| Dark Intervals | ||||
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| Released | October 1988 [1] | |||
| Recorded | April 11, 1987 [2] | |||
| Venue | Suntory Hall Tokyo, Japan | |||
| Length | 58:16 | |||
| Label | ECM ECM 1379 | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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Dark Intervals is a live solo album by American jazz pianist Keith Jarrett recorded at the Suntory Hall in Tokyo on April 11, 1987 and released on ECM the following year. [1]
Dark Intervals was recorded during the Japan leg of Jarrett's 1987 solo tour playing nine concerts in the U.S., Japan and Brazil. [3]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
Down Beat author Josef Woodard, on his introductory notes to a 1989 Jarrett interview, states that:
Dark Intervals, particularly, is a testament to Jarrett’s recent objective of broadening his scope while paring down to the essence of music—and being. So, while he plots courses in parallel universes—planning to record Bach’s Goldberg Variations on harpsichord and new works by Lou Harrison and Alan Hohvaness in the classical world, and reviving jazz standards in his trio—Jarrett is also searching for new meaning in a basic E minor chord. He’s thinking about the river’s source as well as its effects. [6]
The Stereophile review by Richard Lehnert gave the album the "Recording of March 1989" award, stating:
This album of often profound beauty, had it been released by anyone else, would call for much more acclaim; as it is, it's just another Jarrett solo masterpiece in the tradition of Staircase and The Moth and the Flame. The CD's DDD sound is some of the most natural solo piano sound I've heard (assuming you listen with your ears nearly touching the soundboard), entirely without harshness or glare. But, good as the CD is, the LP is better in the usual ways—deeper, rounder, more full, with greater three-dimensionality." [7]
The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 3 stars and states that, "it sounds like a formal recital of individual compositions [...] Keith is often in an introspective, even dark mood [...] The Jarrett devotee will want this; others should use caution". [4] A review in The New York Times called Jarrett's playing on this album "more spare and austere than on his 1975 solo masterpiece The Köln Concert ." [8]
The original liner notes state:
Touch is only possible at the edge of spaces. Light is only precious during dark intervals.
Keith Jarrett is an American pianist and composer. Jarrett started his career with Art Blakey and later moved on to play with Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis. Since the early 1970s, he has also been a group leader and solo performer in jazz, jazz fusion, and classical music. His improvisations draw from the traditions of jazz and other genres, including Western classical music, gospel, blues, and ethnic folk music.
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Concerts is a live solo triple album of by American 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 September the following year.
Invocations/The Moth and the Flame is a double album of improvised solo performances by Keith Jarrett recorded in October 1980 and November 1979 respectively and released on ECM in May 1981.
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Sleeper is a double album by Keith Jarrett's "European Quartet" recorded on April 16, 1979 in Tokyo, and released on ECM 33 years later in 2012.
Creation is a solo piano album by American pianist and composer Keith Jarrett containing music selected and sequenced from improvised solo concerts that took place in Japan, Canada, and Europe in April–July 2014." It was released by ECM Records in May 2015.
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