Whisper Not (Keith Jarrett album)
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CD |
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14th |
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113: 10 |
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Palais des Congrès , Paris |
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Whisper Not is a jazz album by Keith Jarrett , Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette , which was recorded on July 5, 1999 at a concert by the trio at the Palais des Congrès in Paris and released on October 10, 2000 on ECM Records .
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 Congres in Paris.
Track list
- Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette: Whisper Not (ECM 1467)
- CD 1
- Bouncing with Bud ( Bud Powell ) - 7:33
- Whisper Not ( Benny Golson ) - 8:06
- Groovin 'High ( Dizzy Gillespie ) - 8:31
- Chelsea Bridge ( Billy Strayhorn ) - 9:47
- Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away) ( Harry Barris , Ted Koehler , Billy Moll ) - 5:48
- 'Round Midnight ( Thelonious Monk ) - 6:45
- Sandu ( Clifford Brown ) - 7:26
- CD 2
- What Is This Thing Called Love? ( Cole Porter ) - 12:24
- Conception ( George Shearing ) - 8:08
- Prelude to a Kiss ( Duke Ellington , Irving Gordon , Irving Mills ) - 8:16
- Hallucinations (Powell) - 6:36
- All My Tomorrows ( Sammy Cahn , Jimmy Van Heusen ) - 6:23
- Poinciana ( Nat Simon , Buddy Bernier ) - 9:11
- When I Fall in Love ( Edward Heyman , Victor Young ) - 8:06
reception
In The Penguin Guide to Jazz , the critics Richard Cook and Brian Morton praised the trio taking a new turn (after Jarrett's recovery); In “Bouncing with Bud”, the title track, and in “Groovin 'High” the pianist's interest in bebop can be seen. While Jarrett shows a slight, only sublime loss of articulation, Peacock and DeJohnette are in masterly form. The authors list “What Is This Thing Called Love?” And “Poinciana” as the absolute highlights of the recording.
Richard S. Ginell gave the album 4½ (out of 5) stars in Allmusic and emphasized that "this extremely satisfactory concert" was a "personal milestone" for Keith Jarrett after his recovery from exhaustion syndrome. "Indeed [...] was he came all the way back - his technical skills were intact (a handful of smudged notes aside) and his ingenuity was bubbling. "Not much had changed since the days before the illness, Ginell says, although the focus is now on classic bebop . At Bud Powell was with an excellent "Bouncing With Bud" and a terrific version of "Hallucinations" reminded what a great effect show. Jarrett's interpretation of Dizzy Gillespie's “Groovin 'High” is also astonishing, while “Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams” appears appealingly cheerful and carefree. Ballads like 'Round Midnight' and 'Prelude to a Kiss', on the other hand, drew on the melodic simplicity that Jarrett had cultivated during his downtime. Although the Standards trio was one of the most documented groups of its time, only the last encore “When I Fall in Love” had been recorded by this group before. "Even those who believe they have sufficient material from this group," the author sums up, "will be rightly tempted to invest in this document of Jarrett's resurrection."
Andrew Novan, in All About Jazz , says , “You would never guess that rumors of Jarrett's resignation due to his struggle with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome were circulating around the same time as these pages were recorded. This is Jarrett on a mission and [...] wants to prove that he has lost none of his authority and creative integrity. ”There is a constant up-tempo mood on both discs; the bebop classics are part of an excellent program. The longest performance of the set, “What Is This Thing Called Love”, underscores “the brilliant chemistry and interaction that have made this trio a prototype of originality. When the melody is over, Jarrett's left hand shoots a deep register vamp under DeJohnette's lavish fills. ”But the ballads are also a Jarrett specialty, and one gets there with versions of“ Chelsea Bridge ”,“ Round Midnight ”,“ Prelude to a Kiss ”and“ When I love in love ”. Particularly noteworthy is an update of the Ahmad Jamal classic “Poinciana”, complete with DeJohnette's authentic rumba beat. Whisper Not "is first class and brilliant enough to be considered one of the best new music [releases] of the year," concludes the author.
Also in All About Jazz, David Adler said, "Keith Jarrett's standard trio rarely sounded more focused and brilliant." On the one hand, this is because the focus is on brevity, there are none of the aimless 20-minute codas that are found on some earlier ones Listen to albums. Only “What Is This Thing Called Love”, which the second CD opens, exceeds the 10-minute mark. “Otherwise, the melodies are played in the same way that Jarrett used on his previous excursion, The Melody at Night, with You .” In contrast to this extremely reserved solo recital, these two CDs offer “a fascinating virtuosity . Jarrett draws on bebop currents of consciousness via 'Bouncing with Bud', 'Hallucinations',' Conception 'and a very fast' Groovin 'High'. He finally introduces 'Whisper Not', the ultimate hard-bop theme for mid-tempo, with the elegance of a classic impromptu . ”With the ballads, Jarrett is“ simply stunning. While 'Chelsea Bridge', 'Round Midnight', 'Prelude to a Kiss' and 'When I Fall In Love' are wonderful, the highlight is the lesser known 'All My Tomorrows'. Gary Peacock takes the first solo and Jarrett flies - briefly, with sublime reserve - before bringing the melody to a wonderfully muted conclusion. "Jarrett triumphed after his battle with his illness, summarizes Adler; Jarrett once said that the disease should better be described as "forever dead". "But now Jarrett sounds alive again forever."
For Doug Ramsey ( JazzTimes ), the energy that Jarrett puts into the two Bud Powell pieces' Bouncin 'with Bud' and 'Hallucinations' shows that he has won his long battle with his illness. “From the beginning to the end of this two-hour concert by his Standard Trio in Paris, Jarrett shows strength and concentration. Energy doesn't mean density. His play features an attractive new level of line and touch, which takes the trio to an even higher level of their celebrated interaction. There's a fascinating example of empathy in their first encore, in 'Poinciana', where pianist, bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Jack DeJohnette address Ahmad Jamal's treatment of the song before Peacock and Jarrett go into two choruses of intertwined improvisation. "
As he does "Groovin 'High" and "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams", Ramsey continues, Jarrett begins "What Is This Thing Called Love" unaccompanied. “After two choruses over the meager melody on an insistent 6/8 pattern of the left hand, Peacock and then DeJohnette sneak in under the piano. At the beginning of the fourth chorus, the trio is in a two-and-a-half-minute performance that supports strength and ideas. The arrangement sounds unplanned. It is typical of this band's ability to achieve spontaneity without compromising coherence. Gary Peacock is at the height of his strength, consistently soloist with the storytelling ability of a great horn player , nowhere more effective than on Whisper Not . He has a great solo on 'Groovin' High '. Jarrett's unaccompanied coda in 'Prelude to a Kiss' is a little masterpiece. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ Album information at ECM
- ^ Richard Cook, Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. 6th edition. Penguin, London 2003, p. 698.
- ^ Review of Richard S. Ginett's album at Allmusic (English). Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ↑ Andrew Novan: Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock / Jack DeJohnette: Whisper Not. October 1, 2000, accessed March 1, 2019 .
- ↑ David Adler: Keith Jarrett: Whisper Not. October 1, 2000, accessed March 1, 2019 .
- ↑ Doug Ramsey: Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock / Jack DeJohnette: Whisper Not (Live in Paris 1999). JazzTimes, October 1, 2000, accessed March 1, 2019 .