Saxophone
All records with saxophone · Solo saxophone only
Explorations (LP)
Keith Jarrett's two-part suite for his American Quartet with Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian, recorded in April 1976 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, produced by Manfred Eicher and released by ECM in 1977. CD edition.
Belonging
First album by Keith Jarrett's quartet with Jan Garbarek (tenor, soprano saxophone), Palle Danielsson (bass) and Jon Christensen (drums), six Jarrett compositions recorded 24-25 April 1974 at Arne Bendiksen Studio, Oslo, and released by ECM in 1974. CD edition.
Luminessence
Three compositions by Keith Jarrett for string orchestra and saxophone, with Jan Garbarek (tenor, soprano saxophone) and the strings of the Südfunk Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart conducted by Mladen Gutesha, recorded 29-30 April 1974 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg. ECM 1975. CD edition.
Triptykon
Free improvisation trio of Jan Garbarek (saxophones, flute), Arild Andersen (bass) and Edward Vesala (percussion), recorded 8 November 1972 at Arne Bendiksen Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher. Released April 1973. CD edition.
Return To Forever
Chick Corea's 1972 ECM album with Joe Farrell, Flora Purim, Stanley Clarke and Airto Moreira, recorded 2-3 February 1972 at A & R Studios, New York, produced by Manfred Eicher. CD edition.
Afric Pepperbird
ECM 1007, the label debut of the Jan Garbarek Quartet with Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen and Jon Christensen, recorded at Arne Bendiksen Studio, Oslo, on 22-23 September 1970, produced by Manfred Eicher. Released 1 January 1971. CD edition.
Arrows Into Infinity
Documentary on saxophonist Charles Lloyd, directed by Dorothy Darr and Jeffery Morse, with archive footage, concerts and interviews with Herbie Hancock, Ornette Coleman, Jack DeJohnette and others. 113 minutes, premiered 2013, ECM 2014.
Rouge
First ECM album by the Louis Sclavis Quintet: Sclavis (clarinets, soprano saxophone), Dominique Pifarély (violin), François Raulin (piano, synthesizer), Bruno Chevillon (bass), Christian Ville (drums), recorded in September 1991 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo. Cassette edition.
Paramount Quartet
Debut of Joe Lovano's Paramount Quartet with Julian Lage (guitar), Asante Santi Debriano (double bass) and Will Calhoun (drums), recorded in February 2025 at Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-les-Fontaines, produced by Manfred Eicher. LP edition, released 2026.
Homage
Second ECM album by saxophonist Joe Lovano with the Marcin Wasilewski Trio (Slawomir Kurkiewicz, Michal Miskiewicz), recorded in November 2023 at Van Gelder Studio, New Jersey, produced by Manfred Eicher. LP edition, released 2025.
Patternmaster
Patternmaster is a 2026 ECM album by tenor saxophonist Mark Turner's pianoless quartet with Jason Palmer (trumpet), Joe Martin (double bass) and Jonathan Pinson (drums): six Turner originals recorded in April 2024 at Studios La Buissonne, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Spindrift
Spindrift is the second ECM album by German-American pianist Benjamin Lackner, with Mathias Eick (trumpet), Mark Turner (tenor saxophone), Linda May Han Oh (bass) and Matthieu Chazarenc (drums), recorded in March 2024 at Studios La Buissonne and produced by Manfred Eicher.
Here Be Dragons
Oded Tzur's ECM debut, with Nitai Hershkovits (piano), Petros Klampanis (double bass) and Johnathan Blake (drums): raga-based originals and a cover of Can't Help Falling In Love, recorded in Lugano in June 2019 and produced by Manfred Eicher. LP edition.
Taking Turns
Jakob Bro's sextet session with Lee Konitz, Bill Frisell, Jason Moran, Thomas Morgan and Andrew Cyrille, recorded at Avatar Studios, New York, in March 2014, produced by Manfred Eicher and first released by ECM in November 2024. LP edition.
Neighbourhood
Manu Katché's first ECM album as leader, ten of his compositions played with Jan Garbarek, Tomasz Stanko, Marcin Wasilewski and Slawomir Kurkiewicz. Recorded March and November 2004 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher, first released in 2005.
Volt
Alain Thibault's 1985-1990 music for soloists against computer-controlled tape, drawing on studio pop, rock and jazz: a MIDI piano concerto for Jacques Drouin, a piece for soprano Pauline Vaillancourt, excerpts from his video opera OUT and ELVIS for saxophone quartet.
Greffes
A ten-year retrospective of Monique Jean, 2000 to 2011: two acousmatic works framing three mixed pieces where tenor saxophone (André Leroux), electric guitar (Tim Brady) and bass clarinet (Lori Freedman) are grafted onto processing and fixed sounds. DVD-Audio.
Jeu d’Ombres
Six works by Åke Parmerud from 1986 to 1999, including Strings & Shadows for harpist Sofia Asunción Claro, Retur on a Charlie Parker solo for the Stockholm Saxophone Quartet, and the Bourges-winning Repulse.