Manfred Eicher hears the Bill Evans Trio

1961: Number 30 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicOne day in 1961 an 18-year-old German music student named Manfred Eicher descended the steps of the Village Vanguard in Greenwich Village to hear the pianist Bill Evans, the bassist Scott LaFaro and the drummer Paul Motian. Breaking away from the conventions, they were pursuing an ideal of improvisation as a continuous three-way conversation. Inspired by what he heard, Eicher would go on to found the ECM label, dedi...

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