★ECM Records
Witchi-Tai-To
Album by the Jan Garbarek-Bobo Stenson Quartet, with Palle Danielsson (bass) and Jon Christensen (drums), playing tunes by Carla Bley, Don Cherry, Jim Pepper and others. Recorded in November 1973 at Arne Bendiksen Studio, Oslo, released by ECM in 197…
Red Lanta
Duo album by pianist Art Lande and Jan Garbarek (flutes, soprano and bass saxophone), all compositions by Lande, recorded in November 1973 at Arne Bendiksen Studio, Oslo, and released by ECM in 1974.
Diary
Ralph Towner's first entirely solo album, recorded on 4-5 April 1973 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, with Towner on 12-string and classical guitars, piano (via overdubs) and gongs. Produced by Manfred Eicher.
The New Quartet (LP)
Gary Burton's 1973 ECM album with guitarist Mick Goodrick, bassist Abraham Laboriel (his first recording) and drummer Harry Blazer, recorded in March 1973 at Aengus Studios, Fayville, Massachusetts. Produced by Manfred Eicher.
Crystal Silence
First duo album by Gary Burton (vibraphone) and Chick Corea (piano), recorded on 6 November 1972 at Arne Bendiksen Studio, Oslo, and produced by Manfred Eicher. Pieces by Corea, Steve Swallow and Michael Gibbs.
Facing You
Keith Jarrett's first solo piano album and first ECM recording, eight original pieces recorded on 10 November 1971 at Arne Bendiksen Studio, Oslo, during a day off from touring with Miles Davis. Produced by Manfred Eicher.
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.
Ballads
Paul Bley's 1971 ECM album of three Annette Peacock compositions, recorded by two piano trios in New York in March and July 1967, with Barry Altschul on drums and Gary Peacock or Mark Levinson on bass.
Ritornare
Ritornare (ECM, 2026) is the ECM debut of Enzo Favata's quintet Atlantico, with Marcello Peghin (ten-string guitar), Daniele di Bonaventura (bandoneon), Salvatore Maltana (double bass) and U.T. Gandhi (drums). Recorded January 2026 in Munich, produce…
Winter Songs
Winter Songs (ECM, 2026) is Steve Swallow's first leader album since 2013: nine originals, One to Nine, played by a sextet with Chris Cheek, Mike Rodriguez, Gil Goldstein, Steve Cardenas and Adam Nussbaum. Recorded September 2024 at Sear Sound, New Y…
Feebles, Fables and Ferns
Feebles, Fables and Ferns (ECM, 2026) is a previously unreleased duo session by guitarist Mick Goodrick and pianist Fred Hersch, recorded in August 1988 at Classic Sound Studio, New York, produced by Hersch and remixed in 2025 by Chris Allen.
While I Was Away
While I Was Away (ECM, 2026) is the first album by Julia Hülsmann's octet: piano, violin, cello, bass and drums with singers Aline Frazão, Live Maria Roggen and Michael Schiefel, setting Dickinson, Atwood and Cummings. Recorded September 2023 at Hans…
Corners
Corners (ECM, 2026) is the first ECM album by Enrico Rava's Fearless Five (Paggi, Diodati, Ponticelli, Polidoro) with guest Joe Lovano on tenor saxophone: nine originals recorded in July 2025 at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, produced by …
Memento
First duo album by pianist Marilyn Crispell and bassist Anders Jormin: four free improvisations and seven compositions by the two. Recorded July 2025 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, 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, produce…
A Sun That Never Sets
Trumpeter Ralph Alessi's quintet with his brother Joseph Alessi (trombone), Matt Mitchell (piano), John Hébert (double bass) and Ches Smith (drums, vibraphone) in eleven Alessi compositions. Recorded February 2025 at Oktaven Audio, produced by Alessi…
Memories of Home
First duo album by guitarist John Scofield and bassist Dave Holland: nine of their own compositions, five by Scofield and four by Holland. Recorded August 2024 at NRS Recording Studio, Catskill, New York, produced by the two musicians.
Windflower
New trio of pianist Ayumi Tanaka, bassist Thomas Morgan and drummer Thomas Strønen: eight collectively improvised pieces and Tanaka's La Source. Recorded May 2025 at Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-les-Fontaines, 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.
Salt Catchers
Drummerless trio of English saxophonist Andy Sheppard with pianist Rita Marcotulli and bassist Michel Benita: eight Sheppard originals and Carla Bley's Lawns. Recorded March 2025 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.