Wolfgang Muthspiel and his trio with Scott Colley on bass and Brian Blade on drums (“Together they have something of the empathy of the Bill Evans trio” – Downbeat) go into their third recording-venture swinging, setting the stage for what may be the group’s most adventurous trio recording with a delicate reading of Keith Jarrett’s “Lisbon Stomp”. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
David Kikoski, the Grammy-nominated pianist known for his post-bop fire and straight-ahead fluency, announces the release of Weekend at Smalls, the latest installment of the SmallsLIVE Living Master Series. A longtime fixture on the New York jazz scene, Kikoski has brought his virtuosic touch to bands led by Roy Haynes, Michael and Randy Brecker, and the Mingus Big Band ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Recorded live in Birmingham during a Contemporary Music Network tour in January 2002, Tramonto finds UK pianist John Taylor (1942-2015) in celebratory, outgoing mood, fronting one of his most dynamic and quick-witted groups, with US musicians Marc Johnson and Joey Baron – the energetic team that would collaborate on the critically-lauded ECM recording ...
Composer: John Taylor (1942-2015)
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Estonian vocal ensemble Vox Clamantis and their leader Jaan-Eik Tulve have established themselves among the leading interpreters of Arvo Pärt’s music over a quarter-century of close collaboration with the composer – a relationship that builds on the almost half a century long artistic partnership ...
Composer: Arvo Pärt (1935)
Genre: Classical
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Norwegian trumpeter and sonic architect Nils Petter Molvaer presents Khmer Live in Bergen - a charged reinvention of his era-defining 1997 ECM release KHMER - recorded in concert in 2023. Fused with live trip-hop beats, ambient haze and Nordic lyricism, Khmer Live in Bergen amplifies a new energy with deeper grooves, sharper edges and greater dynamic intensity, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Crossover Jazz
On his newest recording for ECM’s New Series, lute virtuoso Rolf Lislevand turns to the revolutionary Baroque literature for archlute and chitarrone, interpreting the works of some of the most significant 16th-17th century lute composers. In striking solo performances, the Norwegian lute player explores the progressive nature of pieces ...
Composer: Giovanni Kapsberger (1580-1651), Giovanni Paolo Foscarini (1600-1647), Bernardo Gianoncelli (fl. 1650), Diego Ortiz (1510-1558)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
A Dark Flaring: Works for String Quartet from South Africa
A Dark Flaring marks the Signum Quartett’s return to ECM’s New Series after debuting for the label with striking performances on Erkki-Sven Tüür’s acclaimed chamber music recording Lost Prayers (2020). Here, the quartet has put together a unique programme dedicated to South African composers, born in the 20th century, whose works for string quartet ...
Composer: Matthijs van Dijk, Arnold van Wyk (1916-1983), Robert Fokkens (1975), Ivy Priaulx Rainier (1903-1986)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Two guitars gently envelop the uniquely evocative bandoneon of Dino Saluzzi on El Viejo Caminante, The Old Wanderer. Here, the Argentinean father and son team of Dino and José Maria Saluzzi are joined by Norway’s Jacob Young, in an album of musical depth and great charm. “It fills me with joy”, says Dino Saluzzi, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Masterful trio interplay reliant on deeply honed three-way communication and a refined sense of understatement make Fred Hersch’s third recording for ECM an essential entry into the piano trio canon. Hersch tackles a handful of 20th century compositions – spanning from standards to less frequented jazz tunes – as well as three originals, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
New Vienna is the fourth concert release from Keith Jarrett's triumphant final solo tour of Europe. The album follows Munich 2016, Budapest Concert and Bordeaux Concert. Why the title New Vienna? Those more familiar with Jarrett's music will know that his discography already includes a legendary Vienna Concert (recorded at the Vienna State Opera), ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Aeris is the ninth ECM New Series album to feature the vibrant and highly expressive music of Erkki-Sven Tuur. Olari Elts, a long-time champion of Tuuris compositions, conducts the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra in compelling, intensely-focused performances of Phantasma, ...
Composer: Erkki-Sven Tuur
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Zuhour (flowers in Arabic) is an album of improvised pieces by the duo of guitarists Ayman Fanous and Joe Morris. While firmly rooted in the free jazz idiom, the pieces veer into unexpected territory, including flamenco and musique concrète. Both guitarists employ a wide array of ...
Genre: Guitar
Subgenre: Classical Guitar
Hem marks the debut solo album from renowned Norwegian pianist and composer Øystein Skar. Best known for his contributions to the award-winning band Highasakite, Skar reveals a new facet of his artistic expression with this deeply personal release. Combining his classical piano foundation and jazz studies under ECM pianist Misha Alperin, ...
Composer: Øystein Skar
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Classical Crossover
The Scandinavian project Arcanum brings together four artists all well-known to followers of music at ECM: Arve Henriksen, Trygve Seim, Anders Jormin and Markku Ounaskari. They’ve played together in many permutations over the years, but this is their first album as a quartet. Already hailed as a “Nordic supergroup” in some quarters, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Joe Lovano and his Polish conspirators from the Marcin Wasilewski trio are in an especially adventurous spirit on their second joint endeavour for ECM. Building on the lyrical strengths that inhabited the group’s previous recording (Arctic Riff, 2020), on Homage the quartet moreover investigates the type of free-flowing interplay ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Savina Yannatou’s fifth ECM album revolves around the theme of water in its many manifestations. Water as a blessing and a curse. A life-sustaining source and a mortal threat in the elemental power of the storm. Shakespeare’s The Tempest with the spirit Ariel’s song, “Full Fathom Five”, provided an inspirational starting point for Greek vocalist Yannatou ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Crossover Jazz
Reuniting with Edition Records after three albums that spanned Edition, ECM, and We Jazz, this album was recorded over a two-day residency at Bird’s Eye in Basel. It’s an ambitious retrospective and forward-looking statement, covering pieces from each record while presenting new material that reflects how Enemy’s sound has evolved—balancing ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Following Falling Grace, in which he explored standards in trio with drummer Jeff Ballard that racked up over 4 million streams, guitarist Romain Pilon opens up new musical horizons with Open Roads, an album that showcases his talents as a composer. Combining voices and textures with a subtle imagination, featuring one of those stellar line-ups that Romain ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Adam Wendt, one of the most important Polish jazz saxophonists and composers, has released a new album. And not just any new one! Together with him, the project was co-authored by some truly outstanding musicians: pianist Dominik Wania, who has already scored at ECM with a solo album, double bassist Mariusz Bogdanowicz and drummer Sebastian Frankiewicz. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Saxophonist Branford Marsalis, one of the foremost jazz artists of our time and a pacesetting creative force in the music for more than four decades, is set to make his Blue Note Records debut with the March 28 release of Belonging, a full album interpretation of Keith Jarrett’s 1974 ECM album of the same name which ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
