Paris Concert is a live solo album by American jazz pianist Keith Jarrett, recorded at the Salle Pleyel in Paris on October 17, 1988, and released on ECM in April 1990.[1]
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| Released | April 1990[1] | |||
| Recorded | October 17, 1988[2] | |||
| Venue | Salle Pleyel Paris, France | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 50:17 | |||
| Label | ECM ECM 1401 | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [4] |
1988 solo piano concerts
editIn 1988 Jarrett toured Europe two times (June, October) offering 6 solo concerts.[5] Paris Concert was recorded during the second 1988 European mini-tour.
- June 16 – Istanbul (Turkey) during Istanbul International Jazz Festival
- June 20 – Patras (Greece) during Patras International Festival.
- June 23 – Palermo (Italy)
- October 17 – Paris (France)
- October 22 – Brussels (Belgium) during the Belga Jazz Festival
- October 24 – Madrid (Spain) during Festival de Jazz de Madrid
Reception
editRichard Lehnert at Stereophile gave the album the "Recording of November 1990" award, stating:
This is Jarrett's most satisfying solo outing since 1982's Concerts.... The gorgeously deep, lush recording is, of course, closely multi-miked, with perhaps even some added reverb. But producer Manfred Eicher does this sort of thing at least as well as did John Culshaw, and probably better than anyone working today. I have no complaints, even if the piano is 12' wide.[6]
The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell states, "Jarrett pulls further away from the old rousing (and thoroughly American) gospel, blues and folk roots of earlier concerts toward a more abstract concept.... [His] virtuosic abilities are never in doubt, and he rarely flaunts his technique for its own sake, but one senses that the inspiration level is down; one doesn't come out of the CD all charged up as with many earlier solo concerts."[3]
Track listing
editAll music by Keith Jarrett except as noted.
- "October 17, 1988" – 38:23
- "The Wind" (Russ Freeman, Jerry Gladstone) – 6:32
- "Blues" – 5:22
Personnel
edit- Keith Jarrett – piano
Technical personnel
edit- Manfred Eicher – producer
- Peter Laenger, Andreas Neubronner – recording engineer
- Barbara Wojirsch – cover design and layout
- Jean-Pierre Larcher – photography
References
edit- ^ a b ECM Records Keith Jarrett: Paris concert accessed May 2020
- ^ Keith Jarrett discography, Paris concert accessed May 2020
- ^ a b Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Paris Concert - Keith Jarrett | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 768. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Keith Jarrett 1988 live concerts accessed May 13, 2020
- ^ Lehnert, R. (November 1990)"Recording of November 1990: Paris Concert", Stereophile, accessed May 15, 2020