakob Bro in a bassless trio with trumpeter Arve Henriksen and drummer Jorge Rossy, recorded in August-September 2020 at the Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, and produced by Manfred Eicher.

Tord Gustavsen's first trio album in over a decade, with Sigurd Hole on double bass and Jarle Vespestad on drums: originals, Bach chorales and Scandinavian hymns, recorded at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, in January 2018 and produced by Manfred Eicher. LP edition.

Jakob Bro's sextet session with Lee Konitz, Bill Frisell, Jason Moran, Thomas Morgan and Andrew Cyrille, recorded at Avatar Studios, New York, in March 2014, produced by Manfred Eicher and first released by ECM in November 2024. LP edition.