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From: cuccia@ucbvax.ARPA (Nick Cuccia)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: ECM
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Date: Wed, 17-Oct-84 05:49:36 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 17 05:49:36 1984
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ECM is a West German label specializing mainly in Jazz.  Its recording
artists include Pat Metheny, Jack DeJonette, Carla Bley, Eberhard Weber,
Keith Jarrett, Denny Zeitlin, and Charlie Haden.  Some avant-garde
classical music (works composed and performed by Steve Reich, in
particular) is also released on the label.

Distribution in this country is through the WEA (Warner/Elektra/Asylum)
group, and is limited, unfortunately, to the talent most suitable to
American tastes.  What comes over here, though, is high quality music
with quality control quite far ahead of the normal stuff that you will
find (though not quite at WH's level).  

Good starter stuff?  Give Keith Jarrett's Koln Concert or Pat Metheny's
New Chatauqua a try.

--From the birthplace of FSM (1964-1984),
--Nick Cuccia
--ucbvax!cuccia