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On Illusion Suite, “the charms are quiet”, as Down Beat put it, reviewing the album in 1974. “it creeps up on you and... 

LP from the “Luminessence” Series. CD available from the ""Touchstones"" Series (ECM1120TS). “A subtle... 

There have been other recordings of "Für Alina" and "Spiegel im Spiegel" but none like those on this disc, realized with the participation of... 

The “Paramount” in Joe Lovano’s new quartet can be interpreted as a statement of intent. “I feel like at this point I’m on... 

An essential document of European jazz in the 1970s, and a recording that still sounds magnificent today, Balladyna exerted an enduring influence... 

Mountain Call is a peak achievement in Miroslav Vitous’s music, presenting the masterful bassist in varying ensemble configurations that... 

In his review of Mark Turner’s last quartet effort for ECM, 2022’s Return From The Stars, the Swiss daily Weltwoche’s Peter... 

The charming, thoughtfoul Oracle conveys the familiarity and empathy of partners who have worked together for years – light... 

The Köln Concert – the groundbreaking recording of Keith Jarrett’s... 

A staggering gathering of improvising masters from distinct musical backgrounds, Zakir Hussain’s Making Music arrived out of the blue... 

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Guitarist John Scofield and bassist Dave Holland, two of jazz’s contemporary masters, have played together over the... 

Already in the year of the album’s release, Stereophile’s Richard Lehnert said that “with his first record as a leader, Tord... 

Wolfgang Muthspiel and his trio with Scott Colley on bass and Brian Blade on drums (“Together they have something of the empathy of... 

The complete documentation of... 

Masterful trio interplay reliant on deeply honed three-way communication and a refined sense of understatement make Fred Hersch’s third... 

Musical messages from Oslo, New York, Basel and Lugano – recorded between 2018 and 2022 – are juxtaposed and recombined on an absorbing... 

After Mette Henriette’s critically acclaimed, self-titled first recording comes Drifting – an album pervaded by trio conversations of... 

Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 was originally released in 1971. Now it's released on vinyl, as part of ECM's Luminessence-series! The... 

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Anchored in the idea that, despite all obstacles, the human experience casts a net of possibilities, Defiant Life – Vijay... 

Eight years after Blue Maqams, Anouar Brahem returns with a poignant project, titled after a line of verse by poet Mahmoud Darwish, which... 

One of the most influential recordings in the history of jazz piano, Paul Bley’s solo album thoughtfully explores the compositions of... 

On "My Prophet", Oded Tzur together with his quartet of pianist Nitai Hershkovits, bassist Petros Klampanis and the new group member Cyrano Almeida... 

Exuding"", recorded in New York’s Avatar Studio a decade ago, finds... 

Back with a newly formed quintet, gathered together for a particularly fruitful 2024 session in Southern France, the German pianist Benjamin... 

Released in 1981, the debut of the legendary keyboardist from Eberhard Weber’s Colours band and later the Jan Garbarek Group, "Freigeweht" presented... 

Norwegian trumpeter Mathias Eick draws on the quartet formation in a programme that includes some of his most exploratory and improvisatory qualities, with... 

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Idiosyncratic, large-scale and in its fundamental disposition one of a kind, Florian Weber’s "Imaginary Cycle", conceived for the... 

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"This perfectly harmonising duo focuses on strong contrasts and thrives on empathy and intense exchanges." – Deutschlandfunk Having previously... 

Vocalist and violinist Alice Zawadzki, pianist Fred Thomas (who also plays the vielle and drums here) and bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado present... 

Luminessence series Released on vinyl for the first time!
A ravishingly beautiful album, recorded in 2000, by... 

Luminessence series Originally released in 2001 by the great American jazz trio that delivered the poll-topping "Nothing Ever Was, Anyway" in... 

Rekindling the familiarly flowing interplay with fellow travellers Thomas Morgan and João Lobo – the trio’s musical partnership goes... 

Recorded at Munich's Muffathalle twenty years ago, in September 2004, this previously-unreleased... 

“Destined to go down in history as a jazz classic” was the verdict with which The Guardian greeted... 

Drummer Gard Nilssen’s ECM leader debut follows acclaimed recordings for the label with the Maciej Obara Quartet and... 

For the follow-up of his ECM-leader-debut La traversée, French saxophonist Matthieu Bordenave expands his trio of German... 

A striking musical rapport between Norwegian trumpeter Arve Henriksen and Dutch pianist Harmen Fraanje is palpable in the duo’s quietly... 

“Awase”, a term from martial arts, means “moving together” in the sense of matching energies, a fitting metaphor for the dynamic precision, tessellated... 

The Bobo Stenson Trio’s ability of covering far-reaching idioms and wide-ranging repertoire within the scope of their personal diction has... 

The Bobo Stenson Trio’s ability of covering far-reaching idioms and wide-ranging repertoire within the scope of their personal diction has... 

A fascinating solo album from the Swiss pianist, composer and conceptualist best known as leader of the bands Ronin and Mobile, Entendre offers... 

Recorded in 1977 and now reissued in ECM’s audiophile Luminessence vinyl series, the debut album of... 

Mysterious, dramatic and alluring, Luminessence comes from a peak period in the creative association between Keith Jarrett and... 

Pianist-composer Vijay Iyer follows his 2021 ECM disc Uneasy - the first to showcase his trio featuring bassist Linda... 

As well as being the great vibraphone innovator of his era, Gary Burton has been a most astute talent scout. In 1973, The New Quartet introduced... 

Don Cherry, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden and Ed Blackwell came together to celebrate the work of mentor Ornette Coleman, but... 

On his second release for ECM New York-based saxophonist Oded Tzur introduces a heightened sense of urgency and a conceptually augmented approach to... 

The third album from Joe Lovano's Trio Tapestry finds the group continuing to extend its spacious and... 

Ralph Alessi’s fourth appearance as a leader for the label follows a singular album run that’s been met with nothing but... 

Luminessence, ECM's new audiophile vinyl-reissue series, is a kaleidoscope, shedding light on... 

Luminessence, ECM's new audiophile vinyl-reissue series, is a kaleidoscope, shedding light on the jewels of the... 

It had been preceded by ECM duo albums with Barre Phillips and with Derek Bailey as well as the cooperative band Circle’s great... 

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“Break Stuff” is what happens after formal elements have been addressed. Vijay Iyer calls the break “a span of time in which to... 

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Estonian vocal ensemble Vox Clamantis and their leader Jaan-Eik Tulve have established themselves among the leading interpreters of... 

The Danish String Quartet’s new album is a “retracing of musical pathways across the North Sea, a journey through the sounds... 

Vinyl reissue in facsimile gatefold edition, includes original liner notes in enclosed booklet.

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Enzo Favata’s Atlantico quintet explores the musical space where jazz, chamber music dynamics and improvisation meet – never predictable, but... 

“Sparse, subtle and determined as much by silence as by sound, hers is a music created using deft, fleeting strokes” wrote the BBC Music... 

After a critically lauded release with his Trio Libero, successful quartet recordings (Surrounded By Sea, 2015, Romaria, 2018) and... 

“Sparse, subtle and determined as much by silence as by sound, hers is a music created using deft, fleeting... 

The “Paramount” in Joe Lovano’s new quartet can be interpreted as a statement of intent. “I feel like at this point I’m on... 

eebles, Fables and Ferns captures a rare one-time coming together of luminaries Mick Goodrick and Fred Hersch, both active... 

After Oylam (2010), Judith Berkson, mezzo-soprano, pianist, composer and improviser, returns with another unclassifiable, and strangely compelling, artistic... 

"[The Gazzanas] have played together as siblings since early childhood. But that... 

“Few contemporary jazz-influenced singers manage to sound so intensely like themselves while drawing on such a variety of genres, languages, and... 

Although their association goes back many years, Memento – an album of lyrical and subtle music making – Is the first duo... 

Mountain Call is a peak achievement in Miroslav Vitous’s music, presenting the masterful bassist in varying ensemble configurations that... 

In his review of Mark Turner’s last quartet effort for ECM, 2022’s Return From The Stars, the Swiss daily Weltwoche’s Peter... 

With Convergence, his second solo album, Swedish-born bassist Björn Meyer further develops music on the blueprint established with his... 

“Hülsmann’s compositions always have great respect for melody that lends depth and an enduring quality... 

The trio-debut of pianist, composer and 2025 MacArthur Fellow Craig Taborn with Tomeka Reid and Ches Smith has been eagerly awaited. In... 

There’s a rare acoustic alchemy at play in Time Is A Blind Guide. Personnel changes have guided and co-shaped... 

The striking cover image of an abandoned swing illuminated against a field of glittering stars makes a compelling visual metaphor for the music... 

The Greek duo of lyra player Sokratis Sinopoulos and pianist Yannis Kirimkiridis’s first studio statement is a deep well... 

Guitarist John Scofield and bassist Dave Holland, two of jazz’s contemporary masters, have played together over the... 

Wolfgang Muthspiel and his trio with Scott Colley on bass and Brian Blade on drums (“Together they have something of the empathy of... 

Recorded live in Birmingham during a Contemporary Music Network tour in January 2002, Tramonto finds UK pianist John... 

Wolfgang Muthspiel and his trio with Scott Colley on bass and Brian Blade on drums (“Together they have something... 

Masterful trio interplay reliant on deeply honed three-way communication and a refined sense of understatement make Fred Hersch’s third... 

Two guitars gently envelop the uniquely evocative bandoneon of Dino Saluzzi on El Viejo Caminante, (‘The Old Wanderer’). Here, the... 

The Scandinavian project Arcanum brings together four artists all well-known to followers of... 

“It is amazing with what a deep sense of beauty this composition for church, choruses and cello is imbued” said Mstislav Rostropovich... 

Joe Lovano and his Polish conspirators from the Marcin Wasilewski trio are endowed with an especially adventurous spirit on their second joint endeavour... 

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Anchored in the idea that, despite all obstacles, the human experience casts a net of possibilities, Defiant Life – Vijay... 

Eight years after Blue Maqams, Anouar Brahem returns with a poignant project, titled after a line of verse by poet Mahmoud Darwish, which... 

From the very first note, Norway’s Jon Balke proposes a new sonic dimension with Skrifum, continuing a line of inquiry begun with Warp (2016) and... 

After twenty years of playing together, the Billy Hart Quartet – with Mark Turner, Ethan Iverson and Ben Street – is distinguished by... 

Back with a newly formed quintet, gathered together for a particularly fruitful 2024 session in Southern France, the German pianist Benjamin... 

Pianist François Couturier and violinist Dominique Pifarély, major figures in French improvisation, have played together in... 

Julia Hülsmann’s quartet resurfaces with a fresh Norwegian voice on horn in tow and presents an attractive batch of... 

Soprano saxophonist Yuval Cohen’s debut for ECM is a thrilling offering that captures the brother of long-time ECM traveller Avishai... 

Norwegian trumpeter Mathias Eick draws on the quartet formation in a programme that includes some of his most exploratory and improvisatory qualities, with... 

In blazing form, the trumpeter from Tel Aviv responds to the turbulent spirit of a troubled time, leading his dedicated band... 

The signature-lyricism and melancholy of Colin Vallon’s compositions as well as his trio’s understated three-way interaction remain... 

To the Rising Moon is Stephan Micus’ 26th solo album for ECM. It features instruments from Colombia, India, Xinjiang (China), Bavaria, Cambodia, Egypt... 

Musical messages from Oslo, New York, Basel and Lugano – recorded between 2018 and 2022 - are juxtaposed and recombined on an absorbing recording... 

"Taking Turns", recorded in New York’s Avatar Studio a decade ago, finds Danish guitarist Jakob Bro joined by a multi-generational cast... 

After tackling the sonatas for violin and piano of Bach, Busoni and Beethoven in 2017 – a “thoughtfully determined and subtly... 

On their second ECM duo album Romanian pianist Lucian Ban and US violist Mat Maneri find fresh inspiration as they follow... 

“Pure beauty is the common tone of Trygve Seim and Frode Haltli. There is something folk-song-like in this music – intersections where... 

With Seeing, Tord Gustavsen begins an intricate new chapter in his series of acclaimed trio recordings, initiated in 2003 with Changing Places... 

"This perfectly harmonising duo focuses on strong contrasts and thrives on empathy and intense exchanges." – Deutschlandfunk Having previously... 

Vocalist and violinist Alice Zawadzki, pianist Fred Thomas (who also plays the vielle and drums here) and bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado present... 

Rekindling the familiarly flowing interplay with fellow travellers Thomas Morgan and João Lobo – the trio’s musical partnership goes... 

This concert recording from Munich’s Schwere Reiter performance space features improvisation with an expanded palette of... 

Outpost of Dreams introduces a new duo. Norma Winstone, as always quietly innovative as jazz singer and lyricist, brings... 

Recorded at Munich's Muffathalle twenty years ago, in September 2004, this previously-unreleased... 

On "My Prophet", Oded Tzur together with his quartet of pianist Nitai Hershkovits, bassist Petros Klampanis and the new group member Cyrano Almeida... 

Silent, Listening is a major addition to ECM’s distinguished line of solo piano recordings, featuring one of the outstanding improvising... 

Pianist-composer Vijay Iyer follows his 2021 ECM disc Uneasy - the first to showcase his trio featuring bassist Linda... 

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Savina Yannatou’s fifth ECM album revolves around the theme of water in its many manifestations. Water as a blessing and a curse. A... 

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Stirrings Still was Samuel Beckett’s last message in prose, completed in 1987, and first published the... 

“Walden consists of a series of musical sketches inspired by the 1854 novel of the same name by Henry... 

[The Gazzanas] have played together as siblings since early childhood. But that alone is not enough to explain the special intimacy... 

“These performances, by Heinz Holliger and Marie-Lise Schüpbach, are simply astonishing in their fluency,” wrote... 

“An entirely new world of sound opened up for me. I had never heard early music like that before: so rich in... 

“An entirely new world of sound opened up for me. I had never heard early music like that before: so rich in... 

A central fixture in the world of string quartets for the past thirty years, the Zehetmair Quartett’s ECM recordings of... 

“Cooperation, interdependence and kindness” are the qualities that Meredith Monk emphasizes in Cellular Songs, “as... 

Sun Triptych is the eagerly-awaited second ECM New Series album by British-Bulgarian composer Dobrinka Tabakova. The first, 2014’s String... 

Estonian vocal ensemble Vox Clamantis and their leader Jaan-Eik Tulve have established themselves among the leading interpreters of... 

A Dark Flaring marks the Signum Quartett’s impressive return to ECM’s New Series after... 

After a first appearance on ECM’s New Series with premiere recordings of Israeli composer... 

“The music has the dash and the unabashed lyricism of Keith Jarrett’s best work,” wrote Stereophile in... 

For her first solo-violoncello album on ECM’s New Series, Anja Lechner devotes herself to a particularly unique convergence of... 

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The Danish String Quartet’s new album is a “retracing of musical pathways across the North Sea, a journey through the sounds of... 

After three acclaimed solo piano programmes for ECM New Series, here Anna... 

Named after a lyric from the first piece in Schumann's Frauenliebe und Leben song cycle, the...