Concerts (Keith Jarrett album)

Concerts
Live album by Keith Jarrett
Released 1981
Recorded May 28 & June 2, 1981
Genre Jazz
Label ECM
Producer Manfred Eicher
Keith Jarrett chronology
G.I. Gurdjieff: Sacred Hymns
(1980)		 Concerts
(1981)		 Standards, Vol. 1
(1982)

Concerts is a live solo album by American pianist 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 and originally released as a 3-LP set on the ECM label.[1] It was also released as a single LP including only the Bregenz performance.[2]

Initially the CD pressings included only the Bregenz performance; it was not until 2013 that ECM put out a full three-disc reissue containing both concerts on CD for the first time.

The opening of the Bregenz performance was included in the soundtrack of the film Mostly Martha.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 3 stars and 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]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Keith Jarrett
  1. "Festspielhaus Part I" - 21:54
  2. "Festspielhaus Part II" - 12:04
  3. "Untitled" - 9:30
  4. "Heartland" - 6:03
  5. "Herkulesaal Part I" - 23:22
  6. "Herkulesaal Part II - 23:32
  7. "Herkulesaal Part III" - 26:29
  8. "Herkulesaal Part IV" - 11:38
  9. "Mon Coeur Est Rouge" - 7:11
  10. "Heartland" - 6:11
  • Recorded in concert in Bregenz, Austria on May 28, 1981 (tracks 1-4) and Munich, West Germany on June 2, 1981 (tracks 5-10).

Personnel

  • Keith Jarrett – piano
  • Manfred Eicher – production

References

  1. ↑ Keith Jarrett discography accessed April 6, 2010
  2. ↑ Discogs accessed April 17, 2016
  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.
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