Up for It
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8th |
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73:03 |
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Up for It is a jazz album by Keith Jarrett , Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette , which was recorded on July 26th and 18th, 2002 at a concert by the trio at the Jazz à Juan festival in Juan-les-Pins and on ECM in 2003 Records appeared.
background
After overcoming his chronic fatigue syndrome , which lasted more than two years , the pianist Keith Jarrett toured with his standards trio in 2001/02; During this period, recordings of concerts were made that were ultimately released as albums: Inside Out (2001), Always Let Me Go (2002), Up for It (2003), The Out-of-Towners (2004), My Foolish Heart ( 2007) and Yesterdays (2009).
Track list
- Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette: Always Let Me Go (ECM 18000/1801)
- If I Were a Bell ( Frank Loesser ) 11:45
- Butch & Butch ( Oliver Nelson ) 7:25
- My Funny Valentine ( Richard Rodgers , Lorenz Hart ) 11:11
- Scrapple from the Apple ( Charlie Parker ) 9:41
- Someday My Prince Will Come ( Frank Churchill , Larry Morey ) 9:18
- Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West ( John Lewis ) 6:45
- Autumn Leaves ( Joseph Kosma , Jacques Prévert ) / Up for It ( Keith Jarrett ) 16:58
reception
John Lanham said in his contribution to the BBC that Up for It “clearly shows that Keith Jarrett sounds as good today as he ever did. The Standards Trio once again proves to be one of the best jazz trios on the scene. Jarrett has developed the art of bebop piano playing to the point that it is in a class of its own. He really is one of the most melodic of all improvisers ”. Gary Peacock's bass playing is flawless and Jack DeJohnette's drumming is extremely sophisticated and intelligent. “As always, your relationship is telepathic and perfectly worded. Celebrating the trio's 20th anniversary, this album is a welcome reminder that longstanding creative partnerships in jazz are an important source of remarkable music. "
According to the author Charlie Parker's “Scrapple from the Apple” and the extended version of “ Autumn Leaves ”, “which completely departs from the harmony and form of the original and develops into a bluesy, riff-based improvisation, are special highlights of the album . ”Lanha noted that there was nothing really new in this session.
John Fordham wrote in the Guardian : “After two albums of extremely fresh and open improvisations, in which Keith Jarrett dispelled all emphatic objections that his incessant work of over 30 years had burned out his spontaneity, another standards album follows for the 20 year old Jubilee of the Standard Trio. ”The recording, which contains jazz classics such as“ If I were a Bell ”,“ My Funny Valentine ”,“ Scrapple from the Apple ”and“ Autumn Leaves ”, complied with the one played as the finale and by Jarrett composed title track. It “may not be quite in the league of the exciting live Jarrett recordings from the 1994 Blue Note, and it doesn't have the gripping feel of the last free sessions, but it's a good group performance nonetheless.” “Jarrett's long and progressive increasing solo on the title track after an elegantly swirling 'Autumn Leaves' is one of those breathtaking improvised accumulations the pianist is so adored for. "
For Thomas Conrad ( JazzTimes ), the recording "also signals a return to the Great American Songbook after two completely improvised recordings, Inside Out and Always Let Me Go ." However, "Jarrett's hands are completely improvised albums and albums by standards." very different. The records of standards provided the coordinates for Jarrett's [musical] flights. Nevertheless, this recording sounds different from the other standard albums; "" Jarrett doesn't push these songs that hard; Peacock and DeJohnette have fewer solos. The tempos are mostly in the middle range. Even if the Ergabis was "modest by Jarrett's standards", they still achieved "a flowing and organic unity in their spontaneous brainstorming that is extraordinary in a calm way." The most memorable performance of the concert was "My Funny Valentine"; it differs “significantly from the precise, ritual version of Still Live from 1986. The earlier performance has relentless energy, Peacock and DeJohnette whirring and fidgeting, Jarrett sprinkling fragments of the song on the song flying. The version here is more subdued, but no less demanding, and when it finds a way back to the melody at the end, it insists for a moment and then makes it go away ”. Up for It lacks the passionate creativity (and sound quality) of the best albums in this trio's ECM portfolio. "However, it is an honest, small, unique episode in one of the most outstanding bodies of recorded work in jazz history," John Fordham sums up. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ Album information at Discogs
- ↑ a b c John Lanmham: Keith Jarrett: Up for It. Jazz Echo, May 1, 2003, accessed March 1, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Keith Jarrett: Up for It. The Guardian, December 1, 2003, accessed March 1, 2019 .
- ↑ Thomas Conrad: Keith Jarrett: Up for It. JazzTimes, July 1, 2003, accessed on March 1, 2019 (English).