ECM Records GmbH

2 sub-labels 1977–2025

About

Independent European record company and publisher based near Munich, founded by Karl Egger, [a1264053] and producer [a247567] in 1969. ECM stands for Edition of Contemporary Music. Karl Egger was the initiator and financier who payed the fees for the label's inception and the production costs for the first release. To this day he is, together with [a247567], the president of ECM Records. Whereas [a247567] is the artistic head and producer of ECM, Karl Egger functions as leader of the distribution and the staff, which is employed by him. Karl Egger also provides the premises for ECM Records in Gräfelfing and before at its first location in Munich-Pasing. NOTE: Please use this label only for secondary company credits (ie. Published By, Distributed By), and ECM Records as the main label, unless explicitly credited differently.

Top 34 ECM Records GmbH Releases

2
Watercolors cover
Watercolors Pat Metheny
1977 Fusion Contemporary Jazz 8.8K plays
3
First Circle cover
First Circle Pat Metheny Group
1984 Contemporary Jazz 5.8K plays
4
Works II cover
Works II Pat Metheny
1988 Contemporary Jazz 4.4K plays
6
Timeless cover
Timeless John Abercrombie
1975 Fusion Contemporary Jazz 1.5K plays
13
Khomsa cover
Khomsa Anouar Brahem
1995 Contemporary Jazz 450 plays
15
Codona 3 cover
Codona 3 Codona
1983 Free Jazz Avant-garde Jazz 244 plays
16
Works cover
17
39 Steps cover
39 Steps John Abercrombie Quartet
2013 Contemporary Jazz 118 plays
19
Codona 2 cover
Codona 2 Codona
1981 72 plays
23
Codona cover
Codona Codona
1979 Free Jazz Soul-Jazz 32 plays
31
Chorus cover
Chorus Eberhard Weber
1985 Contemporary Jazz 6 plays