Setting Standards: New York Sessions

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Setting Standards: New York SessionsOpis:Product Description 'Setting Standards' brings together three classic albums 'Standards Vol. 1', 'Standards Vol. 2' and 'Changes.' Recordings made at the beginning of Keith Jarrett's "Standards" project with Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette in a sustained burst of creativity in New York in 1983. ECM is re-releasing them in a specially-priced 3-CD box set - which is itself setting standards as the first in a new ECM reissue series - to celebrate the trio's 25th anniversary this month. In January 1983 Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette came together with producer Manfred Eicher for a recording session at New York's Power Station. The idea - revolutionary in an era when the idea of playing original material was all-important - was to simply make an album of jazz standards. Gary Peacock: "We went in to do just one album but we came out with enough material for three. It was incredible. The only other pianist who had impacted on me that forcefully playing standards was Bill Evans when I worked with him. Then when we started playing standards on this date.... Whew! Talk about depth! It opens up a whole other level of experience." In his book Keith Jarrett, The Man and his Music, Ian Carr writes "The whole session seems pervaded with unbridled joy, and each piece seems to get its quintessential performance. Jarrett overflows with new musical thoughts, Peacock plays the roots and also creates dynamic counter-lines, while DeJohnette seems to create a new rhythmic and textural vocabulary for playing standards." Having wrapped up two volumes of standards, the trio then moved into improvisational areas. The result: the album Changes. Three top flight albums recorded in one day! Not only that, the musicians had mapped out the area - from the Great American Songbook to free play - that they would continue to explore for the next quarter-century, making them perhaps today's most widely-admired jazz group. These recordings, then, set standards at many levels. And the first volumes of "Standards" won album of the year awards around the globe. Personnel: Keith Jarrett - (piano), Gary Peacock - (double bass), Jack DeJohnette - (drums) Review (4 stars) Standards Vol 1 features the epic God Bless The Child...

Changes is a soaring three-part improvisation. -- The Times, (John Bungey), February 23, 2008(4 stars) Three albums of intense, lyrical, faintly histrionic trio jazz...some of the most influential records of their day. -- MOJO, (Chris Ingham), April 2008A handsome boxed set. All the delights of Jarrett's playing are to be found here...an outstanding collection. -- Piano, (Alyn Shipton), May/June 2008Splendid reissue...brilliant stuff, music of sublime invention and tremendous lyricism...tackling standards with a freshness and focus that is utterly compelling. -- Yorkshire Post, (Andrew Vine), February 8, 2008The very act of repackaging these recordings has afforded a new perspective on the music...there's much to love here. -- Jazz Review, (Roger Thomas), April/May 2008Autor:Jarrett, KeithNośnik:Audio CDPłyt:Język: Data wydania: 2008Waga: 0.31 gramWysokość: 0.6 cmSzerokość: 5.1 cmDługość: 5.2 cmShrink-wrappedUWAGA: Kupując produkt na tej aukcji zgadzasz się na wydłużony termin realizacji wysyłki (10-14 dni roboczych). Podany towar pochodzi z zagranicznego magazynu, stąd wydłużony czas realizacji który podany jest obok.