Interzone - June 14, 2005: ECM III

[Cozy]

This week on Interzone I’ll be doing the the next installment of many shows to come on music from the German label ECM. The ECM label was started in 1969 by Manfred Eicher, who was interested in creating a label devoted to contemporary music, jazz and improvisation.

Eicher’s vision was to bring new and contemporary ideas to classic music traditions while also producing records of distinct production quality. The end result is a diverse catalog of music in the jazz, jazz-rock, avant-garde, new age, and contemporary music veins.

ECM, which stands for ‘Editions of Contemporary Music’ is still around today and has released about 900 records over the last 35 years with such notable artists John Abercrombie, Jan Garbarek, Keith Jarrett, and Terje Rypdal spending the majority of their long recording careers devoted to this label.

ECM works well for a show like Interzone as you’ll discover that the music does not typify your common jazz, venturing into the gray space between progressive rock and jazz.

Hope you enjoy...

[Cozy]

Here is this week's playlist:

Ralph Towner-Distant Hills-(Sound and Shadows)-1976-USA
Ketil Bjornstad-Flotation And Surroundings-(Water Stories)-1994-Norway
Ketil Bjornstad-The View I-(Water Stories)-1994-Norway
Eberhard Weber-Quiet Departures-(Fluid Rustle)-1979-Germany
Paul Bley-After Dark-(The Paul Bley Quartet)-1988-Canada
Stanley Cowell-Miss Viki-(Illusion Suite)-1972-USA
Stanley Cowell-Ibn Mukhtan Mustapha-(Illusion Suite)-1972-USA
Jan Garbarek-Pendulum-(Wayfarer)-1983-Norway
Stephan Micus-Borkenkind-(Implosions)-1977-USA
John Abercrombie-Arcade-(Arcade)-1979-USA
Paul Motian -Georgian Bay-(Conception Vessel) -1973 -USA
Steve Kuhn-Fruit Fly-(Non-Fiction)-1978-USA
Jack DeJohnette-Flying Spirits-(Untitled)-1976-USA
Jack DeJohnette-Fantastic-(Untitled)-1976-USA
Steve Tibbetts -The Big Wind-(Northern Song)-1982-USA
Bobo Stenson -Test-(Underwear) -1971 -Sweden
Michael Cain -…And Their White Tigers-(Circa)-1997-USA

Featured Album
Michael Mantler--The Hapless Child-1976-Austria


Hope you enjoy!

- Cozy

[podakayne]

i really enjoyed it...thanks and keep up the great work.