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   Bumping this thread. I didn't know a whole lot of ECM records 
until last year, outside of Pat Metheny's work and a handful of albums 
by Dave Holland, Gary Burton, Chick Corea, etc... At this point I've 
checked out most of the albums released in the 70s and early 80s, most 
of the JAPO releases as well. Definitely abstract and free in the first 
few years, then they sort of had their 'jazz-rock/fusion' era (72-73, 
lots of electric rhodes piano, funky grooves) and I more or less really 
enjoy just about every album from the mid-late 70s. 

The
 80s albums I've heard are pretty good overall, but there's some 
out-there ones as well. I still need to start exploring the later 
catalog, basically anything recorded after the 80s. I've only 
heard roughly a dozen or so albums and most of them come from the last 5
 years. I see a lot of albums in this thread I need to check out. My 
favorite recent album has to be Anouar Brahem - "Blue Maqam", from 2017;
 pretty fantastic music there. In a way, that album led me to explore 
ECM because I wanted to check out more of Jack DeJohnette's work, who is
 on Blue Maqam.

I do find ECM's can 
sometimes be a little sleepy, especially all those solo piano and duet albums, but I do enjoy the world-fusion based 
releases a lot, and a big part of why I love to explore this label's 
catalog. Albums by Steve Tibbetts, Collin Walcott (Oregon, Ralph Towner), Egberto Gismonti, 
Stephan Micus, Codona, Bengt Berger, and Shankar, come to mind. Anything
 else along those lines?

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darkshade Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Senior Member Joined: 09 Mar 2011 Location: New Jersey Status: Offline Points: 1966	Post Options Post Reply Quote darkshade Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 Aug 2020 at 3:40am
	Bumping this thread. I didn't know a whole lot of ECM records until last year, outside of Pat Metheny's work and a handful of albums by Dave Holland, Gary Burton, Chick Corea, etc... At this point I've checked out most of the albums released in the 70s and early 80s, most of the JAPO releases as well. Definitely abstract and free in the first few years, then they sort of had their 'jazz-rock/fusion' era (72-73, lots of electric rhodes piano, funky grooves) and I more or less really enjoy just about every album from the mid-late 70s. The 80s albums I've heard are pretty good overall, but there's some out-there ones as well. I still need to start exploring the later catalog, basically anything recorded after the 80s. I've only heard roughly a dozen or so albums and most of them come from the last 5 years. I see a lot of albums in this thread I need to check out. My favorite recent album has to be Anouar Brahem - "Blue Maqam", from 2017; pretty fantastic music there. In a way, that album led me to explore ECM because I wanted to check out more of Jack DeJohnette's work, who is on Blue Maqam. I do find ECM's can sometimes be a little sleepy, especially all those solo piano and duet albums, but I do enjoy the world-fusion based releases a lot, and a big part of why I love to explore this label's catalog. Albums by Steve Tibbetts, Collin Walcott (Oregon, Ralph Towner), Egberto Gismonti, Stephan Micus, Codona, Bengt Berger, and Shankar, come to mind. Anything else along those lines?
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snobb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Forum Admin Group Site Admin Joined: 22 Dec 2010 Location: Vilnius Status: Offline Points: 29527	Post Options Post Reply Quote snobb Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 Aug 2020 at 8:05am
	among new Millennium releases I would recommend to check "new New York avant-garde" muisic, released by ECM, starting from Tim Berne SnakeOil,etc. It's quite modern take on well-composed original music played by improvisation masters, complex and accessible at the same time. ECM released all series of really strong albums in this field.Chris Potter is another impressive name on this list Edited by snobb - 19 Aug 2020 at 8:07am

darkshade Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Senior Member Joined: 09 Mar 2011 Location: New Jersey Status: Offline Points: 1966	Post Options Post Reply Quote darkshade Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 Aug 2020 at 4:12pm
	Thanks. Chris Potter? His playing drives me crazy on the Pat Metheny Unity albums he plays on, but for some reason doesn't bother me as much on the Dave Holland albums he's on, so I'll still see what's up. I'll check out that SnakeOil album.
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js Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Forum Admin Group Site admin Joined: 22 Dec 2010 Location: Memphis Status: Offline Points: 35157	Post Options Post Reply Quote js Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 Aug 2020 at 6:05pm
	I thought the Unity albums sounded pretty good, not the usual thing I would listen to, but the playing sounded top notch.