One of the defining sound-worlds of the past half-century of recorded music is the distinguished repertory of ECM Records, which was founded by the Munich musician and producer Manfred Eicher, in 1969 ...

Can’t get enough of CapRadio Music or Ear to Ear? Follow CapRadio on Spotify for more playlist fun. Founded in 1969 by classically-trained German bassist Manfred Eicher, ECM Records is primarily a ...

Previously in this series we have surveyed record labels as representative of the jazz trends in their times—for example bebop on Dial in the 40s, mainstream jazz on Verve in the 50s, and hard bop on ...

Wow, this was a huge week for new releases and great reissues. We still haven't caught up but there's lots of new stuff for everyone. There are 12 more titles added to the ECM Touchstone series this ...

The so-called “ECM Sound” behind ECM Records (that stands for Edition of Contemporary Music, which you may have known but I did not until now) has been quietly present on too many recordings to count ...

Record companies specializing in jazz have come and gone for nearly a century. Some have simply established random release programs, issuing the best, the most available or the most commercial music ...

Norma Winstone, Colin Vallon, and Elina Duni were among the artists who performed at Triskel's annual collaboration with ECM for the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival Elina Duni on stage at Triskel for the ...