Category Archives: Releases

“At The Deer Head Inn – The Complete Recordings” 4-LP box set to be released on August 22, 2025

ECM will release At The Deer Head Inn – The Complete Recordings, a 4-LP box set, on August 22, 2025.

“The music has the dash and the unabashed lyricism of Keith Jarrett’s best work” wrote Stereophile in a rave-review of the first selection from the intimate Deer Head Inn live recording, capturing Jarrett’s spontaneous and in retrospect historic return to the Pennsylvanian venue of his early years, alongside Gary Peacock and Paul Motian. The second release – titled The Old Country and released 30 years after the first volume in 2024 – was met with equal acclaim – The Guardian’s John Fordham called it “song-based jazz-imagining at its best”. Here both albums are combined and released on vinyl for the very first time, spread across four LPs in two tip-on gatefold jackets and framed by a deluxe slipcase: The Complete Recordings. There won’t be a second print-run of this box-set, limiting it strictly to this edition. Keith Jarrett: “I think you can hear on this tape what jazz is all about”.

Thanks Mikael for the information.

“New Vienna” album to be released on May 30, 2025

ECM will release New Vienna, a recording of the July 9, 2016 solo concert at Vienna’s Musikverein, on CD and vinyl. This is another recording from Keith’s 2016 tour, joining the three concerts ECM has already released from that year (Budapest Concert, Bordeaux Concert, and Munich 2016).

"New Vienna" cover
“New Vienna” cover

Thanks Michel, Matthias, and Daniel for letting me know about this release.

Alexi Lima releases performance of The Köln Concert

Pianist Alexi Lima has released a performance of Keith Jarrett’s Köln Concert, available now on all major streaming platforms (YouTube, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Qobuz, etc.). Recorded live at Saint Alain Cathedral in Lavaur, France, this release marks the 50th anniversary of the original 1975 performance.

Thanks Alexi for the information.

Branford Marsalis to release Blue Note Debut “Belonging” on March 28, 2025

From Blue Note Records:

“Saxophonist Branford Marsalis, one of the foremost jazz artists of our time and a pacesetting creative force in the music for more than four decades, is set to make his Blue Note Records debut with the March 28 release of Belonging, a full album interpretation of Keith Jarrett’s 1974 ECM album of the same name which introduced the pianist’s European Quartet. Belonging is Marsalis’ first new release since 2019 with his acclaimed longstanding quartet featuring pianist Joey Calderazzo, bassist Eric Revis, and drummer Justin Faulkner. The lead track “Spiral Dance” is available to stream or download now.”

François Mardirossian announces album and Köln Concert performances

French pianist François Mardirossian will release a new album featuring interpretations of Keith Jarrett’s compositions, including “Ritual,” three encores, and the “Fughata for Harpsichord.” The release comes alongside a series of performances where Mardirossian will present his interpretation of the legendary Köln Concert.

L’hommage de François Mardirossian au compositeur Keith Jarrett ! En 2025, le pianiste légendaire Keith Jarrett va célébrer ses 80 ans. François Mardirossian, admirateur passionné du pianiste, a trouvé la partition d’une pièce composée par Jarrett une année avant le fameux concert de Cologne en 1975 : c’est Ritual ! Pour célébrer cet anniversaire, Mardirossian a créé un programme consacré aux compositions du pianiste légendaire, fait de cette pièce Ritual, d’une fugue et de trois pièces majeures, également compositions de Jarrett, qui sont des bis de concert. Un hommage unique de François Mardirossian à l’un des pianistes les plus importants du XXème siècle et de l’histoire du Jazz

The album will be available in February 2025.

"Ritual et encores" cover

The pianist will perform the complete Köln Concert at three venues across France in January 2025:

More information about the artist can be found at francoismardirossian.com.