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Shai Maestro (piano) with Jorge Roeder (double bass), Ofri Nehemya (drums) and Philip Dizack (trumpet): ten Maestro originals and Ellington's In a Sentimental Mood, recorded in early 2020 at Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-les-Fontaines, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Lonely Shadows
Solo piano album by Polish pianist Dominik Wania, eleven freely improvised pieces recorded in November 2019 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, engineered by Stefano Amerio and produced by Manfred Eicher.
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.
Return From The Stars
Mark Turner (tenor saxophone) with Jason Palmer (trumpet), Joe Martin (double bass) and Jonathan Pinson (drums): eight Turner compositions recorded in November 2019 at Sear Sound, New York, produced by Manfred Eicher.
La traversée
ECM leader debut of French tenor saxophonist Matthieu Bordenave, in trio with pianist Florian Weber and bassist Patrice Moret: nine Bordenave pieces recorded in October 2019 at Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-les-Fontaines, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Lontano
Second duo album by cellist Anja Lechner and pianist François Couturier: improvisations, original pieces and music by Dutilleux, Kancheli, Brahem, Bach and Ariel Ramírez. Recorded October 2019 at Sendesaal Bremen, produced by Manfred Eicher.
The News
Andrew Cyrille (drums) with Bill Frisell (guitar), David Virelles (piano, synthesizer) and Ben Street (double bass), in tunes by Frisell, Virelles, Cyrille and Adegoke Steve Colson. Recorded August 2019 at Sound on Sound, produced by Sun Chung.
Swallow Tales
John Scofield (guitar), Steve Swallow (bass guitar) and Bill Stewart (drums) play nine Swallow compositions on Scofield's first ECM album as leader. Recorded in one day in March 2019 at the James L. Dolan Recording Studio, NYU Steinhardt, New York.
Arctic Riff
First meeting on record of the Marcin Wasilewski Trio (Wasilewski piano, Sławomir Kurkiewicz double bass, Michał Miśkiewicz drums) with tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano. Recorded August 2019 at Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-les-Fontaines, produced by Manfred Eicher.
En Attendant
Piano trio album by Marcin Wasilewski (piano), Sławomir Kurkiewicz (bass) and Michał Miśkiewicz (drums): three group improvisations plus Bach, Carla Bley, The Doors and an original. Recorded August 2019 at Studios La Buissonne, produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM 2677, 2021.
Here Be Dragons
ECM debut of New York-based Israeli tenor saxophonist Oded Tzur, with Nitai Hershkovits (piano), Petros Klampanis (bass) and Johnathan Blake (drums). Recorded June 2019 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM 2676, 2020.
Subaqueous Silence
ECM leader debut of Oslo-based Japanese pianist Ayumi Tanaka, in trio with bassist Christian Meaas Svendsen and drummer Per Oddvar Johansen. Recorded June 2019 at Nasjonal Jazzscene Victoria, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM 2675, 2021.
Edizione Speciale
Live sextet recording by Enrico Rava (flugelhorn) with Francesco Bearzatti, Francesco Diodati, Giovanni Guidi, Gabriele Evangelista and Enrico Morello, recorded on 18 August 2019 at Jazz Middelheim, Antwerp. ECM 2672, 2021.
Overpass
First solo double bass album by Marc Johnson: five originals plus Freedom Jazz Dance, Nardis and the Love Theme from Spartacus, recorded January-February 2018 at Nacena Studios, São Paulo, produced by Johnson and Eliane Elias.
Life Goes On
Trio album by pianist Carla Bley with saxophonist Andy Sheppard and bass guitarist Steve Swallow: three new Bley suites recorded May 2019 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Not Far From Here
First album by the Julia Hülsmann Quartet with tenor saxophonist Uli Kempendorff, bassist Marc Muellbauer and drummer Heinrich Köbberling, recorded March 2019 at Studios La Buissonne, produced by Thomas Herr; originals by all four plus two versions of This Is Not America.
Looking At Sounds
Quartet album by French bassist Michel Benita (double bass, laptop) with Matthieu Michel (flugelhorn), Jozef Dumoulin (Fender Rhodes, electronics) and Philippe Garcia (drums, electronics), recorded March 2019 at Studios La Buissonne, produced by Steve Lake.
Three Crowns
Second ECM album by the Maciej Obara Quartet (Obara, alto saxophone; Dominik Wania, piano; Ole Morten Vågan, double bass; Gard Nilssen, drums): six Obara originals and two Górecki arrangements, recorded March 2019 at Studios La Buissonne.
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.
When We Leave
Album by Norwegian trumpeter Mathias Eick with Håkon Aase (violin), Andreas Ulvo (piano), Audun Erlien (bass), Torstein Lofthus and Helge Andreas Norbakken (drums) and Stian Carstensen (pedal steel), recorded August 2020 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo.