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HORIZONS TOUCHED: THE MUSIC OF ECM
This spring ECM – one of the most influential, innovative and widely admired labels in the history of recorded music – passes the milestone of its 1000th album since it began in 1969.
- · At the same time, Granta Books publishes Horizons Touched: The Music of ECM.
- · The first book to cover the full range of activities of ECM, a lavish portrait of the label, its artists and their music in words and photography.
- · Much more than a conventional label history, the book celebrates and reflects on the ways in which ECM has grown and changed from its origins in jazz to contemporary classical, from medieval chant to free jazz and traditional folk musics from around the world. It includes over 20 specially commissioned essays by a distinguished international line-up of music journalists and writers, and more than 100 contributions from artists, composers, sound engineers, designers and photographers.
- · Includes extensive interviews with ECM founder/producer Manfred Eicher
- · Beautifully printed on quality paper, with nearly 450 colour and black & white illustrations.
- · Includes album covers and concert and session photos
- · Complete ECM discography (including associated labels JAPO, WATT, XtraWATT, JCOA, CARMO, and vinyl recordings so far unreleased on CD) from 1969 – Spring 2007
- · British writers include John Fordham, Geoff Dyer, Michael Tucker, Ivan Moody, John Potter, Helen Wallace, David Fanning, John Cratchley, and the editors Steve Lake and Paul Griffiths
- Contributing artists include Keith Jarrett, András Schiff, Arvo Pärt, Jean-Luc Godard, Thomas Zehetmair, Gidon Kremer, Gavin Bryars, Elliott Carter, György Kurtág, Heinz Holliger, John Surman, Tomasz Stanko, Arild Andersen, Nils Petter Molvær, Eberhard Weber, Anouar Brahem, Jon Christensen, Charles Lloyd, Paul Motian, Bill Frisell, Peter Erskine, Gary Burton, Carla Bley, Jack DeJohnette, Evan Parker, Bobo Stenson, Paul Bley, Zakir Hussain, Ralph Towner, John Abercrombie, Terje Rypdal, Ketil Bjørnstad, Dino Saluzzi, Tord Gustavsen, Steve Swallow, Jan Garbarek and many more
Edited by Steve Lake and Paul Griffiths ISBN: 9781862078802 Catalogue no: 150 0011NEW NOTE LIMITED
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