| Rio | ||||
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| Released | November 2011 [1] | |||
| Recorded | April 9, 2011 | |||
| Venue | Teatro Municipal Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 90:25 | |||
| Label | ECM ECM 2198/99 | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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Rio is a live double-album of solo piano improvisations by Keith Jarrett, recorded at the Teatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro on April 9, 2011 and released on ECM in November that same year. [1]
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 90/100 [2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| The Australian | [4] |
| The Daily Telegraph |  [5] |
| The Guardian | [6] |
| The Independent | [7] |
| Jazzwise | [8] |
| Popmatters |   [9] |
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars, stating, "After one listen, it becomes obvious Rio is indeed very special. It puts on aural display Jarrett as a virtually boundless musician, whose on-the-spot, wide-ranging ideas are executed with astonishing immediacy and dexterity; this music is passionate, poetic (often songlike), and stands outside the confines of genre... since nothing approaching what is here actually exists in Jarrett's recorded catalog. Rio is therefore the new standard by which the pianist's future solo recordings will be judged, and perhaps also sets the bar for any other player who attempts the same." [3]
The Guardian's John Fordham said, "Rio represents Jarrett at his most exuberant." [6]
Writing for PopMatters, Will Layman noted, "Rio is the most brilliant Jarrett solo recording in recent memory. Rather than improvising in a longer, more rambling form, Jarrett works here in shorter statements, each focused and concise. In 15 very different miniatures, Rio demonstrates the pianist's astonishing facility for generating not only grooves or settings but also developing webs of melody and counter-melody. From free playing to blues to gospel to aching ballads, Jarrett covers a vast landscape of piano." [9]
The Independent's Andy Gill said, "these 15 pieces sketch an entire world of music, coloured by the locale, and shifting between the smoothly lyrical and the propulsively rhythmic, with Jarrett's familiar, pulsing left-hand figures providing a stolid foundation anchoring the serpentine runs of his right hand." [7]
The Independent on Sunday's Phil Johnson compared it to Jarrett's most successful release, stating, "The second of the two discs is a lyrical triumph to equal the Koln Concert , intense drama and emotional catharsis captured through long-haul, improvised performance." [10]
The Daily Telegraph's Ivan Hewett was less enthusiastic, observing, "There are good things here, but nothing especially new." [5]
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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.
The Köln Concert is a live recording of solo piano improvisations performed by Keith Jarrett at the Opera House in Cologne on 24 January 1975. The double-vinyl album was released in 1975 by ECM. It became the best-selling solo album in jazz history and the best-selling piano album with sales of around 4 million. According to music critic Tom Hull, the album "cemented his reputation as the top pianist of his generation".
Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne is a recording released through ECM by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett performing solo improvisations recorded in Bremen and Lausanne in 1973; in between, Jarrett played in the US with his American quartet. Originally released as a 3-LP album, it was the first of Jarrett's live solo performances to be released on ECM, following his studio-based debut solo recording Facing You (1971), and preceding his record-breaking Köln Concert (1975).
The Carnegie Hall Concert is a solo live double-album by the American pianist Keith Jarrett recorded at the Isaac Stern Auditorium of Carnegie Hall on September 26, 2005 and released on ECM September the following year.
Radiance is a double-album by American pianist Keith Jarrett recorded in October 2002 in Japan at two different concerts—Osaka and Tokyo —and released by ECM in May 2005. In April 2006, a video recording of the live performance at Tokyo concert was released as Tokyo Solo.
Paris / London: Testament is a live solo piano album by American pianist Keith Jarrett, recorded at the Salle Pleyel in Paris November 26, 2008 and the Royal Festival Hall in London the next week on December first, and released as a three CD set on ECM in October the following year.
The Out-of-Towners is a live album by the jazz trio of Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, and Jack DeJohnette, recorded at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich on July 28, 2001 and released on ECM in August 2004.
Up for It is a live album by Keith Jarrett's "Standards Trio," featuring Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette, recorded at the Jazz à Juan festival in Juan-les-Pins, France, on July 16, 2002 and released on ECM Records May the following year, celebrating the trios 20th anniversary.
Concerts is a triple solo piano album by Keith Jarrett recorded in concert on May 28, 1981 at the Festspielhaus in Bregenz, Austria and on June 2, 1981 at the Herkulessaal in Munich, West Germany. It was originally released in September 1982 by ECM Records as a 3-LP set and also as a single LP including only the Bregenz performance. It was not until 2013 that, for the first time, ECM released a full 3-CD reissue containing both concerts.
Hymns/Spheres is a solo double album by Keith Jarrett recorded at the Benedictine Abbey in Ottobeuren, West Germany, September 1976 and released on ECM two months later in November. The album consists of improvisations on the massive Karl Joseph Riepp "Trinity" Baroque pipe organ, "the larger of the two Karl Joseph Riepp (1710–1775) organs at the Benedictine Abbey in Ottobeuren."
Book of Ways, the feeling of strings, is a one-in-a-kind double album of improvised music performed by Keith Jarrett on clavichord recorded in July 1986 and released by ECM Records in 1987.
Vignettes is a solo album by pianist Marilyn Crispell recorded in April 2007 and released on ECM later that same year.
Last Dance is a 2014 joint album by American pianist and composer Keith Jarrett and American jazz double bass player Charlie Haden, known for their long collaboration from the 1960s onward. The album was recorded in March 2007 at Jarrett's home studio in Oxford Township, New Jersey, at the same session that yielded Jasmine (2010). "Where Can I Go Without You" and "Goodbye" are alternate takes of the versions released on that album.
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.
A Multitude of Angels is a four-CD collection of solo piano performances by Keith Jarrett recorded in Italy in October 1996 and released by ECM Records twenty years later.
La Fenice is a live album of a solo piano performance by Keith Jarrett recorded at Teatro La Fenice theater in Italy in 2006, produced by Veneto Jazz / Giuseppe Mormile and released on ECM Records 12 years later, in 2018. According to ECM, its release was "timely" as the 62nd International Festival of Contemporary Music of the 'Biennale di Venezia' honoured Keith Jarrett with its Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.
Munich 2016 is a solo piano album by American pianist and composer Keith Jarrett containing music recorded live on July 16, 2016 at Philharmonic Hall, Munich during a European tour. It was released by ECM Records on two CDs in November 2019.
Budapest Concert is a solo piano album by American pianist and composer Keith Jarrett containing music recorded live on July 3, 2016 at the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest during a European tour. It was released by ECM Records on two CDs in October 2020. Jarrett viewed the concert as a sort of homecoming due to his ancestry, which reaches back to Hungary.
Bordeaux Concert is a solo piano album by Keith Jarrett containing music recorded live on July 6, 2016, at L’Auditorium de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, during a European tour. It was released by ECM Records on CD in September 2022.
Setting Standards: New York Sessions is a three-CD compilation album by the Keith Jarrett Trio, featuring Jarrett on piano, Gary Peacock on bass, and Jack DeJohnette on drums. It brings together the contents of Standards, Vol. 1 (1983), Changes (1984), and Standards, Vol. 2 (1985), all of which were recorded for ECM Records at the Power Station in New York City during January 11–12, 1983. Setting Standards was released by ECM in 2008 to mark the 25th anniversary of the trio.
