ECM, an independent record label founded by Manfred Eicher in 1969, has released over 1700 albums across various genres.
Eicher, who studied double bass and was a production assistant at Deutsche Grammophon, focused on achieving the highest recording standards. The label's first release, “Free at Last” by Mal Waldron, signaled its intent.
ECM has become known for recording artists like Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek, and Chick Corea, and in 1984, launched the New Series for notated music. Both the original and New Series emphasize multi-genre and transcultural projects.
ECM's recordings are celebrated for their transparent sound, though Eicher says there is no one-size-fits-all "ECM sound." Instead, each recording is tailored to the artists' sound and aesthetic ideas. The label's cover designs have also been influential and have been the subject of multiple books.
Ned Rorem: Our Town
Monadnock Music, Soloists, Gil Rose
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Peter Garland - The Birthday Party
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Inland Sea
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Small Town
Bill Frisell & Thomas Morgan
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Complete Works For Ensemble And Choir
Gyorgy Kurtag
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Bells For The South Side
Roscoe Mitchell
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John King: Free Palestine
The Secret Quartet, John King
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Wayne Vitale & Brian Baumbusch: Mikrokosma
The Lightbulb Ensemble
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Samuel
Matthias Schubert, John Hollenbeck, Scott Fields
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Cross My Palm With Silver
Avishai Cohen Quartet
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Titok
Ferenc Snetberger, Anders Jormin, Joey Baron
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The Dreamer Is The Dream
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Nightfall
Quercus (June Tabor, Iain Ballamy, Huw Warren)
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Find The Way
Aaron Parks, Ben Street, Billy Hart
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Nuit Blanche
Tarkovsky Quartet & Francois Couturier
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The Survivors' Suite
Keith Jarrett, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian
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Silent Light
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Conference Of The Birds
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December Avenue
Tomasz Stanko New York Quartet
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Asian Fields Variations
Louis Sclavis, Dominique Pifarely & Vincent Courtois
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Tony Malaby: Paloma Recio
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Micheal Byron: The Celebration
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William Hellermann: Three Weeks In Cincinnati In Dec...
Robert Dick
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Realtive Calm
Jon Gibson, Joseph Kubera & David Van Tieghem
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Lei Liang - Luminous
Formosa Quartet, Aleck Karis, Third Coast Percussion
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Barney Childs: Heaven To Clear When Day Did Close
David Ward-Steinman, Nancy Turetzky, Bert Turetzky
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Rimur
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Sooner And Later
Julia Hulsmann Trio
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My Foolish Heart
Ralph Towner
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Daylight Ghosts
Craig Taborn Quartet
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