Drums
All records with drums · Solo drums only
Made In Chicago
Live reunion of AACM associates Jack DeJohnette, Muhal Richard Abrams, Roscoe Mitchell and Henry Threadgill, with Larry Gray, recorded 29 August 2013 at the Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, during the 35th Chicago Jazz Festival.
The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra Update
Michael Mantler's 2013 reworking of his 1968 Jazz Composer's Orchestra music, played live at Porgy & Bess, Vienna, by the Nouvelle Cuisine Big Band under Christoph Cech, with radio.string.quartet.vienna, guitarist Bjarne Roupé and Mantler on trumpet.
Songs for Quintet
Kenny Wheeler's last album: nine of his compositions played on flugelhorn with Stan Sulzmann, John Parricelli, Chris Laurence and Martin France. Recorded December 2013 at Abbey Road Studios, London; produced by Manfred Eicher and Steve Lake.
Imaginary Cities
First album by Chris Potter's eleven-piece Underground Orchestra (reeds, guitar, piano, vibes, two basses, drums, strings), with Craig Taborn, Adam Rogers, Steve Nelson and Mark Feldman. Recorded December 2013 at Avatar Studios, New York; produced by…
Mbókó
ECM leader debut of Cuban pianist David Virelles: ten pieces drawing on Abakuá ritual music, with Román Díaz (biankoméko, voice), Marcus Gilmore (drums) and bassists Thomas Morgan and Robert Hurst. Recorded December 2013, Avatar Studios, New York; pr…
Birdwatching
Third ECM album by Israeli pianist Anat Fort, with her trio of Gary Wang (double bass) and Roland Schneider (drums) and guest Gianluigi Trovesi on alto clarinet. Recorded November 2013 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano; produced by Manfred Eicher.
El Valle de la Infancia
Dino Saluzzi (bandoneon) with his family band: Félix Saluzzi (tenor sax, clarinet), José María Saluzzi (guitars), Matías Saluzzi (basses), plus Nicolás Brizuela (guitar) and Quintino Cinalli (drums). Recorded March-May 2013 at Saluzzi Music Studio, B…
Forever Young
Third ECM album by guitarist Jacob Young, all his own compositions, with saxophonist Trygve Seim and the Marcin Wasilewski Trio (Slawomir Kurkiewicz, Michal Miskiewicz). Recorded August 2013 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Music Of Weather Report
Miroslav Vitous revisits Weather Report repertoire with a sextet of two saxophonists (Gary Campbell, Roberto Bonisolo), two drummers (Gerald Cleaver, Nasheet Waits) and keyboards. Recorded 2010-2011 at Universal Syncopations Studios, Clavesana.
Babylon-Suite
Eleven-part suite by the Swiss duo Vera Kappeler (piano, harmonium, toy piano, voice) and Peter Conradin Zumthor (drums, toy piano, voice), commissioned for the Origen Festival Cultural after the Book of Daniel. Recorded June 2013 at the RSI Auditori…
Joy In Spite Of Everything
Nine new compositions by Italian pianist Stefano Bollani for a quintet with Mark Turner (tenor saxophone), Bill Frisell (guitar), Jesper Bodilsen (double bass) and Morten Lund (drums). Recorded June 2013 at Avatar Studios, New York; produced by Manfr…
Extended Circle
Sixth ECM album by Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen, the third by his quartet with Tore Brunborg (tenor saxophone), Mats Eilertsen (double bass) and Jarle Vespestad (drums). Recorded June 2013 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Lathe of Heaven
First ECM album as leader by tenor saxophonist Mark Turner, a pianoless quartet with Avishai Cohen (trumpet), Joe Martin (double bass) and Marcus Gilmore (drums), playing six Turner originals. Recorded June 2013 at Avatar Studios, New York; produced …
Driftwood
Trio album by Austrian guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel (acoustic and electric guitar) with Larry Grenadier (double bass) and Brian Blade (drums), his first ECM album as leader. Recorded May 2013 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo; produced by Manfred Eicher; relea…
Shadow Man
Second ECM album by Tim Berne's Snakeoil: Berne (alto sax), Oscar Noriega (clarinets), Matt Mitchell (piano) and Ches Smith (drums, vibraphone). Recorded January 2013 at the Clubhouse, New York, produced by Berne and David Torn.
One Is The Other
Second ECM album by the Billy Hart Quartet, with Mark Turner (tenor saxophone), Ethan Iverson (piano) and Ben Street (double bass), playing pieces by Hart, Turner and Iverson plus one standard. Recorded April-May 2013 at Avatar Studios, New York.
Chants
First album by the Craig Taborn Trio, with Thomas Morgan on double bass and Gerald Cleaver on drums, playing nine Taborn compositions. Recorded in June 2012 at Avatar Studios, New York, produced by Manfred Eicher.
The Gift
Third ECM album by Susanne Abbuehl: settings of Emily Dickinson, Emily Brontë, Sara Teasdale, Wallace Stevens and her own lyrics, with Wolfert Brederode, Matthieu Michel and Olavi Louhivuori. Recorded in summer 2012 at Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-le…
Baida
Ralph Alessi's first ECM album as a leader: ten original compositions plus a reprise, played with Jason Moran, Drew Gress and Nasheet Waits. Recorded in October 2012 at Avatar Studios, New York, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Third Reel
Debut album of the bass-less Swiss-Italian trio Third Reel: Nicolas Masson (tenor saxophone, clarinet), Roberto Pianca (guitar), Emanuele Maniscalco (drums), sixteen composed and improvised pieces. Recorded February 2012 at the Auditorio RSI, Lugano.