Tribute

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A major jazz pianist since the 1960s, Keith Jarrett's most accessible recordings are made with his Standards Trio, a group also featuring bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Jack DeJohnette. This two-CD set features the group on a very good night in 1990.

Keith Jarrett began playing the piano when he was three. After studying at Berklee, he moved to New York in 1965 where he worked for a few months with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. Jarrett gained fame as a member of the Charles Lloyd Quartet during 1966-69. Next up were two years (1969-71) with Miles Davis' fusion bands during which Jarrett reluctantly played electric keyboards. He switched permanently back to acoustic piano when he launched his solo career In the 1970s he led two important bands; an American group with tenor-saxophonist Dewey Redman and bassist Charlie Haden and a European unit that featured Jan Garbarek on tenor. In addition, Jarrett's series of solo improvised concerts were very popular and he also recorded classical music and in a variety of esoteric settings.

So it was a surprise when Jarrett formed his Standards Trio. Tribute has Jarrett, Peacock and DeJohnette exploring such vintage numbers as Lover Man, Miles Davis' Solar, Just In Time, All The Things You Are and Smoke Gets In Your Eyes. The repertoire was unexpected at the time and the interpretations are full of surprises along with close interplay by the musicians and many inspired moments.

Highly recommended.

-Scott Yanow

Contents

Lover Man (Lee Konitz); I Hear a Rhapsody (Jim Hall); Little Girl Blue (Nancy Wilson); Solar (Bill Evans); Sun Prayer; Just in Time (Charlie Parker); Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Coleman Hawkins); All of You (Miles Davis); Ballad of the Sad Young Men (Anita O'Day); All the Things You Are (Sonny Rollins); It's Easy to Remember (John Coltrane); U Dance.

Keith Jarrett, Piano; Gary Peacock, Bass; Jack DeJohnette, Drums.