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.
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Keith Jarrett
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Frère Jacques: Round About Offenbach
Gianluigi Trovesi & Gianni Coscia
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Tribe
Enrico Rava Quintet
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Boris Yoffe: Song of Songs
The Hilliard Ensemble & Rosamunde Quartet
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Toshio Hosokawa: Landscapes
Myumi Miyata, Munich Chamber Orchestra & Alexander Liebreich
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The River Of Anyder
Stefano Battaglia Trio
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Sounds And Silence - Travels With Manfred Eicher
Peter Guyer & Norbert Wiedmer
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Navidad De Los Andes
Dino Saluzzi, Anja Lechner & Felix Saluzzi
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Schumann: Geistervariationen
Andras Schiff
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Music of Georges I. Gurdjieff
The Gurdjieff Folk Instrument Ensemble & Levon Eskenian
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Celestial Circle
Marilyn Mazur, John Taylor, Josefine Cronholm & Anders Jormin
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Arco Iris
Amina Alaoui
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Avenging Angel
Craig Taborn
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Songs Of Ascension
Meredith Monk
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Freigeweht
Rainer Bruninghaus
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Wolfert Brederode Quartet
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Faithful
Marcin Wasilewski Trio
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Tarkovsky Quartet
Francois Couturier
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Manto and Madrigals
Thomas Zehetmair & Ruth Killiuss
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Trio Mediaeval
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My Song
Keith Jarrett Quartet
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Belonging
Keith Jarrett
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Nice Guys
Art Ensemble Of Chicago
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Bold as Light
Stephan Micus
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Roscoe Mitchell & The Note Factory
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Ounaskari & Mikkonen
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Erkki-Sven Tuur: Strata
Nordic Symphony Orchestra & Anu Tali
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Arvo Part: Tabula Rasa
Gidon Kremer, Keith Jarrett, Staatsorchester Stuttgart & Dennis Russell Davies
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