Piano
All records with piano · Solo piano only
Daylight Ghosts
Third ECM album by pianist Craig Taborn, his first with a quartet: Chris Speed (tenor sax, clarinet), Chris Lightcap (double bass, bass guitar), Dave King (drums, electronic percussion). Recorded May 2016 at Avatar Studios, New York, produced by Manf…
Gnosis
Eighteen pieces by Cuban pianist David Virelles for piano, Román Díaz's voice and percussion and the Nosotros Ensemble of strings, woodwinds and percussion, with Thomas Morgan on bass. Recorded May 2016 at Avatar Studios, New York; produced by Manfre…
Nuit blanche
Third album by François Couturier's Tarkovsky Quartet with Anja Lechner (cello), Jean-Marc Larché (soprano sax) and Jean-Louis Matinier (accordion): compositions, improvisations, Vivaldi and an anonymous piece. Recorded April 2016 in Lugano; produced…
Nightfall
Second album by Quercus: June Tabor (voice), Iain Ballamy (tenor and soprano saxophones) and Huw Warren (piano) in British folk songs, standards, Dylan and two originals. Recorded December 2015 at Cooper Hall, Frome; produced by Warren and Ballamy.
The Dreamer Is The Dream
Third ECM album by saxophonist Chris Potter, six originals with a new quartet: David Virelles (piano, celeste), Joe Martin (double bass), Marcus Gilmore (drums). Recorded June 2016 at Avatar Studios, New York; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Danse
Third ECM album by the Colin Vallon Trio: Colin Vallon (piano), Patrice Moret (double bass), Julian Sartorius (drums). Recorded in 2016 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, engineered by Stefano Amerio and produced by Manfred Eicher.
Rising Grace
Second ECM album by Austrian guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel, in a quintet with Ambrose Akinmusire, Brad Mehldau, Larry Grenadier and Brian Blade. Nine Muthspiel originals and one Mehldau tune, recorded January-February 2016 at Studios La Buissonne; pro…
Elegy
ECM leader debut of singer and composer Theo Bleckmann, with Ben Monder (guitar), Shai Maestro (piano), Chris Tordini (double bass) and John Hollenbeck (drums): originals, a Sondheim song and a Chiao Jan poem. Recorded January 2016, Avatar Studios, N…
Find The Way
Piano trio album by Aaron Parks with Ben Street (double bass) and Billy Hart (drums): eight Parks originals and Ian Bernard's Find the Way. Recorded October 2015 at Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-les-Fontaines; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Andando El Tiempo
Carla Bley's trio with Andy Sheppard (saxophones) and Steve Swallow (bass guitar) plays new Bley compositions, including the three-part title suite. Recorded November 2015 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.
a cosmic rhythm with each stroke
Duo album by Vijay Iyer (piano, Fender Rhodes, electronics) and Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet), centred on a seven-part suite for the Indian artist Nasreen Mohamedi. Recorded 17-19 October 2015 at Avatar Studios, New York, produced by Manfred Eicher.
The Distance
Michael Formanek's first big-band album, written for his 18-piece Ensemble Kolossus with Tim Berne, Ralph Alessi, Mary Halvorson, Kris Davis and others, conducted by Mark Helias. Recorded December 2014 at Systems Two, Brooklyn.
Into The Silence
Avishai Cohen's ECM leader debut, a suite written after his father's death in 2014, with Yonathan Avishai, Eric Revis, Nasheet Waits and Bill McHenry. Recorded July 2015 at Studios La Buissonne, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Tracé Provisoire
French violinist Dominique Pifarély's quartet with pianist Antonin Rayon, bassist Bruno Chevillon and drummer François Merville, eight Pifarély compositions. Recorded July 2015 at Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-les-Fontaines; produced by Manfred Eicher…
Black Ice
First trio album by Dutch pianist Wolfert Brederode, with Icelandic bassist Gulli Gudmundsson and drummer Jasper van Hulten, twelve Brederode pieces and one by Gudmundsson. Recorded July 2015 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano; produced by Manfred …
The Bell
Trio album led by drummer and percussionist Ches Smith with pianist Craig Taborn and violist Mat Maneri, eight Smith compositions for improvisers. Recorded June 2015 at Avatar Studios, New York; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Rubicon
Mats Eilertsen's first ECM album as leader: his own compositions, first commissioned by the Vossajazz Festival, played by a septet with Trygve Seim, Eirik Hegdal, Harmen Fraanje and Rob Waring. Recorded May 2015 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo; produced by M…
Time Is A Blind Guide
First album by Thomas Strønen's acoustic ensemble Time Is A Blind Guide, with Kit Downes (piano), Håkon Aase, Lucy Railton, Ole Morten Vågan and two percussionists. Recorded June 2015, Rainbow Studio, Oslo; produced by Sun Chung and Strønen.
What was said
Trio album by Tord Gustavsen (piano, electronics, synth bass), Simin Tander (voice) and Jarle Vespestad (drums): Norwegian hymns sung in Pashto plus Rumi and Rexroth settings. Recorded April 2015, Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Continuum
Debut ECM album of Nik Bärtsch's acoustic quartet Mobile (Bärtsch, Sha, Kaspar Rast, Nicolas Stocker), joined on three pieces by a string quintet. Recorded March 2015 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.