Essential for any serious jazz or audiophile library. Seek the legitimate download from HDTracks, Qobuz, or ECM’s own store. Your ears—and the ghosts of Oslo—will thank you. Suggested Tags: #KeithJarrett #MySong #ECMRecords #HiResAudio #FLAC24192 #AudiophileJazz #JanGarbarek #HighResolutionMastering
This article explores why the 2015 high-resolution remaster of My Song stands as a benchmark for ECM’s legendary engineering, what the 24-192 format reveals about the performance, and how to optimize your system for this specific master. Before discussing the digital file, one must understand the source. My Song was recorded at Talent Studio in Oslo on October 17, 1977. Legendary ECM founder Manfred Eicher produced the session, with engineer Jan Erik Kongshaug at the boards. The studio was unique: a converted film soundstage with a wooden floor and high, vaulted ceilings. Eicher and Kongshaug famously eschewed separation booths; the quartet played live in a single room, relying on leakage and natural reverb. Keith Jarrett - My Song -2015- -FLAC 24-192-
When you listen to the title track in 24-192, you are not hearing a "file." You are hearing the Oslo night air, the wooden floorboards of Talent Studio, and four masters breathing together. Turn off the lights, load the FLAC, and let the high-resolution windows open onto a performance that, until 2015, was still hiding in the grooves. Essential for any serious jazz or audiophile library
In the pantheon of modern jazz, few live recordings have achieved the ethereal balance of intimacy, lyricism, and telepathic interplay found on Keith Jarrett’s My Song . Released originally in 1978, the album marked the definitive arrival of Jarrett’s European Quartet featuring saxophonist Jan Garbarek, bassist Palle Danielsson, and drummer Jon Christensen. But for the digital audiophile, the 2015 reissue—specifically the FLAC 24-bit/192kHz high-resolution transfer—is not merely a listening session; it is an archeological excavation of a singular night in Oslo, Norway. Legendary ECM founder Manfred Eicher produced the session,