Concerts (Keith Jarrett album)

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Concerts
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ReleasedSeptember 1982 [1]
RecordedMay 28, 1981 (Bregenz)
June 2, 1981 (Munich) [2]
VenueFestspielhaus, Bregenz (Austria)
Herkulessaal der Residenz, Munich (Germany)
Label ECM
ECM 1227–29
Producer Manfred Eicher
Keith Jarrett chronology
Ritual
(1982)
Concerts
(1982)
Standards, Vol. 1
(1983)
Keith Jarrett solo piano chronology
The Moth and the Flame
(1981)
Concerts
(1982)
Dark Intervals
(1988)

Concerts is a live solo triple album of by American jazz pianist Keith Jarrett recorded at the Festspielhaus in Bregenz, Austria on May 28, 1981, and the Herkulessaal in Munich, West Germany on June 2, 1981, and released on ECM in September of the following year. [1]

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell states, "This set is not to be confused with the earlier, more consistently inspired Solo Concerts triple album which made Jarrett a star, yet the pianist was far from tapped out in these performances. Jarrett is often in his best lyrically funky form... this is far more interesting and elevated music-making than that of the New Age navel-gazing imitators cropping up in Jarrett's wake in the early '80s." [3]

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Track listing

Bregenz, May 28, 1981

All tracks are written by Keith Jarrett

Side I
No.TitleLength
1."Part I"21:54
Side II
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1."Part II"12:04
2."Untitled"9:30
3."Heartland"6:03

München, June 2, 1981

All tracks are written by Keith Jarrett

Side III
No.TitleLength
1."Part I"23:22
Side IV
No.TitleLength
1."Part II"23:32
Side V
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1."Part III"26:29
Side VI
No.TitleLength
1."Part IV"11:38
2."Mon cœur est rouge"7:1
3."Heartland"6:11

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Personnel

Technical personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 ECM Records Keith Jarrett: Concerts: Bregenz / München accessed May 2020
  2. Keith Jarrett discography accessed May 2020
  3. 1 2 Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed April 6, 2010
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 768. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. Discogs Keith Jarrett: Concerts (ECM 1227-1229) accessed May 2020
  6. Discogs Keith Jarrett: Concerts, Bregenz (ECM 1228) accessed May 2020