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From: fpa@cvl.UUCP (Fred P. Andresen)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: re: ECM record label
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Date: Sun, 14-Oct-84 14:16:08 EDT
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Posted: Sun Oct 14 14:16:08 1984
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I can't tell you what it stands for right now, but I'll check
one of ECM and see if it says.

ECM is a very high quality jazz record label which features
primarily "new", "clean", "fresh", "scandinavian" sounding music.
They, like Windham Hill, usually use soft plastic sleeves.
I may be wrong, but they might be distributed by Warner Bros.
Typical artists are 

Jan Garbarek	Alto Sax
Palle Daniellson	Bass
Jon Christenson		Drums
Keith Jarrett		Piano
Ralph Towner		Guitar
Pat Metheny (+ group)	Guitar	(As "pop" as ECM ever gets)
	This is because Metheny's early stuff was not as pop and he just
	stuck with the label.
Gary Peacock		Bass

To name just a few of my favorites.  I am admittedly not up to
date, however, on ECM's stuff.  Two years in graduate school has
totally isolated me musically.

Their albums are almost always a few bucks more than others, but I
picked up Gary Peacock as a cutout and on sale for 50 cents!

They put out many solo albums.  Some very avant-garde, exploratory,
listening.  Good for the soul.

		Fred P. Andresen (fpa@cvl)