Favourite ECM Titles

Here are my top picks for ECM recordings, that is top of my ECM collection. I have about a dozen or so ECM recordings so I am sure (and very happy) that there is lot left to discover.

1- Changes - Keith Jarrett, Jack Dejohnette and Gary Peacock
2- Tin Can Alley - Jack Dejohnette and Special Edition
3- Return to Forever - Chick Corea with among others Airto Moreira and Flora Purim.

And speaking of Oud players (actually just one of many instruments he plays), has anyone been turned on to Stephan Micus? I have several of his releases on ECM. Towards the Wind is one of my favorites. Desert Poems is on my short list.

FYI: The Chants, hymns, and Dances release mentioned previously is probably the best CD purchase I've made in the last 10 years (out of hundreds). I can't recommend it highly enough.

While Pat Metheney "Offramp" is my favorite, I'm going to give them all a new spin.

Mick Goodrich.
Old and New Dreams, Don Cherry, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, Ed Blackwell.
Cadona 1, 2 and 3 with Colin Walcott, Don Cherry, Nana Vasconcelos.
Chick Corea, Return to Forever.
Art Lande, Rubisa Patrol, with Mark Isham, Bill douglas and Kurt Wortman.

Amazon doesn't seem to list Chants, Hymms and Dances. Any suggestions on where I might find it?

The Astounding Eyes of Rita is one of my favorites so I figure I need to hear this one.

For Charles Lloyd I favor 'Lift every Voice' which is quite cathartic given it's inspirational spiritual response to the 9/11 tumult.

For Anouar Brahem recordings, all of them, but 'Le pas du chat noir' & yes agree, 'The Astounding Eyes of Rita.'

A non-ECM release that's really worth seeking out is Mavrothi T.Kontanis's 2008 CD. You won't regret it.

Just a few of my many ECM discs I go back to often:
- (believe it or not of all Tomasz Stanko's this one) 'From the Green Hill'

- ..and from some of Tomasz's co-musicians of the past this one for contemplative listening (but of course so much of these recordings fit under 'contemplative' music: Marcin Wasilewski Trio, January

- ..and bassist experimenter extraordinaire Eberhard Weber's 'Pendulum' a beautiful fragility flows forth from this one.

- one final one on many listeners ECM fav list (for good reason too): Towner & Fresu on 'Chiaroscuro.

I have not mentioned some excellent Indian music of which there is much. Checkout Waterlily recordings to start.

Peace fellow audiogon'er's