After the Fall (Keith Jarrett album)

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After the fall
Live album by Keith Jarrett , Gary Peacock & Jack DeJohnette

Publication
(s)

2018

Label (s) ECM records

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

jazz

Title (number)

12

running time

1:45:39

occupation

production

Manfred Eicher

Studio (s)

New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark

chronology
A Multitude of Angels
(2018) 		After the fall La Fenice
(2018)

After the Fall is a jazz album by Keith Jarrett , Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette that recorded and on 14 November 1998, a concert of the trio at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey in the March 2, 2018 ECM Records was published . According to Thom Jurek, this performance marks Jarrett's return to the stage after a two-year illness-related break.

background

After suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome for over two years , the pianist Keith Jarrett first recorded the solo album The Melody at Night, with You in 1998 ; On November 14, 1998, his standards trio performed at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, which was published under the title After the Fall 2018. Half a year later Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette made guest appearances at the Palais des Congrès in Paris , where the album Whisper Not , released in October 2000, was recorded. Thomas Conrad wrote in JazzTimes that the output of Keith Jarrett's exceptional piano music had slowed in recent years, but ECM had preserved the quality of Jarrett's tracks by accessing previously unreleased older material.

In the liner notes , Jarrett provided the background story. Between 1996 and 1998 he was incapacitated by the chronic fatigue syndrome; in November 1998 he was planning a concert in Newark, New Jersey, near his home. He was by no means sure he could do it. Jarrett decided that "Bebop might be the best idea" for the program because it doesn't require him to go deep and play very hard. Pieces like "Scrapple from the Apple", "Bouncin 'with Bud", "Doxy" and "Autumn Leaves" sound fast as always. "But it soon becomes apparent that Jarrett is keeping himself in check and carefully managing his energy use," wrote Conrad. After the Fall could be compared to the album Ballads by John Coltrane , where Coltrane was also forced to play with restraint. Jarrett's album has "a similar feeling of subdued intensity, of distilled passion."

Track list

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark
  • Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette: After the Fall (ECM 2590)
CD 1
  1. The Masquerade Is Over ( Herb Magidson , Allie Wrubel ) 15:49
  2. Scrapple from the Apple ( Charlie Parker ) 8:46
  3. Old Folks (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison ) 9:23
  4. Autumn Leaves ( Joseph Kosma , Johnny Mercer , Jacques Prévert ) 13:17
CD 2
  1. Bouncin 'with Bud ( Bud Powell , Walter Fuller ) 10:01
  2. Doxy ( Sonny Rollins ) 8:47
  3. I'll See You Again ( Noël Coward ) 7:48
  4. Late Lament ( Paul Desmond ) 4:58
  5. One for Majid ( Pete LaRoca ) 6:47
  6. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town ( Haven Gillespie , John Frederick Coots ) 7:47
  7. Moment's Notice ( John Coltrane ) 6:41
  8. When I Fall in Love ( Edward Heyman , Victor Young ) 5:35

reception

Jack DeJohnette performing at the German Jazz Festival 2015. Photo: Oliver Abels

Thom Jurek gave the album 4½ (out of 5) stars in Allmusic and emphasized that "a special concert" was also the first that Jarrett had performed since the Italian solo appearances in 1996 (as A Multitude of Angels in 1996) Presented stage. The double album is therefore "not just a fascinating historical document, but an exemplary concert full of inspired readings of classical jazz sounds from the Great American Songbook to Bebop and John Coltrane ."

The opening title of the concert, a 15-minute interpretation by Allie Wrubel and Herb Magidson's “ The Masquerade is over ”, was “amazing. Jarrett begins a sensitive reinterpretation of the melody and harmony, but when DeJohnette walks in with his broom , he begins to postpone it until he breaks through to the hard swinging post-bop . They follow him with a shrewd, passionate rendition of Charlie Parker's "Scrapple from the Apple," with Jarrett providing a rich fireworks display for the right hand. When DeJohnette finds new rhythmic traces in the melody, Peacock opens spaces within the changes and pans them through. After an impressive balance of communication and physicality in the almost ten-minute ballad "Old Folks" with a beautiful peacock solo, they close the first movement with a lively, harmoniously lush and rhythmically varied version of " Autumn Leaves ", full of skilful exchange between the players which lasts almost 14 minutes. "

The second part of the double album begins with a "long, joyful reading" of Bud Powell's "Bouncin 'with Bud" and Sonny Rollins ' "blues-soaked" " Doxy ". Thom Jurek sees Noel Coward's ballad “I'll See You Again” as “an instrument for close communication between these players. Note the syncopation of DeJohnette and Peacock's brilliant solo as Jarrett extends the harmonies to reveal the improvisational potential in popular songs. ”This is followed by the melodic interpretation of Paul Desmond's “ Late Lament ”before the trio with Pete LaRoca's “ One for Majid “switch back to bluesy bop. Never before would jazz musicians have played the classic " Santa Claus Is Coming to Town " with so much drama and articulation; Jarrett almost hammered the changes while decorating them with tight arpeggios in the middle register. Coltrane's “Moment's Notice” is then interpreted with bop intensity and knotty swing. After the Fall , the author sums up, “was one of the great recordings by this trio. It sounds just as exciting today as it did two decades ago. "

The British Guardian voted After the Fall Album of the Month; its author, John Fordham, said, "The content and backstory of this powerful publication catapult you right to the top of Jarrett's extensive catalog."

Gary Peacock 2003

Karl Ackermann wrote in All About Jazz , “If it appeared that the selection of familiar tracks from the Great American Songbook was a convenient re-entry for Jarrett, the fiery improvisations in that session suggest that the trio would make a compelling [. ..] trip was ready. Not many trios could turn 'Santa Claus Is Coming To Town' into a bebop kettle that gives early vacation fun. ”The late ECM releases of Jarrett's 1996 solo collection A Multitude of Angels (2016) and After the Fall with DeJohnette and Peacock “are a tribute to the extraordinary resilience of the pianist. His pre-sabbatical and return are both marked by an unyielding determination to perform with his impeccable and unique approach to improvisation. As for the Standards Trio, After the Fall remind you why - and how - the now defunct group redefined the piano trio. An excellent and highly recommended album. "

Thomas Conrad wrote in JazzTimes , perhaps because Jarrett feared his creativity was in danger, he protected it and chose his moments. Ballads like "Old Folks" and "I'LL See You Again" make less demands on his energy, but benefit from the fact that Jarrett also (or especially when) keeps his powers, can cast a deep spell with a ballad. Paul Desmond's “Late Lament” unfolds from a repeated mesmerizing chord and becomes an ecstatic, muted ceremony. One song from Jarrett's repertoire is “When I Fall in Love”; the pianist often plays it as an encore. “The version here is shorter, softer and quieter than most of the others. Jarrett pulls the melody and feel together because they are inseparable from keys he barely touches. That night the encore is a fragile, brave testament. "

The Times awarded the album four (out of five) stars and judged: "It's a kind of reservation, just like the random recording by the mixing console of the venue." (It's a caveat of sorts, as is its casual capture through the venue's mixing console.)

Ulrich Steinmetzger wrote in Jazz thing : “The recording, which has now been released on two CDs, is the fascinating statement of a return. For the first time since the 1996 solo "A Multitude of Angels" in Italy, Jarrett was back on stage. And how! A dozen standards are celebrated by the unbeatable trio, which is called that not only because of the selection of pieces, but also because it sets a standard for playing trios. Like the quasi-family trio in quarter-hour exegeses from "The Masquerade Is Over" and "Autumn Leaves" to Rollins' "Doxy", from Coltrane's "Moment's Notice" to "Santa Claus Is Coming" Jarrett from his personal "Ground Zero" brought back is simply sensational. Bebop had wished for a new start, and in the recordings that were fortunately made, the self-critical Jarrett also heard “a really big concert and not just a historical document”. It is simply delightful that it has now been published. "

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b album information at ECM
  2. ↑ a b c d Review of Thom Jurek's album at Allmusic (English). Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  3. ^ A b c Thomas Conrad: Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock / Jack DeJohnette: After the Fall. JazzTimes, February 10, 2018, accessed March 1, 2019 .
  4. ^ John Fordham: Jazz album of the month - Keith Jarrett Standards Trio: After the Fall. The Guardian, March 16, 2018, accessed March 1, 2019 .
  5. ^ Karl Ackermann: Keith Jarrett: After the Fall. All About Jazz, March 13, 2018, accessed March 1, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock / Jack DeJohnette: After the Fall. The Times, March 13, 2018, accessed March 1, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock / Jack DeJohnette: After the Fall. Jazz thing, March 13, 2018, accessed March 1, 2019 .