Any ECM fans here?


I've always loved the sound Manfred Eicher gets in the studio.  It's great to hear so many new musical ideas.  Whether you call it jazz, or whatever...it's always interesting music to me.  My first ECM album was "Facing You" by Keith Jarrett.  I wore the grooves out on it. What do you think about ECM?

mikeydee

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Just last Friday ECM released 11 of Pat Metheny’s albums remastered in 24/96 hi-res for download or streaming. They are on Qobuz and Tidal. I have streamed several of them on Qobuz and they sound great. I think these are from the same remastering done for SACD in 2018.

https://jazztimes.com/blog/pat-metheny-ecm-catalog-now-available-in-hi-res-audio/

ECM in general, has good but not great sound, IMHO. Of course it varies from album to album. I have some ECM albums that I like a lot.

My favorites are probably among the usual suspects, Pat Metheny, Charles LLoyd, Jan Gabarek. I used to enjoy Keith Jarrett until I watched a video of him. He looked like he was in so much pain while playing, and I can’t get that image out of my mind when I listen to him.
You’ve got it right, except it’s Edition, without the s.

Have you listened to any of the Metheny Hi-Res remasters?