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ECM Iyer Vijay / Wadada Leo Smith: Defiant Life LP
Anchored in the idea that, despite all obstacles, the human experience casts a net of possibilities, Defiant Life – Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith’s second duo recording for ECM – proves a profound meditation on the human condition and both the suffering
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Iyer Vijay / Wadada Leo Smith: Defiant Life LP
C$36.99
ECM Maupin, Bennie: Jewel in the Lotus (Luminessence) LP
Bennie Maupin has been an inventive contributor to iconic records, including Miles Davis’s Bitches Brew, Herbie Hancock’s Mwandishi and Headhunters, and Marion Brown’s Afternoon of a Georgia Faun. His recordings under his own name have been infrequent but
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Maupin, Bennie: Jewel in the Lotus (Luminessence) LP
C$54.99
ECM Lackner, Benjamin: Spindrift LP
Back with a newly formed quintet, Benjamin Lackner presents a different and exciting side of his composer approach. Trumpeter Mathias Eick is the sole returnee from Lackner’s debut, Last Decade, and can be heard in striking dualism with Mark Turner’s idio
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Lackner, Benjamin: Spindrift LP
C$41.99
ECM Lovano / Wasilewski Trio: Homage LP
Joe Lovano and his Polish conspirators from the Marcin Wasilewski Trio are endowed with an especially adventurous spirit on their second joint endeavor for ECM. On Homage, the quartet investigates the type of free-flowing interplay and expansive passages
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Lovano / Wasilewski Trio: Homage LP
C$49.99
ECM Corea, Chick: Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 LP
Chick Corea’s first unaccompanied album initiated the solo piano idiom at ECM and proved to be extremely influential. Alongside music created in the moment, some powerful melodies are explored here, not least that of “Sometime Ago,” soon to be a theme son
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Corea, Chick: Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 LP
C$49.99
ECM Hulsmann Quartet, Julia: Under the Surface LP
Julia Hülsmann’s quartet resurfaces with a fresh Norwegian voice on horn in tow and presents an attractive batch of originals that finds the group thoughtfully exploring common ground with a knack for adventure. As on past outings, each quartet member con
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Hulsmann Quartet, Julia: Under the Surface LP
C$41.99
ECM Brahem, Anouar/Django Bates: After the Last Sky LP
Eight years after Blue Maqams, Anouar Brahem returns with a poignant project, titled after a line of verse by poet Mahmoud Darwish, which asks “Where should the birds fly, after the last sky?” Graceful chamber pieces for oud, cello, piano and bass subtly
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Brahem, Anouar/Django Bates: After the Last Sky LP
C$62.99
ECM Bro, Jakob: Taking Turns LP
Taking Turns, recorded in New York’s Avatar Studio a decade ago, finds Danish guitarist Jakob Bro joined by a multi- generational cast of improvisers, highly distinctive players all. Lee Konitz, Andrew Cyrille, Bill Frisell, Jason Moran and Thomas Morgan
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Bro, Jakob: Taking Turns LP
C$46.99
ECM Bruninghaus, Rainer: Freigeweht (Luminessence) LP
Released in 1981, the debut of the legendary keyboardist from Eberhard Weber’s Colours band and later the Jan Garbarek Group, Freigeweht presented Rainer Brüninghaus as a highly original and idiosyncratic sound sculptor in his own right, accompanied by EC
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Bruninghaus, Rainer: Freigeweht (Luminessence) LP
C$54.99
ECM Danish String Quartet: Keel Road LP
The Danish String Quartet’s new album is a “retracing of musical pathways across the North Sea, a journey through the sounds of traditional music from Northern Europe, taking us from Denmark and Norway to the Faroe Islands, and to Ireland and England.” It
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Danish String Quartet: Keel Road LP
C$64.99
ECM Sclavis, Louis / Benjamin Moussay: Unfolding LP
Having previously joined forces on several Louis Sclavis recordings for ECM (including the clarinetist's last album, Characters on a Wall), Sclavis and pianist Benjamin Moussay have been increasingly focused on their two-way communication in recent years,
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Sclavis, Louis / Benjamin Moussay: Unfolding LP
C$49.99
ECM Weber, Florian: Imaginary Cycle LP
Idiosyncratic, large-scale and in its fundamental disposition one-of-a-kind, Florian Weber’s Imaginary Cycle, conceived for the unique instrumentation of brass ensemble and piano, is a hybrid of multiple musical languages that seamlessly blends the harmon
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Weber, Florian: Imaginary Cycle LP
C$79.99
ECM Zawadzki, Alice / Fred Thomas / Misha Mullov-Abbado: Za Gorami LP
Vocalist and violinist Alice Zawadzki, pianist Fred Thomas and bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado present a rare alchemy on their trio debut, fusing folk idioms from a multitude of sources with free-flowing interplay and fluid structures. Inhabiting their own st
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Zawadzki, Alice / Fred Thomas / Misha Mullov-Abbado: Za Gorami LP
C$54.99
ECM Peacock, Annette: An Acrobats Heart LP
"Incomparable” is what the German weekly paper Die Zeit called this album on its release in 2000, before going on to describe the music as follows: “A high, warm voice sings fragile songs, Annette Peacock accompanies herself on the grand piano, a string q
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Peacock, Annette: An Acrobats Heart LP
C$89.99
ECM Peacock, Gary/Martin Crispell: Amaryllis LP
Return of the great American jazz trio that delivered the poll-topping "Nothing Ever Was, Anyway" in 1997. Material heard on "Amaryllis" is by turns thoughtful, touching, joyous and viscerally exciting. Some of the songs are well known – almost classics o
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Peacock, Gary/Martin Crispell: Amaryllis LP
C$69.99
ECM Metheny, Pat: Bright Size Life (Luminescence Series) LP
With his first studio recording as a leader, Bright Size Life was the album that decisively put him on the map as a bright new force with something fresh to say in the context of contemporary jazz. Recorded in Ludwigsburg in December 1975, and produced by
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Metheny, Pat: Bright Size Life (Luminescence Series) LP
C$49.99
ECM Guidi, Giovanni: A New Day LP
Rekindling the familiarly flowing interplay with fellow travellers Thomas Morgan and João Lobo – the trio’s musical partnership goes back over a decade at this point –, on A New Day Italian pianist Giovanni Guidi moreover expands the group’s instrumental
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Guidi, Giovanni: A New Day LP
C$36.99
ECM Wheeler, Kenny: Angel Song (Luminessence) LP
“Destined to go down in history as a jazz classic” was the verdict with which The Guardian greeted this album on its release in 1997, saying, “Wheeler’s compositions and four of the world’s greatest improvisers make for a tranquil set that rewards with ev
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Wheeler, Kenny: Angel Song (Luminessence) LP
C$74.99
ECM Hersch, Fred: Silent, Listening LP
Silent, Listening is a major addition to ECM's distinguished line of solo piano recordings, featuring one of the outstanding improvising pianists and jazz masters of our time: Fred Hersch. The album features seven original creations and a handful of well-
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Hersch, Fred: Silent, Listening LP
C$41.99
ECM Abercrombie/Holland/DeJohnette: Gateway (Luminessence) LP
With “daring and visionary spirit”, to quote a Downbeat review from the year of this album’s release, master improvisers John Abercrombie, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette forged a unique vision of trio interplay on their first joint effort under the Gate
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Abercrombie/Holland/DeJohnette: Gateway (Luminessence) LP
C$62.99
ECM Bordenave, Matthieu: The Blue Land LP
For the follow-up of his ECM-leader-debut La traversée, French saxophonist Matthieu Bordenave expands his trio of German pianist Florian Weber and Swiss bassist Patrice Moret with the unique sensibilities of drummer James Maddren, whose unrelenting pulse
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Bordenave, Matthieu: The Blue Land LP
C$54.99
ECM Nilssen, Gard Acoustic Unity: Elastic Wave LP
Drummer Gard Nilssen’s ECM leader debut follows acclaimed recordings for the label with the Maciej Obara Quartet and with Mathias Eick. Elastic Wave presents Nilssen’s powerful trio with fellow Norwegian André Roligheten on reeds and Swedish bassist Pette
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Nilssen, Gard Acoustic Unity: Elastic Wave LP
C$54.99
ECM Tzur, Oded: Isabela LP
On his second release for ECM New York-based saxophonist Oded Tzur introduces a heightened sense of urgency and a conceptually augmented approach to his distinctive voice, weaving one underlying musical idea through a series of elaborate and impassioned d
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Tzur, Oded: Isabela LP
C$36.99
ECM Garbarek, Jan Quartet: Afric Pepperbird (Luminessence) LP
Recorded in Oslo in September 1970, Afric Pepperbird was released on New Year’s Day in 1971. Half a century later, it still conveys the freshness and excitement of discoveries being made. The album signaled the arrival of four Norwegian improvisers – Jan
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Garbarek, Jan Quartet: Afric Pepperbird (Luminessence) LP
C$54.99