Keith Jarrett (piano)
(Review by Russell)
Following his 2014 worldwide concert performances
pianist Keith Jarrett selected the most
revelatory episodes from six concerts and sequenced them, effectively creating a new concert. In other words this
new release on ECM is a collection of the best bits of Jarrett’s gigs during
last year. Its issue marks the pianist’s seventieth birthday (8 May).
Nine pieces across six performances on three
continents, Creation, with a total
running time of 72 minutes and 30 seconds, is typical of Jarrett the solo
artist. Parts one to nine (Roman numerals I-IX for gravitas) were, no doubt,
created on the best pianos on Earth (nothing but the best for Mr Jarrett). Part
I sets the tone; referential silence broken only by Jarrett’s vocal harmonising
with his keyboard inventions. Parts II and III observe an unremitting funereal
pace with suggestions of Bach, then, perhaps, a familiar ballad, no sooner lost
in the ether. Other parts offer more of the same.
Location – Paris, Rome, Tokyo, Toronto – of
significance to the artist (one assumes), to the listener, of no importance. Creation documents Keith Jarrett’s
concert performances during 2014. This ECM release is one for the piano
student. Keith Jarrett’s Creation
is on ECM 472 2298.
Russell.
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