Jarrett’s first-ever solo disc, made at the beginning of his long creative association with ECM in 1971, and cited as an influence by innumerable pianists since then.
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TRACKLIST
A1 In Front 10:07
A2 Ritooria 5:50
A3 Lalene 8:30
B1 My Lady; My Child 7:20
B2 Landscape For Future Earth 3:30
B3 Starbright 5:03
B4 Vapallia 3:51
B5 Semblence 3:00
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Astonishing!
This is quite simply one of the most astonishing albums of original jazz piano you will ever hear. More uniform in texture than the solo concerts, Jarrett explores a sweet new harmony with overtones of gospel, stride piano and melancholy. This is a profound and perhaps definitive early work by one of the giants in contemporary jazz. Worth every penny.
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Distilled jazz
After listening to the work Jarrett recorded over decades subsequent to this album, this music comes across to me as sort of a distillation of "pure Jarrett jazz". But of course that purity of sound no doubt comes from the fact that this is the music of Jarrett early in his jazz career. As someone pointed out no grunting. Also no free jazz, no atonal modern classical style interwoven into epic jazz improvisational compositions of concert length. Jarrett has produced a massive body of exquisite work over the years. But as is evidence from this album, he was already a master of jazz piano at this stage of his musical career. Addendum: The songs on this album are compositions that are of a style and caliber to warrant being categorized as "jazz standards", but they are not the well-known songs by other jazz greats on his "standards" albums, these were all composed by Jarrett himself. Thus, this album gives a good exposure to Jarrett's skills as a composer of "mainstream jazz" pieces.
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Keith's 1st solo album and still one of his best.
This album was released in 1972 so has Keith's early sound of Jazz with touches of other genres mixed in. A energetic feel to his playing and brighter sound. I've been listening to this album every night since it arrived and always more to hear with each play. This is the roots of a now legendary pianist and if a Keith fan you need to have this in your collection to understand where he started his musical journey.