Art Ensemble Of Chicago
Tribute To Lester [ ECM / CD - released 14/Oct/2013 ] When AEC trumpeter Lester Bowie died in November 1999 at the age of 58, the jazz world lost one of its great originals - a flamboyant sound-painter, a great soloist, a musical philosopher, and a charismatic performer. On this memorial album his... |
Art Ensemble Of Chicago
Urban Bushman [ ECM / 2 CD - released 27/Jan/1994 ] |
ARVO PART
Part: Adam's Lament Latvian Radio Choir, Vox Clamantis, Riga Sinfonietta, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tonu Kaljuste [ ECM Records / CD - released 2/Nov/2012 ] GRAMMY WINNER: Best Choral Album 2014 |
ELLIOTT CARTER
What Next? / ASKO Concerto Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra / Peter Eotvos (conductor) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 1/Jan/2005 ] "Carter has always written for instruments operatically; now he lends opera the mercurial magic of his ensemble works, one of which, the "Asko Concerto", is appended here." Paul Driver, Sunday Times |
Barre Phillips
Aquarian Rain (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 22/Jan/2009 ] "I play everything based on what my ear suggests I play, with no objective editing. And my ear is fed by a pool of accumulated musical experiences stored in my memory, mental memory and muscle memory. My active role is to do the best I can to play on... |
Barre Phillips
End To End [ ECM / CD - released 7/Sep/2018 ] Barre Phillips was the first musician to record an album of solo double bass, back in 1968, and he has always been an absolute master of the solo idiom. In March 2017, Barre recorded what he says will be his last solo album, the final chapter of his... |
Ben Monder / Pete Rende / Andrew Cyrille / Paul Motian
Amorphae [ ECM / CD - released 20/Jan/2016 ] Guitarist Ben Monder first recorded for ECM as a member of the Paul Motian Band on "Garden of Eden" in 2004, and Amorphae was originally conceived as a series of duets for Ben and Paul. A first exploratory duo session was recorded in 2010. After... |
Benedicte Maurseth & Åsne Valland Nordli
Over Tones [ ECM Records / CD - released 2/May/2014 ] Over Tones is the ECM debut of two exceptional folk musicians from the West of Norway - Benedicte Maurseth who plays the Hardanger fiddle and sings and vocalist Åsne Valland Nordli. Both musicians are well established in their homeland. Maurseth... |
Benedikt Jahnel Trio
Equilibrium [ ECM / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] "Equilibrium" is the ECM debut of a German/American/Spanish trio, which through frequent touring has grown into a remarkably tight and stylistically unique unit in recent years. Fuelled by the tension created through the contrasting styles of pianist... |
Benedikt Jahnel Trio
The Invariant [ ECM / CD - released 3/Mar/2017 ] The trio with Spanish bassist Antonio Miguel and Canadian drummer Owen Howard has been an invariant in the life of Berlin based pianist Benedikt Jahnel. Hence the album title: The Invariant is issued as the group goes on tour to celebrate its tenth... |
Benjamin Lackner, Mathias Eick, Jérôme Regard, Manu Katché
Last Decade [ ECM / CD - released 18/Nov/2022 ] German-American pianist Benjamin Lackner makes his ECM debut with a star-studded quartet of Manu Katché on drums, trumpeter Mathias Eick and Jérôme Regard on bass. Mathias and Manu share a longstanding association with the label and their... |
Bennie Maupin & Herbie Hancock
The Jewel In The Lotus [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 17/May/2019 ] Bennie Maupin has been a musicians' musician for decades, and a highly inventive contributor, on bass clarinet and saxes, to some important records - including Miles Davis's "Bitches Brew", Herbie Hancock's "Mwandishi" and Marion Brown's "Afternoon... |
Bill Frisell
Rarum Volume 5 - Selected Recordings 1981-1996 [ ECM Records / CD - released 20/Feb/2004 ] 'Selected Recordings' features landmark recordings and old favourites - greatest hits, effectively - from this highly regarded musician. |
Bill Frisell
Works [ ECM / CD - released 2/Feb/2018 ] |
Bill Frisell
Works (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 2/Feb/2018 ] |
The Bill Frisell Band
Lookout For Hope [ ECM / CD - released 22/Sep/2008 ] Memo from the heyday of the Downtown scene, an album from Frisell's first touring band, with cellist Hank Roberts, drummer Joey Baron and bassist Kermit Driscoll. All material by Frisell, except Thelonious Monk's "Hackensack". Bill Frisell... |
Billy Hart, Ethan Iverson, Mark Turner, Ben Street
All Our Reasons [ ECM / CD - released 19/Mar/2012 ] First ECM recording of a quartet formed in 2003. Originally billed as the Ethan Iverson-Mark Turner Quartet, it soon became the Billy Hart Quartet, and under this name has played shows to packed houses each year in New York City. The group's first... |
Billy Hart Quartet
One Is the Other [ ECM Records / CD - released 2/May/2014 ] The second ECM album by the Billy Hart Quartet is a major musical statement, and one of the outstanding jazz albums of the season. The group's reach - already broad on 2011's widely-acclaimed All Our Reasons - is yet more expansive here. Strong... |
Birds and Bells
Bent Sorensen [ ECM Records / CD ] Recorded October 1997, Released 1999 |
Bjorn Meyer
Provenance [ ECM / CD - released 20/Oct/2017 ] There is a distinguished tradition of solo bass albums on ECM, but Provenance is the first to be devoted to the electric bass guitar. Björn Meyer, Swedish-born and Swiss-based, has shaped a unique voice for his instrument inside the most diverse... |