I haven't picked this one up.

There is a track available for listening here:

http://player.ecmrecords.com/rava-on_the_dance_floor

I have not heard the album yet, but Chris Potter's "The Sirens" is on my "to buy" list (anyone got it?)

Here's a Q&A with Chris from the NYT on the album:
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Steve - a note of thanks for the re-issue of Keith Jarrett's Hymns Spheres. Very nice to see this now on CD in it's entirety. The packaging is great too - I like the mini-LP replica sleeve with the...

NYT article on ECM covers....

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/30/arts/design/ecm-album-covers-by-manfred-eicher.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y&_r=0

I have heard about a dozen of this years releases. My favorite is Sleeper.

Of the rest, the Abercrombie album has really grown on me and is near the top, and the Billy Hart, Tim Berne, and...

Pick your favorite ECM release for 2012.

(Apologies in advance if I missed anything. The poll excludes collections of previously released albums without new content, such as the Garbarek Dansere...

Fans of streaming services may be interested in reading how little revenue goes to the artists:

http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/8993-the-cloud/

He has a lot of excellent bands/recordings outside his ECM appearances that are well worth checking out too (the Big Satan and Science Friction bands for example, plus the older recordings on the...

For anyone interested in high def downloads, the album is also available on HDTRACKS as well.

I saw a question about this in the "Ask ECM" thread, and could not help myself from some googling.

I found a site with this comment on the release:
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You should really consider a new "newer" player if you are having this many problems. The discs may well be in spec, but the player has likely become borderline.

Per a previous suggestion, try...

I was impatient and ordered a copy from amazon.co.uk, which arrived today.

Well, it's excellent, as expected.

I haven't had done any serious comparisons with the Personal Mountains or Nude Ants...

Seems to be getting good reviews:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/jul/12/keith-jarrett-sleeper-review?newsfeed=true

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/cqx2

I guess this has been released in Europe. Anyone have a copy yet?

There's a track for listening at : http://player.ecmrecords.com/jarret-sleeper

Have you tried to rip these discs with a program with EAC? If EAC shows defects, that would provide additional confirmation that the discs are truly defective, as opposed to the possibility of...

Hi Steve

Is there a North American release date for the new John Abercrombie disc? Seems to be listed only as an import on some sites that I checked.

Thanks

From http://www.universal-music.de/keith-jarrett/diskografie/detail/product:181637/sleeper, track timings:

CD 1
1. Personal Mountains 21:12
2. Innocence 10:48
3. So Tender 13:27

CD 2
1....

Interesting tidbit from this site:

Lost tapes?

http://www.keithjarrett.it/lang/en/keith-jarrett-european-quartet-sleeper-ecm-2012/

While they are at it, a DVD of this NDR session would be nice:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYCpl2lKlj8

From the link above:



Seems like Personal Mountains was drawn from April 16/17, and Sleeper April 16th only, so some overlap?

This could be one of Paul's last recordings?

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51IrE5E-kOL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

I'm a bit suprised this one isn't on Winter&Winter.

There's a cut for...

Berne was talking about "stealing" music, although there is some general dismay about the ipod culture. That portion of the interview starts around 40:40.

There is also some discussion in that...

I'd have to assume ECM pays the artists the same for download or CD sales.

What seemed interesting to me is that ECM seems to have dropped their policy of delaying download sales (instituted for...

Hi Steve,

I see recent ECM titles such as the new Tim Berne are now for sale as downloads at the same time as the physical disc. Is the experiment now concluded and can you share any insight on...