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Poll Question: in which decade ECM were best in your opinion?
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    Posted: September 28 2008 at 05:12
i think in 80īs Manfred Eicher was produced the best of ECM.

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A hard one for me.  On first impression I'd say '70's though when so many prog artists were going commercial in the '80's there was so much good music happening with that label which you could turn to.
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80's since innovation and variety were the basic elements of ECM's distinctiveness - when so many other labels with jazz signings had gone smooth jazz or reverted  to a semi-electirified post bop. Garbarek at his most experimental and broad ranging (try Rosensfole), Pat Metheny Group just kept releasing excellent album after excellent album, think of the innovation coming from Everyman Band and then from one its founders David Torn as he went solo. Terj Rypdal producing some innovative jazzrock (e.g. SInglesCollection, Chaser), John Abercrombie, Ralph Towner all produced consistently good albums.
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Wow this is a tough one. The good thing to note is that ECM has remained a great, consistent label. The 70s really stand out to me because of the Towner, Abercrombie, Walcott, Gismonti, and early Metheny and Metheny/Burton albums, Keith Jarrett, Ebernhard Webr and so many more artists....Oh...I guess I just answered the question. haha. The 80s were so good too like the 80/81 album, the latter era Abercrombie albums, Charlie Mariano, Gary Peacock, Towner, Oregon, Towner and Abecrombie, and so on.

So I vote 70s. But I like them all.
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Points: 2614 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 29 2008 at 02:35
sh*t I didn't see that "They're all great" option. Oh well.
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Points: 1354 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 29 2008 at 02:46
can't help but love the 70s, most of my fav ECM albums are from that period........
 
ALL the Terje Rypdal jazz-rock masterpieces
Julian Priester - Love, Love
Barre Phillips - Mountainscapes, Three Day Moon
 
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Points: 29630 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 29 2008 at 07:57
Originally posted by Dick Heath Dick Heath wrote:

80's since innovation and variety were the basic elements of ECM's distinctiveness - when so many other labels with jazz signings had gone smooth jazz or reverted  to a semi-electirified post bop. Garbarek at his most experimental and broad ranging (try Rosensfole), Pat Metheny Group just kept releasing excellent album after excellent album, think of the innovation coming from Everyman Band and then from one its founders David Torn as he went solo. Terj Rypdal producing some innovative jazzrock (e.g. SInglesCollection, Chaser), John Abercrombie, Ralph Towner all produced consistently good albums.


You know, I was trying really hard to forget about the smooth jazz movement, thanks a lot. Tongue
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Points: 4202 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 30 2008 at 17:46
70's of course. 
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Points: 3577 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 16 2008 at 11:54
70's have the cream of ECM releases




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I haven't seen any drop in quality of music from a decade to another.
 
There is no Jazz ''Abacab'' or ''Big generator''  from ECM in the 80s...Just some musicians who changed a little bit their styles for the better or worst due to ''maturation'' , not because of charts!.............Jan Garbarek comes to mind!
 
Of course i love the 70s albums from TERJE RYPDAL more than what he produced later, but it was always good quality anyway!
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Points: 6898 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 16 2008 at 13:45
70`s what else do expect from me ? Abercromie`s recordings were the best.
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