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Keith Jarrett Discussion and Poll

Poll Results: Favorite Keith Jarrett recordings:

Poll expired: Jun 7, 2011  
  • 0% (0)
    I like Keith Jarrett best as a sideman with Charles Lloyd, Miles Davis, Kenny Wheeler and Art Blakey etc.
  • 50% (9)
    The freely improvised solo concerts are the best (Solo Concerts, Koln, Paris, Vienna, Sun Bear, La Scala, Carnegie, Radiance etc.)
  • 5% (1)
    The studio recorded piano solos are the best (Facing You, Staircase, The Melody At Night With You, etc)
  • 0% (0)
    The early trio work on Atlantic with Charlie Haden and Paul Motian is the best (Life Between The Exit Signs, The Mourning Of A Star, Somewhere Before, etc.)
  • 0% (0)
    Though it was brief, I enjoy his double album tenure with Columbia Records the best (Expectations)
  • 5% (1)
    The American Quartet has to be the best....same as the trio above but add Dewey Redman on sax (All the impulse! recordings as well as the Survivor's Suite, etc.)
  • 5% (1)
    The European Quartet is the best example of Jarrett's work.....Features Jan Garbarek, Jon Christensen, Palle Danielsson (Belonging, My Song, Nude Ants, Personal Mountains)
  • 33% (6)
    The Standards Trio is the best (Features Jack DeJohnette & Gary Peacock) (Whisper Not, My Foolish Heart, Standards Vol 1 & 2, etc.)
  • 0% (0)
    I love his eclectic work the best (Spirits, Book Of Ways, Spheres, etc.)
  • 0% (0)
    I like Jarrett's Duets the most (with Gary Burton; with Charlie Haden on Jasmine; with Jack DeJohnette on Ruta and Daitya, etc.)
  • 0% (0)
    I love Jarrett as a classical composer the most (Celestial Hawk, Bridge Of Light, In The Light, Arbour Zena, etc.)
  • 0% (0)
    I know Jarrett is a jazz musician largely, but I like his work as a classical interpreter the best (Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues, Bach Well Tempered Clavier, Mozart Piano Concertos, etc.)
  • 0% (0)
    I like Jarrett's one attempt at being a folk-rock star the best.......Restoration Ruin :-)
18 Total Votes  
post #1 of 15
Thread Starter 

Keith Jarrett is my favorite living musician.  I was wondering which was your favorite works by him..........just to get the conversation rolling......

 

I've broken it down into categories....

 

Happy voting! :-)

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post #2 of 15

This was a hard call.  I love his Shostokovich, but the European Quartet wins for most often listened to, followed closely by the studio piano solos.

post #3 of 15

This might be the most detailed list of poll options I've ever seen... beerchug.gif

 

Anyway, I picked the studio solo albums. Facing You is my favorite Jarrett work, followed by the Standards series.

post #4 of 15

I voted for Jarrett's work with the Standards Trio but I also enjoy his quartet work (both American & European). In addition his stint as a sideman with Miles Davis is very interesting since he often played electric piano with Miles and these days Jarrett can't stand and won't have anything to do with the electric piano, which is too bad because he played the e. piano quite well.

post #5 of 15

I love them all but I had to vote for the live solo improvisations.  I'm like Patrick Moraz, wqho famously said that he was an "unconditional fan" of Keith Jarrett.

 

I have not yet heard "Testament".  How do folks here like it? 

post #6 of 15

Standards & Koln concert - though I probably have 80% of his works on CD & love 'em all.

post #7 of 15

Koln Concert (for now), haven't heard all the works described frown.gif.

Yet.

post #8 of 15

Tough choice -- I picked the Standards Trio, but there are so many recordings and some are so much better than others.  I probably listen most often to the cd "The Cure" though.  But some of the solo things, some of the American Quartet things, I love about equally with the best of the Standards Trio.  Classical I'm not sure -- there are so many great, like truly great, classical players.

post #9 of 15

Whats up with all the humming when playing solo piano? :S sometimes freaks me off

post #10 of 15
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Originally Posted by JamesMcProgger View Post

Whats up with all the humming when playing solo piano? :S sometimes freaks me off



That's not humming - it's Jarrett's version of the sounds of goats making love!

post #11 of 15
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Originally Posted by ralphp@optonline View Post



Quote:
Originally Posted by JamesMcProgger View Post

Whats up with all the humming when playing solo piano? :S sometimes freaks me off



That's not humming - it's Jarrett's version of the sounds of goats making love!


Now its gonna freak the sh*t out of me even more


Edited by JamesMcProgger - 11/28/10 at 12:23pm
post #12 of 15

i didn't think Keith could ever equal the Koln performance, but Testament did just that...  amazing!!

post #13 of 15
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Originally Posted by TheWuss View Post

i didn't think Keith could ever equal the Koln performance, but Testament did just that...  amazing!!



Agreed. Testament is a must-have for a Jarrett fan. I downloaded it in 24/96 from HDtracks.com -- truly stunning!

post #14 of 15

Any thoughts on the mic-ing used on Jarrett's Koln recording? For what its worth its very close mic-ing, possibly internal, maybe with pickups?

post #15 of 15
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Originally Posted by JamesMcProgger View Post



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Originally Posted by ralphp@optonline View Post



Quote:
Originally Posted by JamesMcProgger View Post

Whats up with all the humming when playing solo piano? :S sometimes freaks me off



That's not humming - it's Jarrett's version of the sounds of goats making love!


Now its gonna freak the sh*t out of me even more

As well it should!!!
 

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