ECM Records

Chick Corea 1941–2021 · American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and… Keith Jarrett b. 1945 · American jazz/classical pianist and composer (born 1945) Pat Metheny b. 1954 · American jazz musician Charlie Haden 1937–2014 · American musician and educator (1937–2014) Jan Garbarek b. 1947 · Norwegian saxophonist and composer (born 1947) Carla Bley 1936–2023 · American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader… Don Cherry 1936–1995 · American jazz trumpeter (1936–1995) Gary Burton b. 1943 · American vibraphonist Ketil Bjørnstad b. 1952 · Norwegian pianist, composer and author Anthony Braxton b. 1945 · American musician, composer and philosopher (born 1945) Paul Bley 1932–2016 · Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist… MI Mark Isham b. 1941 · American musician and film composer (born 1951) Bill Frisell b. 1951 · American jazz guitarist John Abercrombie 1944–2017 · American jazz guitarist (1944–2017) Tomasz Stańko 1942–2018 · Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser (1942–2018) Jack DeJohnette 1942–2025 · American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer (1942–2025) Charles Lloyd b. 1938 · American jazz musician Nils Petter Molvær b. 1960 · Norwegian jazz trumpeter, composer and music producer… Terje Rypdal b. 1947 · Norwegian jazz guitarist and composer Charlie Mariano 1923–2009 · American jazz saxophonist (1923–2009) Sheila Jordan 1928–2025 · American jazz singer (1928–2025) Miroslav Vitouš b. 1947 · Czech bass guitarist, jazz musician and contrabassist Tigran Hamasyan b. 1987 · Armenian musician John Surman b. 1944 · British saxophonist and clarinetist Naná Vasconcelos 1944–2016 · Brazilian percussionist (1944–2016) Kenny Wheeler 1930–2014 · Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player… Karin Krog b. 1937 · Norwegian jazz singer (born 1937) Peter Erskine b. 1954 · American musician Enrico Rava b. 1939 · Italian jazz trumpeter Dave Liebman b. 1946 · American jazz composer, saxophonist and flautist Dave Holland b. 1946 · British jazz musician Flora Purim b. 1942 · Brazilian jazz singer Arild Andersen b. 1945 · Norwegian jazz musician Gavin Bryars b. 1943 · English composer and double bassist Ralph Towner 1940–2026 · American musician (1940–2026) Ellis Marsalis Jr. 1934–2020 · American jazz pianist and educator (1934–2020) Vijay Iyer b. 1971 · American composer, pianist, bandleader, producer, and writer Barry Guy b. 1947 · British composer and jazz musician (born 1947) Evan Parker b. 1944 · English saxophonist Eberhard Weber b. 1940 · German musician Rabih Abou-Khalil b. 1957 · Lebanese musician Egberto Gismonti b. 1944 · Brazilian musician and composer Gary Peacock 1935–2020 · American jazz double-bassist Jo Jones 1911–1985 · American jazz drummer (1911–1985) Barre Phillips 1934–2024 · American bassist (1934–2024) Return to Forever 1972– · American jazz fusion group led by Chick Corea Art Ensemble of Chicago 1966– · American avant-garde group Manu Katché b. 1958 · French drummer, studio musician, composer, singer… Andrew Cyrille b. 1939 · American avant-garde jazz drummer Sidsel Endresen b. 1952 · Norwegian musician Jason Moran b. 1975 · American jazz pianist, composer, educator (born 1975) Bugge Wesseltoft b. 1964 · Norwegian jazz musician, pianist, composer and producer Marilyn Mazur 1955–2025 · Danish musician (1955–2025) Lester Bowie 1941–1999 · American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999) Paul Motian 1931–2011 · American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer… Arve Henriksen b. 1968 · Norwegian jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer (born 1968) Steve Kuhn b. 1938 · American pianist Oregon 1970– · American jazz and world music group Lyle Mays 1953–2020 · American jazz musician (1953–2020) Dewey Redman 1931–2006 · American saxophonist (1931–2006) Michael Mantler b. 1943 · Austrian jazz trumpeter and composer Steve Swallow b. 1940 · American jazz bassist and composer Mark Turner b. 1965 · American saxophonist and composer John Taylor 1942–2015 · British jazz pianist (1942–2015) DD David Darling 1941–2021 · American musician Tord Gustavsen b. 1970 · Norwegian musician Gianluigi Trovesi b. 1944 · Italian jazz musician Elina Duni b. 1981 · Albanian singer Stanley Cowell 1941–2020 · American musician (1941–2020) Bobo Stenson b. 1944 · Swedish jazz pianist Wolfgang Puschnig b. 1956 · Austrian saxophonist Aaron Parks b. 1983 · American musician Annette Peacock b. 1941 · American Jazz composer (born 1941) Manfred Schoof b. 1936 · German musician Mikhail Alperin 1956–2018 · Ukrainian musician (1956-2018) Jon Christensen 1943–2020 · Norwegian jazz musician (1943–2020) MJ Marc Johnson b. 1953 · American jazz bass player, composer and band leader David Torn b. 1953 · American guitarist Norma Winstone b. 1941 · English jazz singer Marilyn Crispell b. 1947 · American pianist Richie Beirach 1947–2026 · American jazz pianist and composer (1947–2026) Jan Bang b. 1968 · Norwegian musician and record producer Tim Berne b. 1954 · American jazz saxophonist Ethan Iverson b. 1973 · American pianist Bennie Maupin b. 1940 · American musician Eivind Aarset b. 1961 · Norwegian guitarist L. Shankar b. 1950 · Indian violinist and composer (born 1950) Stefano Battaglia b. 1965 · Italian musician Anders Jormin b. 1957 · Swedish double-bassist Larry Grenadier b. 1966 · American bassist Edward Vesala 1945–1999 · Finnish musician (1945-1999) Avishai Cohen b. 1978 · Israeli-born jazz trumpeter Markus Stockhausen b. 1957 · German trumpeter, music producer and composer (jazz… CW Collin Walcott 1945–1984 · American musician, ethnomusicologist (1945–1984) Christian Wallumrød b. 1971 · Norwegian jazz musician MB Marion Brown 1931–2010 · American saxophonist (1931–2010) Mark Feldman b. 1955 · American violinist Andy Sheppard b. 1957 · British jazz saxophonist and composer Pat Metheny Group 1977– · American jazz fusion group Jon Balke b. 1955 · Norvegian jazz pianist, composer and professor Hamilton de Holanda b. 1976 · Brazilian composer and bandolim player Sinikka Langeland b. 1961 · Norwegian singer and musician Mathias Eick b. 1979 · Norwegian musician (born 1979) Gianluca Petrella b. 1975 · Italian jazz trombonist Michel Benita b. 1954 · French musician Julian Priester b. 1935 · American jazz trombonist Paul McCandless b. 1947 · American musician Nils Økland b. 1961 · Norwegian musician Per Jørgensen b. 1952 · Norwegian jazz musician Alfred 23 Harth b. 1949 · German musician and composer Eric Harland b. 1978 · American musician Shai Maestro b. 1987 · Israeli pianist Vassilis Tsabropoulos b. 1966 · Greek pianist, conductor and composer Frode Haltli b. 1975 · Norwegian musician Marcin Wasilewski b. 1975 · Polish jazz musician Dino Saluzzi b. 1935 · Argentine musician Christy Doran b. 1949 · Swiss musician Mark Egan b. 1951 · American jazz musician Nik Bärtsch b. 1971 · Swiss musician, composer, music producer and author. SM Stephan Micus b. 1953 · German composer Ches Smith b. 2000 · American musician Simin Tander b. 1980 · German jazz singer and composer as well as faculty member… Joe Maneri 1927–2009 · American composer, jazz musician and microtonal innovator… Mats Eilertsen b. 1975 · Norwegian musician and composer Sylvie Courvoisier b. 1968 · Swiss musician Mike Nock b. 1940 · New Zealand born musician residing in Australia Jacob Young b. 1970 · Norwegian jazz guitarist KM Karen Mantler b. 1966 · American jazz musician François Couturier b. 1950 · French composer and pianist Pierre Favre b. 1937 · Swiss jazz drummer and percussionist Jarle Vespestad b. 1966 · Norwegian musician Dominique Pifarély b. 1957 · French musician Thomas Morgan b. 1981 · American musician EG Eric Gravatt b. 1947 · American musician Nitai Hershkovits b. 1988 · Israeli jazz musician Magnus Broo b. 1965 · Swedish jazz musician John Clark b. 1944 · American jazz horn player and composer Harald Johnsen 1970–2011 · Norwegian jazz musician (1970-2011) Finn Guttormsen b. 1968 · Norwegian musician JN James Newton b. 1953 · American flautist, composer, and conductor Rainer Brüninghaus b. 1949 · German musician C Codona United States jazz ensemble MG Mick Goodrick 1945–2022 · American musician (1945–2022) SA Susanne Abbuehl b. 1970 · musician MK Masabumi Kikuchi 1939–2015 · Japanese keyboardist (1939-2015) Svante Henryson b. 1963 · Swedish musician AL Art Lande b. 1947 · American jazz pianist, drummer, composer and educator ST Steve Tibbetts b. 1954 · musician BC Bill Connors b. 1949 · American musician