Of Mist And Melting
Bill Connors on classical guitar with Jan Garbarek (saxophones), Gary Peacock (bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums), six Connors compositions recorded in December 1977 at Talent Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher. First released 1978.
Watercolors
Pat Metheny's second ECM album, his first with Lyle Mays (piano), with Eberhard Weber (bass) and Danny Gottlieb (drums); Metheny plays 6- and 12-string guitars and 15-string harp guitar. Recorded February 1977 at Talent Studio, Oslo.
The Following Morning
Eberhard Weber (bass) and Rainer Brüninghaus (piano) with members of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra on cellos, French horns and oboe, in four Weber compositions. Recorded August 1976 at Talent Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Cloud Dance
Collin Walcott's first album as leader, released by ECM in 1976: Walcott on sitar and tabla with John Abercrombie (guitar), Dave Holland (double bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums), recorded in March 1975 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg.
Solstice
Ralph Towner's 1975 ECM quartet album with Jan Garbarek (saxophones, flute), Eberhard Weber (bass, cello) and Jon Christensen (drums, percussion), recorded in December 1974 at Arne Bendiksen Studio, Oslo, and produced by Manfred Eicher.
Tribute
Paul Motian's second album as leader for ECM, released in 1975, with Charlie Haden (bass), Sam Brown and Paul Metzke (guitars) and Carlos Ward (alto saxophone). Recorded in May 1974 at Generation Sound Studios, New York.
Diary
Ralph Towner's first entirely solo album, recorded on 4-5 April 1973 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, with Towner on 12-string and classical guitars, piano (via overdubs) and gongs. Produced by Manfred Eicher.
Crystal Silence
First duo album by Gary Burton (vibraphone) and Chick Corea (piano), recorded on 6 November 1972 at Arne Bendiksen Studio, Oslo, and produced by Manfred Eicher. Pieces by Corea, Steve Swallow and Michael Gibbs.
Terje Rypdal
Terje Rypdal's first album as leader for ECM, recorded in August 1971 at Arne Bendiksen Studio, Oslo, with Jan Garbarek, Arild Andersen, Jon Christensen, Inger Lise Rypdal and others. Produced by Manfred Eicher.
Ritornare
Ritornare (ECM, 2026) is the ECM debut of Enzo Favata's quintet Atlantico, with Marcello Peghin (ten-string guitar), Daniele di Bonaventura (bandoneon), Salvatore Maltana (double bass) and U.T. Gandhi (drums). Recorded January 2026 in Munich, produce…
Winter Songs
Winter Songs (ECM, 2026) is Steve Swallow's first leader album since 2013: nine originals, One to Nine, played by a sextet with Chris Cheek, Mike Rodriguez, Gil Goldstein, Steve Cardenas and Adam Nussbaum. Recorded September 2024 at Sear Sound, New Y…
While I Was Away
While I Was Away (ECM, 2026) is the first album by Julia Hülsmann's octet: piano, violin, cello, bass and drums with singers Aline Frazão, Live Maria Roggen and Michael Schiefel, setting Dickinson, Atwood and Cummings. Recorded September 2023 at Hans…
Corners
Corners (ECM, 2026) is the first ECM album by Enrico Rava's Fearless Five (Paggi, Diodati, Ponticelli, Polidoro) with guest Joe Lovano on tenor saxophone: nine originals recorded in July 2025 at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, produced by …
Memento
First duo album by pianist Marilyn Crispell and bassist Anders Jormin: four free improvisations and seven compositions by the two. Recorded July 2025 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.
A Sun That Never Sets
Trumpeter Ralph Alessi's quintet with his brother Joseph Alessi (trombone), Matt Mitchell (piano), John Hébert (double bass) and Ches Smith (drums, vibraphone) in eleven Alessi compositions. Recorded February 2025 at Oktaven Audio, produced by Alessi…
Salt Catchers
Drummerless trio of English saxophonist Andy Sheppard with pianist Rita Marcotulli and bassist Michel Benita: eight Sheppard originals and Carla Bley's Lawns. Recorded March 2025 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Paramount Quartet
Debut of Joe Lovano's Paramount Quartet with Julian Lage (guitar), Asante Santi Debriano (bass) and Will Calhoun (drums): five Lovano originals plus pieces by Charlie Haden and Wayne Shorter. Recorded February 2025 at Studios La Buissonne, produced b…
Renaissance
Second ECM album by the quartet of Swiss saxophonist Nicolas Masson with Colin Vallon (piano), Patrice Moret (double bass) and Lionel Friedli (drums): ten Masson originals and one group improvisation, recorded November 2023 at Studios La Buissonne.
Homage
Second ECM album by Joe Lovano (tenor saxophone, tárogató, percussion) with the Marcin Wasilewski Trio: Wasilewski (piano), Slawomir Kurkiewicz (double bass), Michal Miskiewicz (drums). Recorded November 2023 at Van Gelder Studio, New Jersey, produce…
Off Stillness
Third ECM album by Thomas Strønen's Time Is A Blind Guide: Strønen (drums), Ayumi Tanaka (piano), Håkon Aase (violin), Leo Svensson Sander (cello), Ole Morten Vågan (double bass). Recorded December 2021 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, mixed in Munich in 202…
Patternmaster
Second ECM album by Mark Turner's pianoless quartet with Jason Palmer (trumpet), Joe Martin (double bass) and Jonathan Pinson (drums): six Turner originals, recorded April 2024 at Studios La Buissonne, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Spindrift
Second ECM album by pianist Benjamin Lackner, with a new quintet: Mathias Eick (trumpet), Mark Turner (tenor saxophone), Linda May Han Oh (double bass), Matthieu Chazarenc (drums). Recorded March 2024 at Studios La Buissonne, produced by Manfred Eich…
Unfolding
First duo album by clarinettist Louis Sclavis and pianist Benjamin Moussay: nine new pieces, two-thirds by Moussay, the rest by Sclavis. Recorded March 2024 at Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-les-Fontaines; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Landloper
Arild Andersen's first solo album: double bass with loops created live through effect pedals. Recorded in concert on 18 June 2020 at Victoria Nasjonal Jazzscene, Oslo, with one piece recorded at home; mixed at Rainbow Studio in 2024.
Transylvanian Dance
Pianist Lucian Ban and violist Mat Maneri arrange Transylvanian songs and dances collected by Béla Bartók. Recorded live on 29 October 2022 at CJT Hall, Timișoara, for the Retracing Bartók project; produced by Steve Lake.
Ashes to Gold
A five-part suite by trumpeter Avishai Cohen, written after 7 October 2023, plus Ravel's Adagio assai and a tune by his daughter. With Yonathan Avishai (piano), Barak Mori (bass) and Ziv Ravitz (drums). Recorded November 2023 at Studios La Buissonne.
Winter Poems
ECM debut of Israeli soprano saxophonist Yuval Cohen with Tom Oren (piano), Alon Near (double bass) and Alon Benjamini (drums), eight Cohen originals. Recorded September 2023 at Studios La Buissonne, produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM 2818, 2025.
Outpost of Dreams
Duo album by Norma Winstone (voice) and Kit Downes (piano): four Downes pieces, songs by John Taylor, Carla Bley, Ralph Towner and Aidan O'Rourke, two traditionals, nine with Winstone lyrics. Recorded April 2023 at Artesuono, Udine, produced by Manfr…
Za Górami
Debut album of the trio Alice Zawadzki (voice, violin), Fred Thomas (piano, vielle, drums) and Misha Mullov-Abbado (double bass): Ladino, Polish, French and Latin American songs. Recorded June 2023 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, produced by Ma…
Samares
Third ECM album by the Colin Vallon Trio: Vallon (piano, electronics), Patrice Moret (double bass), Julian Sartorius (drums), nine Vallon compositions. Recorded June-July 2023 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM 2809…
Touch of Time
Debut duo album by Arve Henriksen (trumpet, electronics) and Harmen Fraanje (piano): ten pieces, mostly co-written, between improvisation and written themes. Recorded January 2023 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM …
A Time To Remember
Elina Duni (voice) with Rob Luft (guitar), Matthieu Michel (flugelhorn) and Fred Thomas (piano, drums): Albanian and Kosovan traditionals, standards and Duni/Luft originals. Recorded July 2022 at Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-les-Fontaines. ECM 2781, …
Our Daily Bread
Third album by Joe Lovano's Trio Tapestry: Lovano (tenor saxophone, tárogató, gongs), Marilyn Crispell (piano), Carmen Castaldi (drums, percussion), eight Lovano originals. Recorded May 2022 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred E…
Wind And Sun
Sinikka Langeland (vocals, kantele, Jew's harp) sets poems by Jon Fosse with Mathias Eick (trumpet), Trygve Seim (saxophones), Mats Eilertsen (double bass) and Thomas Strønen (drums). Recorded June 2022 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Guido Gorn…
Sphere
Piano trio album by Bobo Stenson with Anders Jormin (double bass) and Jon Fält (drums): music by Nørgård, Bäck, Sibelius, Janson and Jung-Hee Woo plus two Jormin originals. Recorded April 2022 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred…
Dance Of The Elders
Second album by the trio of Austrian guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel (classical and electric guitar) with Scott Colley (double bass) and Brian Blade (drums): five originals plus Weill's Liebeslied and Joni Mitchell's Amelia. Recorded February 2022 in Oa…
Eventually
First trio album by Norwegian guitarist Jacob Young, with Mats Eilertsen (double bass) and Audun Kleive (drums): nine Young originals, recorded in May 2021 at Klokkereint Studio, Gjøvik. His fourth album as a leader for ECM.
The Next Door
Second album by the Julia Hülsmann Quartet (Hülsmann piano, Uli Kempendorff tenor saxophone, Marc Muellbauer double bass, Heinrich Köbberling drums): originals by all four plus a Prince song. Recorded March 2022 at Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-les-Fo…
At First Light
Solo classical guitar album by Ralph Towner: eight originals plus Danny Boy, Little Old Lady and Make Someone Happy. Recorded February 2022 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.
A Short Diary
Duo album by drummer Sebastian Rochford and pianist Kit Downes, music written after the death of Rochford's father, poet Gerard Rochford, recorded February 2020 at the family home Waverley, Aberdeen. CD, ECM 2749, 2023.