Yesterdays (Keith Jarrett album)

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Yesterdays
Keith Jarrett's live album with Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette

Publication
(s)

January 27, 2009

admission

April 24th and 30th, 2001

Label (s) ECM records

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

jazz

Title (number)

9

running time

75:33

occupation Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette

production

Manfred Eicher

Location (s)

Metropolitan Festival Hall, Tokyo and Orchard Hall, Tokyo (title 9 only)

chronology
My Foolish Heart
(2007) 		Yesterdays Paris / London - Testament
(2009)

Yesterdays is a live album by American jazz pianist Keith Jarrett with Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette , also known as the Standards Trio. The album wasedited and masteredat Rainbow Studio in Oslo and released on CD and vinylon January 27, 2009 by ECM Records .

The album

Eight of the nine tracks on the album come from the trio's concert in the Metropolitan Festival Hall in Tokyo on April 30, 2001, the track Stella By Starlight was created during the sound check at the concert in the Orchard Hall in Tokyo on April 24, 2001.

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.

Gary Peacock (2003)

A total of four music albums were released from the trio's concert activities this year, initially Always Let Me Go (2002); like Yesterdays , it contains recordings from the concerts in Tokyo in April 2001. This was followed by the album The Out-of-Towners , released in 2004 , which contains recordings of the concert in the Bavarian State Opera in July 2001. The album My Foolish Heart - released in 2007 - is the trio's third album with recordings from 2001; s was recorded in July at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. The fourth album is finally the album Yesterdays released in 2009 .

Jack DeJohnette (2006)
Keith Jarrett (2003)

Jazzecho describes the content of the album and continues: “With a repertoire ranging from Charlie Parker's 'Scrapple From The Apple' to 'Shaw'nuff' by Parker and Dizzy, “ The trio's stylistic focus was on bebop ” Gillespie and Horace Silvers ' Strollin '' to a piece that is often associated with Dexter Gordon : ' You've Changed '. Also on the program was the show number ' You Took Advantage Of Me ' ... There are also a few wonderful interpretations of well-known jazz ballads: in addition to the already mentioned title track ' Yesterdays ', Jarrett, Peacock and DeJohnette play with 'Smoke Gets' In Your Eyes 'another Jerome Kern composition as well as Harold Arlen's mid-tempo number' A Sleepin 'Bee' (which Gary Peacock had also recorded in 1964 as an accompanist for Bill Evans ). "

This album is again 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."

The album Yesterdays was released on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Standard Trio in 2008. “The trio celebrated its anniversary last year with many concerts and a large number of releases”, jazzdrummerworld reports. In addition to Yesterdays “a 3-CD box 'Settings Standards' , these were the trio's first three albums from 1983, and a double DVD ( 'Standards I / II' and 'Live in Japan' ) was also released. with concert recordings from Japan. In addition, three Keith Jarrett classics were re-released, these were Standards Live , Bye Bye Blackbird and the solo album Facing You . "

The contributors

The musicians and their instruments

The production staff

  • Sascha Kleis - design
  • Yoshihiro Suzuki - recording technique
  • Thomas Wunsch - Photography - Cover
  • Patrick Hinley - photography booklet
  • Jan Erik Kongshaug - Editing, Mastering
  • Manfred Eicher - editing, mastering, producer

The playlist

The reception

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

“The three practice the art of the piano trio to the highest degree,” writes Peter Rüedi in the Weltwoche. “They meet for so few weeks a year that we don't want to miss a single note. ... Incidentally, the three of them think about bebop further, with Horace Silver 's ' Strollin' , Parker / Gillespie's ' Shaw'nuff ' and Parker's ' Scrapple from the Apple '. And they invent basement basements and superstructures to standards that were actually planned as single-storey functional buildings: ' Yesterdays ', ' You've Changed ', ' Smoke Gets in Your Eyes '. Not new, not old. Currently."

Tobias Schmitz says in Stern : “The brilliant trio Jarrett, Peacock, DeJohnette in a concert recording from 2001. Affectionate and approachable, melodic and playful. A highlight. "

Manfred Papst stated for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung am Sonntag : “Jarrett is at the height of his ability as an interpreter of the jazz canon, and his companions - rather: partners - are in no way inferior to him. ... He acts exuberantly and yet remains awake, prudent, precise at every moment. ... A great moment. "

For Martin Laurentius from Jazzthing , “the pianist seems ... unleashed: He literally celebrates the moment in which the music is created - as if this moment were not a myth after all. Metrical and rhythmic parameters determine the improvisation music of today's most important jazz piano trio as well as melodic ingenuity and harmonic additions off the cuff. "

For Hans-Dieter Heistrüvers from the Jazzpodium , "this CD inspires ... above all because of the combination of song-like simplicity, emotional, often almost hymn-like intensity and rousing virtuosity as well as the sheer inexhaustible abundance and crystalline, beguiling beauty of its melodies."

The international media are also positive:

The review at Allmusic rated the album with 4 out of 5 stars and stated: "The special thing about this band is their balance between eloquence, teamwork, improvisational communication and swing."

Karl Stark writes in The Philadelphia Inquirer : “The trio of pianist Keith Jarrett, bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Jack DeJohnette has existed for a quarter of a century. And the accumulated experience continues to pay dividends. "

For John Bungey from The Times , "Jazz standards, show melodies and BeBop classics ... are lovingly polished, converted and sold to us as new."

Thomas Conrad comments for Jazztimes : " Yesterdays is characterized by extreme dynamism and emotional reach."

For Elsewhere.co.nz it is: "The finest emotional and musical intelligence."

And John Kelmann rated the album 4.5 out of 5 stars for AllaboutJazz and wrote: “Yesterdays represents another high point. ... This trio may be 25 years old, but Jarrett, Peacock and DeJohnette show absolutely no sign of loss of relevance. "

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Yesterdays at ECM Records. Retrieved February 20, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b Yesterdays at Discogs. Retrieved February 20, 2017 .
  3. ^ Tales of Another on ECM Records. Retrieved February 17, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Standards, Vol.1 at ECM Records. Retrieved February 20, 2017 .
  5. ^ A b Wolfgang Sandner: Keith Jarrett. A biography . Rowohlt, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-644-11731-0 .
  6. ↑ Always Let Me Go on ECM Records. Retrieved February 20, 2017 .
  7. ↑ The Out-of-Towners at ECM Records. Retrieved February 20, 2017 .
  8. ↑ My Foolish Heart on ECM Records. Retrieved February 20, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Yesterdays at Jazzecho. Retrieved February 20, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Yesterdays at jazzdrummerworld. Retrieved February 20, 2017 .
  11. ↑ a b c d e Press reactions to the album Yesterdays at ecmrecords.com. Retrieved February 20, 2017 .
  12. ↑ Yesterdays at Allmusic. Retrieved February 20, 2017 : "What is most remarkable about this band is its sense of balance between eloquence, interplay, improvisational communication, and swing."
  13. ↑ Karl Stark, The Philadelphia Inquirer, quoted from ecmrecords. Retrieved February 20, 2017 : “The trio of pianist Keith Jarrett, bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Jack DeJohnette passed the quarter-century mark last year. And the accumulated wisdom continues to pay dividends. "
  14. ↑ John Bungey, The Times, quoted from ecmrecords.com. Retrieved February 20, 2017 : "Jazz standards, show tunes and bop classics are lovingly buffed up, retooled and sold to us anew."
  15. ↑ Yesterdays at Jazztimes. Retrieved on February 20, 2017 : "Yesterdays is characterized by extremes of dynamic and emotional range."
  16. ↑ Yesterdays at elsewhere.co.nz. Retrieved on February 20, 2017 : "Emotional and musical intelligence at its finest."
  17. ↑ Yesterdays at allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved on February 20, 2017 : “Yesterdays represents yet another high water mark. … This trio may be 25 years old, but Jarrett, Peacock, and DeJohnette are showing absolutely no signs of losing their edge or relevance. "