Getting There
Second ECM album by the trio of John Abercrombie (electric and acoustic guitars, guitar synthesizer), Marc Johnson (bass) and Peter Erskine (drums), with Michael Brecker on tenor saxophone on three tracks. Recorded April 1987 at Power Station, New Yo…
Lyric Suite For Sextet
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, 198…
Wayfarer
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 (E…
Molde Concert
Live recording of a one-off quartet led by bassist Arild Andersen with Bill Frisell, John Taylor and Alphonse Mouzon at the Molde Jazz Festival, Norway, in August 1981. Expanded CD reissue (2000) of ECM 1236, first issued in 1982.
Offramp
Third studio album by the Pat Metheny Group (Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, Steve Rodby, Danny Gottlieb, with Naná Vasconcelos), recorded in October 1981 at the Power Station, New York, produced by Manfred Eicher and released by ECM in 1982. CD edition.
As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
Album by Pat Metheny (guitars, bass) and Lyle Mays (piano, synthesizer, organ, autoharp) with Naná Vasconcelos (berimbau, percussion, drums, voice), recorded in autumn 1980 at Talent Studio, Oslo, and released by ECM in 1981. 2022 CD reissue.
Magico
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.
Saudades
First ECM album as leader by Brazilian percussionist Naná Vasconcelos (berimbau, percussion, voice, gongs), with Egberto Gismonti and the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart under Mladen Gutesha, recorded in March 1979 in Ludwigsburg. CD edition.
Fluid Rustle
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 b…
Pat Metheny Group
Debut album of the Pat Metheny Group: Pat Metheny (6- and 12-string guitars), Lyle Mays (piano, Oberheim synthesizer, autoharp), Mark Egan (bass) and Danny Gottlieb (drums), recorded at Talent Studio, Oslo, in January 1978 and produced by Manfred Eic…
Deer Wan
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 EC…
Dis
Jan Garbarek (tenor and soprano saxophones, wood flute) in duo with Ralph Towner (12-string and classical guitars), with a windharp on three tracks and Den Norske Messingsekstett on one. Recorded in December 1976 at Talent Studios, Oslo, released by …
Passengers
Gary Burton (vibraharp) with Pat Metheny (electric guitar), Steve Swallow (bass guitar), Dan Gottlieb (drums) and guest Eberhard Weber (bass), recorded in November 1976 at Talent Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher and released by ECM in 1977. C…
Pictures
Six pieces by Jack DeJohnette on drums, piano and organ, three of them in duo with John Abercrombie on electric and acoustic guitars. Recorded in February 1976 at Talent Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher, released by ECM in 1977. CD edition.
Bright Size Life
First studio album as a leader by guitarist Pat Metheny, a trio with Jaco Pastorius (bass) and Bob Moses (drums), seven Metheny pieces and an Ornette Coleman medley, recorded in December 1975 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, and released by ECM in 19…
Ring
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.
Luminessence
Three compositions by Keith Jarrett for string orchestra and saxophone, with Jan Garbarek (tenor, soprano saxophone) and the strings of the Südfunk Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart conducted by Mladen Gutesha, recorded 29-30 April 1974 at Tonstudio Bauer…
Arrows Into Infinity
Documentary on saxophonist Charles Lloyd, directed by Dorothy Darr and Jeffery Morse, with archive footage, concerts and interviews with Herbie Hancock, Ornette Coleman, Jack DeJohnette and others. 113 minutes, premiered 2013, ECM 2014.
Radhe Radhe - Rites of Holi
Film by Prashant Bhargava on the Holi festival in Mathura, with a score by Vijay Iyer for the International Contemporary Ensemble, commissioned for the Rite of Spring centenary and premiered at Chapel Hill in March 2013. With making-of.
Rouge
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, Os…
So I Write
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 i…
Uncle John's Band
Double album by the John Scofield trio with Vicente Archer (double bass) and Bill Stewart (drums): seven Scofield originals and seven covers, recorded in August 2022 at Clubhouse Studio, Rhinebeck, New York, and released by ECM in 2023. Double LP edi…
Munich 2016
Keith Jarrett's solo piano concert recorded live on 16 July 2016 at the Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich, the last night of his European tour: twelve improvised parts and three encores. 2LP, ECM 2667/68, released 2019.
Changing Places
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 (20…
Homage
Second ECM album by saxophonist Joe Lovano with the Marcin Wasilewski Trio (Slawomir Kurkiewicz, Michal Miskiewicz), recorded in November 2023 at Van Gelder Studio, New Jersey, produced by Manfred Eicher. LP edition, released 2025.
Patternmaster
Patternmaster is a 2026 ECM album by tenor saxophonist Mark Turner's pianoless quartet with Jason Palmer (trumpet), Joe Martin (double bass) and Jonathan Pinson (drums): six Turner originals recorded in April 2024 at Studios La Buissonne, produced by…
Spindrift
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 prod…
Ashes to Gold
Ashes to Gold is a 2024 ECM album by Israeli trumpeter Avishai Cohen with Yonathan Avishai, Barak Mori and Ziv Ravitz: a five-part suite, Ravel's Adagio assai and a piece by his daughter, recorded in November 2023 at Studios La Buissonne.
Vagabond
Vagabond is Dominic Miller's third ECM album, eight originals for a quartet with pianist Jacob Karlzon, bassist Nicolas Fiszman and drummer Ziv Ravitz, recorded in April 2021 at Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-les-Fontaines, and produced by Manfred Eich…
Uma Elmo
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.
Here Be Dragons
Oded Tzur's ECM debut, with Nitai Hershkovits (piano), Petros Klampanis (double bass) and Johnathan Blake (drums): raga-based originals and a cover of Can't Help Falling In Love, recorded in Lugano in June 2019 and produced by Manfred Eicher. LP edit…
Mountain Call
Miroslav Vitous's first ECM album as leader in ten years: duets with Michel Portal, pieces with Jack DeJohnette and two suites with Esperanza Spalding, Bob Mintzer and orchestra, recorded 2003-2010 at his Universal Syncopations studio and produced wi…
Absinthe
Dominic Miller's second ECM album, ten originals for a quintet with Santiago Arias (bandoneon), Mike Lindup (keyboards), Nicolas Fiszman (bass) and Manu Katché (drums), recorded at Studios La Buissonne in February 2018 and produced by Manfred Eicher.…
The Other Side
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 ed…
Taking Turns
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.
Silent Light
Guitarist Dominic Miller's first ECM album, eleven pieces for acoustic guitar, mostly solo, with percussionist Miles Bould on some tracks. Recorded March 2016 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher, released 2017.
Neighbourhood
Manu Katché's first ECM album as leader, ten of his compositions played with Jan Garbarek, Tomasz Stanko, Marcin Wasilewski and Slawomir Kurkiewicz. Recorded March and November 2004 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher, first released …