In 1969, musical producer Manfred Eicher founded a music label in Munich by the name of Edition of Contemporary Music. Its first album was "Free at Last," by American pianist Mal Waldron, and more than a thousand albums later, ECM has become a model of integrity and independence whose meticulous recordings have set a new standard in the music industry. In this first book dedicated to ECM, Steve Lake and Paul Griffiths utilize multiple perspectives to explain and analyze the varied and valuable work carried out by this ...
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In 1969, musical producer Manfred Eicher founded a music label in Munich by the name of Edition of Contemporary Music. Its first album was "Free at Last," by American pianist Mal Waldron, and more than a thousand albums later, ECM has become a model of integrity and independence whose meticulous recordings have set a new standard in the music industry. In this first book dedicated to ECM, Steve Lake and Paul Griffiths utilize multiple perspectives to explain and analyze the varied and valuable work carried out by this extraordinary company. This is a carefully illustrated work that includes extensive interviews with Manfred Eicher, more than 20 essays about the various aspects of the extensive labor that has been carried out over the past 40 years, and a hundred contributions from singers, songwriters, designers, and engineers whose voices come together to form a collective oral history of ECM. "En 1969, el productor musical Manfred Eicher fundo en Munich un sello discografico que recibio el nombre de Edition of Contemporary Music. Su primer disco fue "Free at Last," del pianista norteamericano Mal Waldron, y mas de mil albumes despues, ECM se ha convertido en un modelo de integridad e independencia cuyas meticulosas grabaciones han fijado un nuevo paradigma en la industria discografica. En este primer libro dedicado a ECM, Steve Lake y Paul Griffiths explican y analizan desde multiples perspectivas el variado y valioso trabajo llevado a cabo por esta extraordinaria empresa. Se trata de una obra cuidadosamente ilustrada que incluye extensas entrevistas a Manfred Eicher, mas de veinte ensayos especificos sobre las distintas facetas de la copiosa labor realizada durante estos cuarenta anos, y unas cien contribuciones procedentes de interpretes, compositores, disenadores e ingenieros cuyas voces forman aqui una suerte de historia oral en contrapunto."
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