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4 unusual facts about Manfred Eicher


Manfred Eicher

Manfred Eicher (born 9 July 1943 in Lindau, Germany) is a German record producer and the founder of ECM Records and its subsidiaries.

Most of the records have been recorded with Jan Erik Kongshaug (of Talent Studios and later Rainbow Studios) as sound engineer.

Comparable figures who established recording labels with artists with characteristic performing styles, or sounds, include: Berry Gordy, Herb Alpert/Jerry Moss, William Ackerman, and David Geffen.

Steve Tibbetts

His subsequent records gained better reviews and, somewhat unusually for ECM Records, were among the only not produced by Manfred Eicher.



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