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Private City
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.
Cloud About Mercury
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.
The Amazing Adventures of Simon Simon
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.
Mountainscapes
Barre Phillips (double bass) with John Surman (saxophones, bass clarinet, synthesizer), Stu Martin (drums, synthesizer) and Dieter Feichtner (synthesizer), plus John Abercrombie (guitar) on the last track. Recorded March 1976 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg.
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.
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 2794, 2024.
Once Upon A Time
Eberhard Weber alone on five-string electric bass with live delay loops, in concert at the Théâtre des Halles, Avignon, in August 1994. Released by ECM in 2021, mixed at La Buissonne by Gérard de Haro.
Big Vicious
Debut album of Avishai Cohen's Israeli quintet Big Vicious: Cohen (trumpet, effects, synthesizer), Uzi Ramirez and Yonatan Albalak (guitars, bass), Aviv Cohen and Ziv Ravitz (drums, live sampling). Recorded August 2019 at Studios La Buissonne, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Looking At Sounds
Quartet album by French bassist Michel Benita (double bass, laptop) with Matthieu Michel (flugelhorn), Jozef Dumoulin (Fender Rhodes, electronics) and Philippe Garcia (drums, electronics), recorded March 2019 at Studios La Buissonne, produced by Steve Lake.
Sun Of Goldfinger
Debut album of the trio Sun of Goldfinger: David Torn (electric guitar, live looping, electronics), Tim Berne (alto saxophone) and Ches Smith (drums, electronics, tanbou), with Craig Taborn and strings on one track, recorded 2015 and 2018 in New York studios.
Lost River
First recording by the trio of Michele Rabbia (drums, electronics), Gianluca Petrella (trombone, sounds) and Eivind Aarset (guitar, electronics), mostly improvised, recorded January 2018 at ArteSuono Studio, Udine, produced by Manfred Eicher.
White
Duo album by guitarist Marc Sinan and clarinettist Oğuz Büyükberber (both also on electronics), built around 1916 field recordings of Armenian prisoners of war. Recorded October 2016 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Daylight Ghosts
Third ECM album by pianist Craig Taborn, his first with a quartet: Chris Speed (tenor sax, clarinet), Chris Lightcap (double bass, bass guitar), Dave King (drums, electronic percussion). Recorded May 2016 at Avatar Studios, New York, produced by Manfred Eicher.
River Silver
Michel Benita's ECM leader debut with his group Ethics: Matthieu Michel (flugelhorn), Mieko Miyazaki (koto), Eivind Aarset (guitar, electronics) and Philippe Garcia (drums). Recorded April 2015 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Encore
Eberhard Weber's companion album to Résumé: bass solos recorded live with the Jan Garbarek Group in thirteen European cities between 1990 and 2007, reworked with his keyboards and Ack van Rooyen's flugelhorn. Mixed November 2014 at La Buissonne; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Outland
Fifth album by the Norwegian trio Jøkleba (Per Jørgensen, trumpet, voice; Jon Balke, piano, electronics; Audun Kleive, drums, electronics) and its first for ECM: free collective pieces recorded in May 2014 at Madstun and Rainbow Studio, Oslo.
Mutations
Vijay Iyer's first ECM album as leader: the suite Mutations I-X for string quartet (Miranda Cuckson, Michi Wiancko, Kyle Armbrust, Kivie Cahn-Lipman), piano and electronics, framed by solo pieces. Recorded September 2013 at Avatar Studios, New York.
Mercurial Balm
Second ECM album by Food, Thomas Strønen (drums, electronics) and Iain Ballamy (saxophones), with Christian Fennesz, Eivind Aarset, Nils Petter Molvær and Prakash Sontakke. Recorded 2010-2011 at Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Victoria National Jazz Scene and Rainbow Studio, Oslo.
Live At Belleville
Live album by Arild Andersen (double bass, live electronics) with Tommy Smith (tenor saxophone) and Paolo Vinaccia (drums), recorded in September 2007 at Belleville, Oslo, and the Drammen Theatre. Produced by Manfred Eicher, released by ECM in 2008.
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.