Miroslav Vitous News

But that momentous year also marks the debut release from ECM Records, a label that arguably defined the jazz category in the '70s, forging an identity built on artistic purposefulness, impeccable musicianship, distinctive graphics and crisp and cleanly recorded sound.

Born in 1941, Chick Corea worked with various well-known jazz musicians before replacing Herbie Hancock as pianist in Miles Davis's quintet in August 1968.

ECM RECORDS is making a big deal out of saxophonist John Surman 's newest disc, " Brewster's Rooster ." Surman finds that funny.

Czech bassist Miroslav Vitous was an original member of Weather Report, the pioneering fusion band founded in 1970 by Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter.

On the surface, Remembering Weather Report possesses little in common with the fusion supergroup that Czech bassist Miroslav Vitous co-founded in the early '70s with keyboardist Joe Zawinul and saxophonist Wayne Shorter , before being summarily removed on the cusp of greater commercial success.