Keith Jarrett: American Quartet Part II
FREEDOM ! Or something close to it. Here are a couple of examples of the American Quartet heading towards their most liberal interpretations of melody and rhythm.
Piece for Ornette is an overt appropriation of Ornette Coleman's compositional style from the early 1960s. It is surely no coincidence that this band contains former Coleman sidemen Dewey Redman and Charlie Haden. We hear Keith Jarrett on soprano saxophone, with nary a piano within earshot.
Beaming in from somewhere else entirely is Redman's composition Pyramids Moving. It was recorded on the final day that the quartet worked together - October 16th, 1976, and released on the Impulse! album Bop-Be. Mr Redman plays chinese musette (illustrated below) instead of saxophone.
Keith Jarrett - Piece for Ornette (Long Version)
From El Juicio (The Judgement): Collectables COL-CD 6254 [Buy]
Keith Jarrett - Pyramids Moving
From Mysteries: The Impulse Years 1975-76: Impulse IMPD-4-189 [Buy]
Piece for Ornette is an overt appropriation of Ornette Coleman's compositional style from the early 1960s. It is surely no coincidence that this band contains former Coleman sidemen Dewey Redman and Charlie Haden. We hear Keith Jarrett on soprano saxophone, with nary a piano within earshot.
Beaming in from somewhere else entirely is Redman's composition Pyramids Moving. It was recorded on the final day that the quartet worked together - October 16th, 1976, and released on the Impulse! album Bop-Be. Mr Redman plays chinese musette (illustrated below) instead of saxophone.
Keith Jarrett - Piece for Ornette (Long Version)
From El Juicio (The Judgement): Collectables COL-CD 6254 [Buy]
Keith Jarrett - Pyramids Moving
From Mysteries: The Impulse Years 1975-76: Impulse IMPD-4-189 [Buy]
Dewey Redman. Image Copyright Tony Rodgers
posted by etnobofin @ 18:13
2 Comments:
At 8:04 PM,
etnobofin said…
A visit from Dom of the famous PODvains! Thanks for your comment. Haha, a club for all the jazz blogs around the world - good idea :-)
As for Keith Jarrett - there is too much choice! I would recommend "The Survivors Suite", because it's so mysterious and beautiful.
If you like your jazz more "conventional" then any of Keith Jarrett's trio albums with Jack deJohnette and Gary Peacock.
And of course there are his solo piano albums - for an introduction to KJ, "The Koln Concert" is excellent.
All the these albums are available on the ECM label.
At 4:23 AM,
Anonymous said…
I wish Keith would do a reunion tour with Dewey, Paul & Charlie. They're all alive and healthy!
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