My Foolish Heart (Album)

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My Foolish Heart
Live album by Keith Jarrett , Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette

Publication
(s)

October 16, 2007

admission

July 22, 2001

Label (s) ECM records

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

jazz

Title (number)

13

running time

108: 31

occupation Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette

production

Manfred Eicher

Location (s)

Montreux Jazz Festival, Stravinski Auditorium, Montreux

chronology
The Carnegie Hall Concert
(2006) 		My Foolish Heart Yesterdays
(2009)
Keith Jarrett (2003)

My Foolish Heart is a live album by the US jazz trio Keith Jarrett , Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette (Standards Trio), which was recorded on July 22, 2001 at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland and released in 2007 on ECM Records .

The album

The album has a total of 13 tracks, spread over 2 CDs, with a total playing length of 108 minutes and 31 seconds.

For the three musicians who first released a joint album in 1977 with Tales of Another (ECM, 1977) , in 1983 they presented their first album as a Standards Trio with Standards, Vol. 1 (ECM, 1983) and, according to Wolfgang Sandner, “one of the most enduring musical partnerships in the history of jazz ”, 2001 was a very productive and intensive year of their 24-year collaboration. In April 2001 they had already given several concerts in Tokyo , which are recorded on the albums Always Let Me Go (ECM, 2001) and Yesterdays (ECM, 2009). And three months later, on July 22, 2001, the performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland , which is documented on the album My Foolish Heart .

According to the description of the album content on ECM Records, the performance in Montreux was “an extraordinarily multi-faceted performance even by the standards of this group, which strolls through the history of jazz. The three exceptional musicians play well-known jazz standards such as What's New? , The Song Is You, Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry, On Green Dolphin Street , Only The Lonely and the theme song My Foolish Heart . The program also included the classics Four by Miles Davis , Straight No Chaser by Thelonious Monk , Oleo by Sonny Rollins and Five Brothers by Gerry Mulligan . As always with this formation, the abundance of new perspectives that the three gain from familiar and timeless themes is surprising. The concert reached a climax with three pieces in stride and ragtime style, the verve of which seems to evoke the spirit of Fats Waller . Two of the three numbers of this brilliant interlude come from this, the two unforgettable catchy tunes Ain't Misbehavin ' and Honeysuckle Rose , while the third, You Took Advantage of Me , was composed by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1928 for the musical Present Arms . "So with this album, too, a successful mixture of standards from the Great American Songbook and" compositions by important jazz musicians who have become so-called jazz standards over time. "

Keith Jarrett justifies the fact that the album was only released six years after the performance as follows in the booklet accompanying the album: “I withheld this concert recording until I thought the moment was right. It shows the trio from its most humorous, melodic and dynamic side. ... When jazz is about swing, energy and the sheer ecstasy of musicians and listeners, then I can think of no other concert by the trio that would have expressed these qualities so completely and comprehensively. "

Just six days after their appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival, the trio then gave their next concert on July 28, 2001 at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich . Again it was a very good concert, released on the album The Out-of-Towners (ECM, 2004). And also in 2002 followed with Up for It (ECM, 2002) another live concert of the Standards Trio documented on album , a recording from the 42nd Juan-les-Pins Jazz Festival, Antibes on July 16, 2002. After that it should be seven No new album by the trio for years.

The contributors

Jack DeJohnette (2015)
Gary Peacock (2003)

The musicians and their instruments

  • Keith Jarrett - piano
  • Gary Peacock - double bass
  • Jack DeJohnette - drums

The production staff

  • Sascha Kleis - cover design
  • Martin Pearson - recording technology
  • Rose Anne Jarrett - Photography
  • Junichi Hirayama - photography
  • Manfred Eicher - producer

The playlist

  • Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette: My Foolish Heart (ECM 2021/22 (173 7326))
CD 1
  1. Four ( Miles Davis ) - 9:09
  2. My Foolish Heart ( Ned Washington , Victor Young ) - 12:25
  3. Oleo ( Sonny Rollins ) - 6:37
  4. What's new? ( Johnny Burke , Bob Haggart ) - 7:54
  5. The Song Is You ( Oscar Hammerstein II , Jerome David Kern ) - 7:43
  6. Ain't Misbehavin ' ( Fats Waller , Harry Brooks , Andy Razaf ) - 6:41
CD 2
  1. Honeysuckle Rose ( Andy Razaf , Fats Waller ) - 6:45
  2. You Took Advantage of Me ( Lorenz Hart , Richard Rodgers ) - 8:54
  3. Straight, No Chaser ( Thelonious Monk ) - 10:05
  4. Five Brothers ( Gerry Mulligan ) - 6:36
  5. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry ( Sammy Cahn , Jule Styne ) - 11:09
  6. Green Dolphin Street ( Bronisław Kaper , Ned Washington ) - 8:18 am
  7. Only the Lonely (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen ) - 6:15

The reception

The reception of the album in the German-speaking media is extremely positive:

Thomas Lindemann writes in Die Zeit : "The CD 'My Foolish Heart' has just been released, which distorts some great jazz numbers into hectic ragtime and on which the solos have radicalized themselves to the point, a great recording."

For Ulrich Steinmetzger in Rheinischer Merkur : “These recordings are ... a precious and a must. Standards again, this time from musicals or from Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk. Together they define their own standard. The view goes far back from the bebop to Rag and Stride. There has never been so much humor in the triumvirate. Almost two hours of history acquisition. "

Berthold Klostermann states in the magazine Stereo : “The… double CD shows the trio in top form. Jarrett savored the melodies of well-known songs and the three of them take off in a dreamlike interaction, literally flying through the program, with Jarrett playing the pilot. "

And Sven Thielmann says in the magazine Steroplay : “It was to be expected that this… double CD sounds as brilliant as a Swiss clockwork. Also the standard round from the ballad-like ' The Song Is You' to Monk's ' Straight, No Chaser ' in exuberant joy of playing. But not three ragtimes with which Jarrett conjured up early jazz for the first time. Fats Waller promptly haunts the Stravinsky Hall so vividly that it makes your heart warm. Class!"

And the jazz echo comments: "Even by the standards of this trio, it was an extraordinarily encyclopedic performance in which the listeners were led through the history of jazz in a rousing manner."

The international media also rule positively:

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek gave the album 4½ out of 5 stars and stated: “This album is breathtaking from start to finish. And there are moments in it when you just stare at the album with your mouth open and wonder whether you've really heard what you're hearing. It happened and it happens over and over again. This album set is a magical, wondrous moment in the life of a trio, a moment full of inspiration and mastery. "

In his review for The Guardian, John Fordham recognizes an "appearance that underscores how much imagination this longstanding trio still has at hand."

Stuart Nicholson praised the album in the highest tones at Jazzwise : “Jarrett's trio, if not already done, has now achieved institutional status. It is making music at the highest level and since their first sessions in 1983 the trio has been the benchmark for top performance in jazz, not only in the art of the piano trio, but also in the art of improvising. "

Karl Stark knows in The Philadelphia Inquirer: "There are nights when everything just works out for the artist."

All About Jazz does not even try to classify the album, but writes: "Place the album wherever you want in Jarrett's discography, My Foolish Heart is real jazz artistry."

And Jazzreview says: “To put it simply, the trio is at the top of its ability. They have not reinvented the piano trio format, they are simply making it better. "

The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 4 out of 4 stars.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d See details about the album at ecmrecords.com. Retrieved February 15, 2017 .
  2. ^ A b Wolfgang Sandner: Keith Jarrett. A biography . Rowohlt, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-644-11731-0 .
  3. ↑ Keith Jarrett in the liner notes for the album "My Foolish Heart"
  4. ↑ See the article by Thomas Lindemann at welt.de. Retrieved February 15, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Bertold Klostermann for the magazine Stereo, quoted from jpc.de. Retrieved February 15, 2017 .
  6. ↑ See description of the album at Jazzecho.de. Retrieved February 15, 2017 .
  7. ↑ See review of the album on allmusic.com. Retrieved February 15, 2017 : "The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars and states" this document is a mindblower from start to finish, and there are moments when all you can do in response is look at the box slack- jawed and wonder if what you just heard really happened. It did and it does, over and over again. This set is a magical, wondrous moment in the life of a trio when it all comes pouring out as inspiration and mastery. ""
  8. ↑ See review of the album at theguardian.com. Accessed February 15, 2017 : "a show that emphasizes how much invention continues to be at this long-standing trio's fingertips"
  9. ↑ Stuart Nicholson for Jazzwise, quoted from ecmrecords.com. Retrieved February 15, 2017 : “Jarrett's trio, if it has not already achieved it, is now reaching institutional status. It is music making at the highest level, and since their first sessions in 1983, the trio have remained a benchmark of excellence in jazz, not only in the art of the piano trio but also the art of improvisation. "
  10. ↑ Karl Stark for The Philadelphia Inquirer, quoted from ecmrecords.com. Retrieved on February 15, 2017 : "There are nights when the performers simply click"
  11. ↑ See review of the album at allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved February 15, 2017 : "Place it where you will in Jarrett's discography, My Foolish Heart is true jazz artistry"
  12. ↑ See review of the album at Jazzreview.com. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved on February 15, 2017 : “In simple terms, the trio is at the top of its game. They don't reinvent the piano trio format, but simply make it better. "
  13. ↑ Richard Cook; Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 9th edition. Penguin, ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0 , pp. 771 .