ECM has been releasing records since the late 1960s. The label’s best-known artists are probably Keith Jarrett and Arvo Pärt. Founded and run by Manfred Eicher, ECM (Editions of Contemporary Music), ...

I’m not a strong leader in the sense that I want the other musicians to play an ideal that I’ve carved out, but I’m rather open for their input. I like to let everyone find their own role within the ...

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 ...

Huge news for fans of Keith Jarrett, Steve Reich, Pat Metheny, Arvo Pärt, John Abercrombie, Vijay Iyer, and countless other seminal jazz, contemporary classical, and New Age artists and composers: The ...

Esteemed independent label ECM Records today announced they are expanding their partnership with long-standing distribution partner, Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music based ...

Garbarek helped the ECM label find its emerging voice 40 years ago. A new box set of early albums captures the saxophonist's forming sound —... How Jan Garbarek Came To Epitomize Nordic Jazz ...

The ECM label, long a holdout from music streaming services for aesthetic reasons, will make all of its remarkable catalog of jazz and classical recordings available on Spotify, Apple Music and other ...

The techniques he developed with Manfred Eicher, the founder of the ECM label, had a major influence on the recordings of Pat Metheny, Keith Jarrett and many others. By Giovanni Russonello Jan Erik ...

We head to the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville for the 50th anniversary of ECM Records. Hear three riveting performances by Carla Bley, Avishai... At one point during the final stretch of this year's ...

The Big Ears Festival is turning 10 years old in March — but it’s using the opportunity to celebrate a more senior institution. The annual experimental-music festival announced on Monday that it will ...