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Up And Coming
Second and last ECM album by the John Abercrombie Quartet, with Marc Copland (piano), Drew Gress (double bass) and Joey Baron (drums). Recorded April-May 2016 at Avatar Studios, New York, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Small Town
Duets by Bill Frisell (guitar) and Thomas Morgan (double bass), recorded live at the Village Vanguard, New York, in March 2016: Motian, Konitz, Frisell originals, Wildwood Flower, Fats Domino and Goldfinger. Produced by Manfred Eicher.
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.
Silent Light
ECM debut of guitarist Dominic Miller: eleven pieces, mostly solo on acoustic guitar, with Miles Bould on percussion and drums on five tracks. Recorded March 2016 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, by Jan Erik Kongshaug; produced by Manfred Eicher.
My Foolish Heart
Solo album by Ralph Towner on classical and 12-string guitar: eleven of his own pieces, two from the Oregon book, and the standard My Foolish Heart. Recorded February 2016 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Asian Field Variations
First trio recording by Louis Sclavis (clarinets), Dominique Pifarély (violin) and Vincent Courtois (cello), with compositions by all three and collective improvisation. Recorded September 2016 at Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-les-Fontaines; produced …
Streams
Second ECM leader album by Danish guitarist Jakob Bro, in trio with Thomas Morgan (double bass) and Joey Baron (drums): six Bro pieces and the collective improvisation PM Dream. Recorded November 2015, Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-les-Fontaines; prod…
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.
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.
Narrante
ECM debut of the Naqsh Duo, guitarist Golfam Khayam and clarinettist Mona Matbou Riahi from Tehran, nine joint compositions drawing on Persian tradition. Recorded July 2015 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano; produced by Manfred Eicher and Ramin Sa…
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.
Ida Lupino
Largely improvised quartet album by Giovanni Guidi (piano), Gianluca Petrella (trombone), Louis Sclavis (clarinet, bass clarinet) and Gerald Cleaver (drums), recorded in February 2015 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Black Orpheus
Solo piano recital by Masabumi Kikuchi: nine improvisations, Bonfá's Manhã de Carnaval and his own Little Abi. Recorded live on 26 October 2012 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Recital Hall, his last solo concert; mixed in Oslo and produced by Manfred Eicher.
Rumi Songs
Ten settings of poems by Rumi, mostly in Coleman Barks's English versions, by Trygve Seim (saxophones) with Tora Augestad (voice), Frode Haltli (accordion) and Svante Henryson (cello). Recorded February 2015 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo; produced by Manfr…
A Suite Of Poems
Song cycle by Ketil Bjørnstad (piano) on thirteen "hotel poems" by Lars Saabye Christensen, sung by Anneli Drecker. Recorded June 2016 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, engineer Jan Erik Kongshaug; produced by Bjørnstad.
Quiver
Second ECM album by trumpeter Ralph Alessi as leader, with Gary Versace (piano), Drew Gress (double bass) and Nasheet Waits (drums), ten Alessi compositions. Recorded September 2014 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, mixed in New York; produced by Manfred Eich…
Many More Days
Second ECM album by the Swiss-Italian trio Third Reel: Nicolas Masson (tenor and soprano saxophones, clarinet), Roberto Pianca (guitar), Emanuele Maniscalco (drums, piano). Recorded August 2014 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano; produced by Manfre…
In The Morning - Music of Alec Wilder
Live trio album devoted to songs and art songs by Alec Wilder, with Stefano Battaglia (piano), Salvatore Maiore (double bass) and Roberto Dani (drums). Recorded 28 April 2014 at Teatro Vittoria, Torino (Torino Jazz Festival); produced by Manfred Eich…