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One of the Norwegian saxophonists most outgoing dates, the best-selling “Runes” also marked the first appearance of Manu Katché with the Garbarek group. Centerpiece of the album is the five-part “Molde Canticle”.

Jan Garbarek – I Took Up The Runes

Norwegian drummer/composer Thomas Strønen presents a revised edition of his acoustic collective Time Is A Blind Guide, now trimmed to quintet size, and with a new pianist in Wakayama-born Ayumi Tanaka.

Thomas Strønen, Time Is A Blind Guide – Lucus

Gnosis was recorded at New York’s Avatar Studios in May 2016 and produced by Manfred Eicher.

David Virelles – Gnosis

A real classic from bassist Miroslav Vitous

Miroslav Vitous Group – Miroslav Vitous Group

Michael Mantler apparently conceived Alien as a kind of concerto for trumpet and orchestra but with ex-Mothers of Invention keyboardist Don Preston substituting for the orchestra on various synthesizers and drum machines.

Michael Mantler With Don Preston – Alien

The Gleaners was recorded at New York’s Avatar Studios in December 2016, and produced by Manfred Eicher.

Larry Grenadier – The Gleaners

Wolfgang Muthspiel, whom The New Yorker has called “a shining light” among today’s jazz guitarists, returns to the trio format with Angular Blues, the Austrian’s fourth ECM album as a leader, following two acclaimed quintet releases and his trio debut.

Wolfgang Muthspiel, Scott Colley / Brian Blade – Angular Blues

With the exception of the title piece, based on a traditional Norwegian tune, the music on Bayou was collectively created in the moment.

Thomas Strønen, Ayumi Tanaka, Marthe Lea – Bayou

They are widely recognised as the most exciting young string quartet of the present moment, bringing new insights to contemporary composition and core classical repertoire.

Danish String Quartet – Last Leaf

The music of Cuban-born, Brooklyn-based pianist David Virelles conjures a hallucinatory world in which ancient Afro-Cuban rhythms and ritual reverberate in the here and now.

David Virelles – Antenna

Ralph Alessi’s fourth appearance as a leader for the label follows a singular album run that’s been met with nothing but praise from The New York Times to The Guardian.

Ralph Alessi Quartet – It’s Always Now

End to End was recorded at Studios-La-Buissonne in the south of France, and produced by Manfred Eicher. It is issued in both CD and LP formats.

Barre Phillips – End To End

En attendant was recorded at Studios La Buissonne in the South of France in August 2019, and produced by Manfred Eicher.

Marcin Wasilewski Trio – En Attendant

Pat Metheny Group – Offramp

Solstice inspires through its expressive openness… revealing depth of texture, nuance and meaning

Ralph Towner – Solstice

“The Epidemics” has a stellar and varied line up. Lead by Shankar, he was an established ECM artist, recording a number of traditional and Indo Jazz LPs featuring his 10 string double violin for the label.

Shankar / Caroline – The Epidemics

Proof yet again that “fusion” is a misnomer. This is simply wonderful music that need be nothing else.

Shankar – M.R.C.S.

As so often with this record label, a “first encounter” trails a network of associations and interwoven histories….

Manu Katché, Tomasz Stańko, Jan Garbarek, Marcin Wasilewski, Sławomir Kurkiewicz – Neighbourhood

Bookending Bay of Rainbows are two versions of the richly melodic “Mild,” the abstracted second rendering illustrative of Bro and company’s ability to push and pull the music into mesmerizing new shapes, onstage and in the moment.

Jakob Bro – Bay Of Rainbows

Recorded at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, in September 2020, and produced by Manfred Eicher.

Nik Bärtsch – Entendre LP

Rypdal’s best band in years is completed by gifted young bass guitarist Endre Hareide Hallre. Conspiracy was recorded at Oslo’s Rainbow Studio and produced by Manfred Eicher and Terje Rypdal.

Terje Rypdal – Conspiracy

Recorded at the Auditorio Stelio Molo in Lugano, the three-piece outlines a unique design for this instrumentation in clear-cut interplay and creates a profound study of Kit Downes’ broad musical imagination in the process.

Kit Downes – Vermillion

Awase was recorded at Studios La Buissonne in the south of France in October 2017 and produced by Manfred Eicher.

Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin – Awase

The details of the music are beautifully realized in this recording made in the highly responsive acoustics of the Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI in Lugano and produced by Manfred Eicher.

Joe Lovano, Trio Tapestry, Marilyn Crispell, Carmen Castaldi – Garden Of Expression

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