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ECM :rarum 19 (2004): thirteen pieces chosen by Arild Andersen from his ECM albums recorded 1975-1999, with Kenny Wheeler, Bill Frisell, Masqualero, Ralph Towner, Nana Vasconcelos, Vassilis Tsabropoulos and others.

ECM :rarum 17 (2004): twelve pieces chosen by Tomasz Stańko from seven ECM albums recorded 1975-1998, with Dave Holland, Edward Vesala, Gary Peacock, Jan Garbarek, Bobo Stenson, Anders Jormin, Tony Oxley and others; produced by Manfred Eicher.

ECM :rarum 16 (2004): nine Paul Motian compositions chosen by the drummer from six ECM albums recorded 1972-1987, with Keith Jarrett, Charles Brackeen, Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano, Paul Bley and John Surman.

ECM :rarum 14 (2004): ten tracks chosen by John Abercrombie from ten ECM albums recorded 1974-2000, with Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Ralph Towner, Kenny Wheeler, Mark Feldman and others; original sessions produced by Manfred Eicher.

ECM :rarum volume VIII: Bobo Stenson's own selection of thirteen recordings from 1971 to 1999, with his trios (Arild Andersen, Anders Jormin, Jon Christensen) and with Jan Garbarek, Don Cherry, Charles Lloyd and Tomasz Stanko.

Four complete solo piano concerts by Keith Jarrett, recorded by the pianist himself in October 1996 in Modena, Ferrara, Turin and Genoa, released in 2016 as a 4-CD box on ECM.

Box set of the four ECM albums by Peter Erskine (drums), John Taylor (piano) and Palle Danielsson (double bass): You Never Know, Time Being, As It Is and Juni, recorded 1992-97 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo. 4CD, ECM 2490-93, Old & New Masters series.

John Scofield's trio with Vicente Archer (double bass) and Bill Stewart (drums): seven originals and seven covers, from Dylan, Neil Young and the Grateful Dead to Bud Powell and Bernstein. Recorded August 2022 at Clubhouse Studio, Rhinebeck, New York. 2CD, ECM 2796/97.

Keith Jarrett's solo piano concert at the Munich Philharmonie on 16 July 2016, the last night of a European tour: a twelve-part improvised suite and three standards as encores. Released on ECM in 2019.

Keith Jarrett's solo piano concert at the Gran Teatro La Fenice, Venice, on 19 July 2006: an improvised eight-part suite, The Sun Whose Rays from The Mikado and three encores. Released on ECM in 2018.

Live double album by Keith Jarrett (piano), Gary Peacock (double bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums), recorded on 14 November 1998 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark: standards and bebop tunes, issued in 2018.

Solo double album by Italian pianist Stefano Battaglia on piano and prepared piano, recorded in concert and in a closed session at the Fazioli Concert Hall, Sacile, in May 2016, and arranged by producer Manfred Eicher.

Double album of music for oud, quartet and string orchestra by Anouar Brahem, with François Couturier (piano), Klaus Gesing (bass clarinet), Björn Meyer (bass) and the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana under Pietro Mianiti. Recorded in Lugano, May 2014.

Keith Jarrett alone on electric guitars, Fender bass, drums, tablas, percussion, voice, recorder and some piano, in twenty untitled overdubbed pieces recorded at his Cavelight Studio, New Jersey, in 1986. Double CD, ECM, 2013.

Double album of new compositions by Tomasz Stanko's New York Quartet with David Virelles (piano), Thomas Morgan (double bass) and Gerald Cleaver (drums), dedicated to Wisława Szymborska. Recorded at Avatar Studios, New York, in June 2012; ECM, 2013.

Complete concert by Keith Jarrett's European Quartet with Jan Garbarek, Palle Danielsson and Jon Christensen, recorded at Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo, on 16 April 1979 and first released by ECM in 2012 as a double CD.

Live double album by the trio of Jan Garbarek (saxophones), Egberto Gismonti (guitars, piano) and Charlie Haden (double bass), recorded at the Amerika Haus in Munich in April 1981 and first released by ECM in 2012.

Live double album by the Jan Garbarek Group: Garbarek (soprano and tenor saxophones, selje flute), Rainer Brüninghaus (piano, keyboards), Yuri Daniel (bass) and Manu Katché (drums), recorded on 20 October 2007 at the Alter Schlachthof, Dresden.

Keith Jarrett's solo piano concert of 26 September 2005 at Carnegie Hall, New York: ten improvised parts and five encores, including My Song and Time On My Hands. Released by ECM as a double CD in 2006.

Live double album by Trio Beyond, Jack DeJohnette (drums), John Scofield (guitar) and Larry Goldings (Hammond organ, electric piano), playing music associated with Tony Williams and Lifetime. Recorded 21 November 2004 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.

Double live album of freely improvised music by Keith Jarrett (piano), Gary Peacock (double bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums), recorded in April 2001 at Orchard Hall and Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo. Released by ECM in 2002.

Live double album by Keith Jarrett's Standards Trio with Gary Peacock (double bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums): fourteen standards recorded on 5 July 1999 at the Palais des Congrès, Paris. Released by ECM in 2000.

The Jimmy Giuffre 3 (Giuffre, clarinet; Paul Bley, piano; Steve Swallow, double bass): the 1961 Verve albums Fusion and Thesis, recorded in New York in March and August 1961, plus unissued pieces, remixed by ECM in 1990.

The Keith Jarrett trio with Gary Peacock (double bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums), live at the Kölner Philharmonie on 15 October 1989: standards dedicated to other musicians plus two Jarrett originals. First released by ECM in 1990.

The Keith Jarrett trio with Gary Peacock (double bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums) playing standards live at the Philharmonie, Munich, on 13 July 1986. Produced by Manfred Eicher, first released by ECM in 1988.

Keith Jarrett improvising on two and three clavichords in nineteen pieces, recorded in four hours on 14 July 1986 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, produced by Manfred Eicher. First released by ECM in 1987.

Keith Jarrett alone on flutes, recorders, tablas, percussion, soprano saxophone, guitar, piano and voice, overdubbed in 26 short pieces. Recorded May to July 1985 at his Cavelight Studio, New Jersey; first released by ECM in 1986.

Pat Metheny Group (Metheny, Lyle Mays, Steve Rodby, Dan Gottlieb, Nana Vasconcelos) live in Dallas, Philadelphia, Hartford, Sacramento and Nacogdoches, July-November 1982. 2CD.

Pat Metheny with Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette, Dewey Redman and Michael Brecker: double album recorded 26-29 May 1980 at Talent Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher. 2CD.

Keith Jarrett's European quartet with Jan Garbarek, Palle Danielsson and Jon Christensen, live at the Village Vanguard, New York, May 1979: six Jarrett compositions on 2CD, produced by Manfred Eicher.

Keith Jarrett's 1976 solo piano studio improvisations in four suites (Staircase, Hourglass, Sundial, Sand), recorded in May 1976 at Studio Davout, Paris, produced by Manfred Eicher. 2CD.

Two complete improvised solo piano concerts by Keith Jarrett: Lausanne, 20 March 1973 (Salle de Spectacles, Epalinges) and Bremen, 12 July 1973 (Kleiner Sendesaal, Radio Bremen). Originally released on ECM in 1973; this is the 2CD edition.

Double live album by Nik Bärtsch's Ronin (Bärtsch, Sha, Björn Meyer, Kaspar Rast, Andi Pupato), recorded 2009-2011 in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, England and Japan, with Thomy Jordi on bass on the final track. Mixed at Studios La Buissonne.

Keith Jarrett's solo piano concert at the Theatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro, recorded live on 9 April 2011: fifteen improvisations, including encores, on two CDs.

Two-CD anthology compiled by Jon Balke from the Magnetic North Orchestra albums Further (1993), Solarized (1998) and Kyanos (2001), with Anders Jormin, Audun Kleive, Per Jørgensen, Arve Henriksen, Morten Halle and string players including the Cikada String Quartet.

Double CD tied to Ketil Bjørnstad's Vinding novels: solo piano improvisations recorded December 2009 in Hønefoss, and a March 2009 Oslo concert of Mozart, Debussy, Rachmaninov, Chopin, Ravel, Beethoven and Barber with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra under Christian Eggen.

Two-CD compilation of the Manfred Schoof Quintet's JAPO albums Scales, Light Lines and Horizons, with Michel Pilz, Jasper van 't Hof, Rainer Brüninghaus, Günter Lenz and Ralf-R. Hübner. Recorded 1976-1979 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg.

Double CD by the Bobo Stenson Trio (Bobo Stenson piano, Anders Jormin double bass, Jon Christensen drums), recorded in April 1999 at HageGården Music Center, Brunskog, Sweden, and produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM, 2000.

Six-CD box with all six sets played by Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette at the Blue Note, New York, on 3, 4 and 5 June 1994. Produced by Manfred Eicher, engineered by Jan Erik Kongshaug; released by ECM in 1995.

Three albums by John Abercrombie's first quartet, with Richie Beirach (piano), George Mraz (double bass) and Peter Donald (drums): Arcade (1978) and Abercrombie Quartet (1979), recorded in Oslo, and M (1980), recorded in Ludwigsburg. Produced by Manfred Eicher. 3CD.