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Rain On The Window
Rain on the Window (ECM 1986, 2008): duets by John Surman (baritone and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet) and organist Howard Moody, recorded January 2006 at Ullern Church, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Vossabrygg
Vossabrygg (ECM 1984, 2006) is Terje Rypdal's Bitches Brew tribute commissioned by Vossa Jazz, recorded live at the festival in Voss on 12 April 2003 with Palle Mikkelborg, Marius Rypdal, Jon Christensen, Paolo Vinaccia and others.
Lontano
Lontano (ECM 1980, 2006) is the third ECM album by the Tomasz Stańko Quartet, with Marcin Wasilewski (piano), Sławomir Kurkiewicz (bass) and Michał Miśkiewicz (drums), recorded November 2005 at Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-les-Fontaines.
Juan Condori
Juan Condori (ECM 1978, 2006) by the Dino Saluzzi Group: Dino Saluzzi (bandoneon) with Felix, José María and Matías Saluzzi and drummer U.T. Gandhi, recorded October 2005 at Estudios Moebio, Buenos Aires, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Tuki
Tuki (ECM 1971, 2006) is the first ECM album as leader by Gambian percussionist Miki N'Doye (kalimba, drums, vocals), with Jon Balke, Per Jørgensen and Helge Norbakken, recorded 2003-2005 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo.
The Source
The Source is the second ECM album by the Norwegian quartet The Source: Trygve Seim on saxophones, Øyvind Brække on trombone, Mats Eilertsen on double bass and Per Oddvar Johansen on drums, recorded in July 2005 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo.
Garden of Eden
Garden of Eden is the first ECM album by the Paul Motian Band, the drummer's septet with saxophonists Chris Cheek and Tony Malaby, three guitarists including Ben Monder and Jakob Bro, and bass, recorded in November 2004 at Avatar Studios, New York.
Le Voyage de Sahar
Le Voyage de Sahar is the second ECM album by the trio of oud player Anouar Brahem, pianist François Couturier and accordionist Jean-Louis Matinier, recorded in February 2005 at the Auditorio Radio Svizzera, Lugano, and released in 2006.
Passing Images
Second ECM album by Norwegian accordionist Frode Haltli, reworking Norwegian and Swedish traditional material with Arve Henriksen (trumpet), Garth Knox (viola) and Maja Ratkje (voice). Recorded December 2004, Rainbow Studio, Oslo; released 2007.
Round About Weill
Second ECM duo album by Gianluigi Trovesi (piccolo and alto clarinets) and Gianni Coscia (accordion): songs and scenes by Kurt Weill, mostly from Mahagonny, with their own interludes. Liner notes by Umberto Eco. Recorded July 2004, Radio Studio DRS, Zurich.
Neighbourhood
Manu Katché's first album as leader for ECM: ten of his compositions played with Jan Garbarek (tenor saxophone), Tomasz Stańko (trumpet), Marcin Wasilewski (piano) and Sławomir Kurkiewicz (double bass). Recorded March and November 2004, Rainbow Studio, Oslo.
The Ground
Second album by the Tord Gustavsen Trio: twelve compositions by Gustavsen (piano) with Harald Johnsen (double bass) and Jarle Vespestad (drums). Recorded January 2004, Rainbow Studio, Oslo; produced by Manfred Eicher.
50 ballets
Drums duo with Nicolas Field and Alexandre Babel. Nicolas Field, drummer. Performs music combining notation, improvisation and electronic processes. Studies in jazz, live electronics and composition in Geneva, den Haag and Amsterdam. Solo performances in den Haag, Amsterdam and Geneva. Alexandre Babel, born in Geneva. Studies drums in New York, classical percussion at the Geneva conservatorium and piano at home. Gets involved in different kinds of notated-unnotated contemporary music projects. H…
Trio
First ECM album by the Polish trio of Marcin Wasilewski (piano), Sławomir Kurkiewicz (double bass) and Michał Miśkiewicz (drums): originals, free improvisations and pieces by Björk, Wayne Shorter, Szymanowski and Stańko. Recorded March 2004, Rainbow Studio, Oslo.
Boustrophedon
Eight-part suite composed and conducted by Evan Parker for the 14-piece Transatlantic Art Ensemble, co-founded with Roscoe Mitchell, with Craig Taborn, Barry Guy, Paul Lytton and others. Recorded live September 2004 at the Muffathalle, Munich.
Parish
Second album by Thomas Strønen's quartet Parish, with Bobo Stenson (piano), Fredrik Ljungkvist (clarinet, tenor saxophone) and Mats Eilertsen (double bass). Recorded April 2004 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Suspended Night
Second ECM album by Tomasz Stańko's Polish quartet with Marcin Wasilewski (piano), Sławomir Kurkiewicz (double bass) and Michał Miśkiewicz (drums). Recorded July 2003 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher.
In winds, in light
Sacred song cycle by bassist Anders Jormin, commissioned for Västerås cathedral, with Lena Willemark (voice), Marilyn Crispell (piano), Karin Nelson (church organ) and Raymond Strid (percussion). Recorded May 2003 in the Organ Hall, Musikhögskolan, Gothenburg.
Blood lightning 2007
It has been purported that this release on the mighty No Fun imprint finds the estimable C. Spencer Yeh at the very summit of his powers, making his finest, most complete statement yet. As with the other Burning Star Core release from this week (Operator Dead... Post Abandoned on No Quarter) Yeh is joined by Robert Beatty, Gameboy records noisenik Mike Shiflet and Trevor Tremaine on drums. While Operator Dead is characterised by a near-ecstatic interpolation of krautrocking dynamics and wide ope…
Universal Syncopations
Miroslav Vitous's 2003 ECM album with Jan Garbarek, Chick Corea, John McLaughlin and Jack DeJohnette, plus a brass trio on three tracks. Recorded March 2000 to March 2003 at Universal Syncopations Studios and Rainbow Studio, Oslo.