Your favorite obscure ECM album


Over the years this label has pumped out a huge catalog of lesser known artists, some of whom I love.

Some of my favorite ECM discoveries include:
Art Lande/Jan Garbarek: Red Lanta
Steve Tibbetts: Yr
Contact Trio: New Marks
John Surman: Upon Reflection
Masqualero: Aero
Bennie Maupin: Jewel in the Lotus
John Abercrombie: Gateway
Terje Rypdal: Whenever I Seem To Be Far Away

Anyone have a favorite ECM discovery?
benthar

Showing 1 response by dopogue

I have 6 of Benthar's discs, so I must qualify as an ECM fan. Aside from those already mentioned, I'd recommend:
* Anything with pianist John Taylor, including these under Peter Erskine's name: As It Is, You Never Know, and Time Being
* Kenny Wheeler's The Widow in the Window (also with John Taylor)
* Marc Johnson's Bass Desires (with Scofield and Frisell)
* Just about anything by Ralph Towner
* The one that started it all, ECM-1001 (vinyl #), Mal Waldron Trio's Free at Last.
It's a great label. I must have l50 of them. Cheers, Dave