Percussion
All records with percussion · Solo percussion only
The Jewel In The Lotus (LP)
Bennie Maupin's 1974 ECM debut as a leader, eight of his compositions recorded in March 1974 at the Record Plant, New York, with Herbie Hancock, Buster Williams, Billy Hart, Freddie Waits, Bill Summers and Charles Sullivan.
Terje Rypdal
Terje Rypdal's first album as leader for ECM, recorded in August 1971 at Arne Bendiksen Studio, Oslo, with Jan Garbarek, Arild Andersen, Jon Christensen, Inger Lise Rypdal and others. Produced by Manfred Eicher.
Reaching for the Moon
Duo album by singer Elina Duni (voice, percussion) and guitarist Rob Luft (guitars, electronics): songs by Irving Berlin, Pino Daniele, Fauré, Ornette Coleman, Kosovan tradition and three originals. Recorded June 2025 at Studios La Buissonne, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Close
Eleventh ECM album by guitarist Steve Tibbetts: twenty linked parts of improvised guitar over loops and drones, with Marc Anderson (percussion, gongs, handpan, loops) and JT Bates (drums). Recorded 2021-2024 in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Homage
Second ECM album by Joe Lovano (tenor saxophone, tárogató, percussion) with the Marcin Wasilewski Trio: Wasilewski (piano), Slawomir Kurkiewicz (double bass), Michal Miskiewicz (drums). Recorded November 2023 at Van Gelder Studio, New Jersey, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Our Daily Bread
Third album by Joe Lovano's Trio Tapestry: Lovano (tenor saxophone, tárogató, gongs), Marilyn Crispell (piano), Carmen Castaldi (drums, percussion), eight Lovano originals. Recorded May 2022 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM 2777, 2023.
Watersong
Fifth ECM album by Greek singer Savina Yannatou with Primavera en Salonico and Tunisian singer Lamia Bedioui: traditional and early songs about water from the Mediterranean, the Arab world, Scotland and the US. Recorded at Sierra Studios, Athens, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Pasado en claro
Song album by Anders Jormin (double bass), Lena Willemark (voice, violin, viola), Karin Nakagawa (25-string koto) and Jon Fält (drums), setting Chinese, Japanese, Swedish, Mexican and Italian poetry. Recorded 2021 at Studio Epidemin, Gothenburg.
Thunder
Stephan Micus's 25th solo album for ECM: nine pieces for thunder gods of different cultures, built around the Tibetan dung chen trumpet. Micus plays all instruments and voices, recorded 2020-2022 at MCM Studios.
Ruins and Remains
Suite for piano, string quartet and percussion composed in 2018 by Wolfert Brederode for the centenary of the end of World War I, played by Brederode (piano), the Matangi Quartet and Joost Lijbaart (drums, percussion). Recorded August 2021 at Sendesaal Bremen.
Siwan - Hafla
Third album by Jon Balke's Siwan, setting poems from 11th-century Al-Andalus, with singer Mona Boutchebak, Derya Türkan (kemençe), Pedram Khavar Zamini (tombak), Helge Norbakken and Barokksolistene. Recorded May-June 2021 at The Village Recording, Copenhagen.
Winter's End
Stephan Micus's 24th solo album for ECM (2021), recorded alone at MCM Studios between 2018 and 2020, with the Mozambican chikulo, tongue drum, kalimba, sinding, nay, nohkan, suling, sattar, charango, 12-string guitar and voice.
Trickster Orchestra
The 23-piece Trickster Orchestra, founded in Berlin in 2013 and led by singer Cymin Samawatie and percussionist Ketan Bhatti, with Wu Wei (sheng), Naoko Kikuchi (koto) and others. Texts in Farsi, Hebrew, Arabic and Turkish. Recorded January 2019, Meistersaal, Berlin.
Garden Of Expression
Second album by Joe Lovano's Trio Tapestry, with Marilyn Crispell (piano) and Carmen Castaldi (drums), Lovano on tenor and soprano saxophones, tarogato and gongs: eight Lovano pieces recorded in November 2019 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano.
Puerta
Trio album by Spanish vibraphonist and marimba player Jorge Rossy with Robert Landfermann (double bass) and Jeff Ballard (drums), nine Rossy originals and one Chris Cheek tune, recorded September 2020 at Jazz Campus Basel.
Bayou
Debut album by the trio of Thomas Strønen (drums, percussion), Ayumi Tanaka (piano) and Marthe Lea (clarinet, voice, percussion), collectively improvised apart from a Norwegian folk tune, recorded August 2018 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Trio Tapestry
First ECM album as leader by saxophonist Joe Lovano, eleven of his pieces for a trio with pianist Marilyn Crispell and drummer Carmen Castaldi. Recorded March 2018 at Sear Sound, New York, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Life Of
Thirteen short pieces by guitarist Steve Tibbetts (12-string guitar, piano), with Marc Anderson (percussion, handpan) and Michelle Kinney (cello, drones), recorded by Tibbetts in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 2016-2017. His ninth album for ECM, released 2018.
Partir
First solo album by singer Elina Duni (voice, piano, guitar, percussion): twelve traditional and authored songs about leaving, in nine languages. Recorded July 2017 at Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-les-Fontaines; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Beyond The Borders
Maria Farantouri (voice) and Cihan Türkoğlu (saz, kopuz, voice) with Anja Lechner, Meri Vardanyan, Christos Barbas and İzzet Kızıl: traditional songs from Greece, Turkey, Lebanon and Armenia and new songs, recorded June 2017 at Sierra Studios, Athens.