“The concert in Bordeaux will finally not be happening.

The administration of the new concert hall in Bordeaux (which just opened in January) informed the promoter today that they need to close the new hall for the entire summer to finish work on the hall.

The official advertising for the concert had not begun yet and the tickets had not gone sale.

So the concert at Vittoriale in Gardone Riviera on July 21 will be the last concert on the summer tour.”

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• April 30, 2014: Bunkamura, Tokyo
• May 3, 2014: Festival Hall, Osaka
• May 6, 2014: Bunkamura, Tokyo

Interestingly, it was also mentioned that the current tour (May 6-15) would be the trio’s last appearance in Japan (no specific reason was given).

Thanks to Håvard for the information.

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“Keith Jarrett
Concerts
Bregenz /München
Keith Jarrett: piano
Recorded May and June 1981
ECM 1227–29 | 3_CD 279 4570″

Only the Bregenz concert was released on CD (in the 1980s?). “Part IV” from the Munich concert was later released on the “Selected Recordings” compilation in 2002. ”Hymns/Spheres” was also re-released in January 2013, after years of being only available on vinyl (or as a single CD entitled “Spheres”), so it makes sense for “Concerts: Bregenz / München” to finally get a proper re-release on CD this year (hopefully, as the release date is not currently known).

Update (May 6, 2013). ECM Records confirms that ”Concerts: Bregenz / München” will be re-released, but not “soon” (which could mean 2014 or later).

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Update (May 2, 2013). 2013-14 CAP UCLA Subscriptions are now available. “Individual Tickets go on sale Thursday, July 11, after Subscribers and Members have been seated. Priority Presale will be available to subscribers and donors from Monday, July 7 to Wednesday, July 10.”

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“Founded in 1987, BGO Records is an independent reissue label specialising in classic highly collectable recordings of groups, singers and instrumentalists from the fifties through to the eighties. (…) UK distribution is by Universal Music Group & Proper Music distribution.”

Re-released in 2009, “Fort Yawuh / Death and the Flower” are also available from the same label.

Both re-releases are available from bgo-records.com for £9.99.

Interestingly, “Mysteries / Shades” have already been re-released in Europe by Impulse Records in 2011 and are still available. The new release by BGO Records is supposed to include “extensive new liner notes”.

Thanks to Jon for the information!

Update (May 4, 2013). It looks like this particular re-release will be available in other European countries as well (The Netherlands – thanks to Cees for the link – and Germany, at least).

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“Somewhere”, a recording of the July 11, 2009 concert at the KKL in Lucerne, Switzerland, with Gary Peocock and Jack DeJohnette, will be released on May 1, 2013 (at least in Germany, Japan, and Switzerland).

Track listing:

1. Deep Space / Solar (15:07)
2. Stars Fell On Alabama (7:27)
3. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (10:02)
4. Somewhere / Everywhere (19:37)
5. Tonight (6:49)
6. I Thought About You (6:29)

Update (April 11, 2013). The release date seems to have been pushed back. “Somewhere” is now listed with a release date of May 14 (Japan), May 24 (Germany), May 27 (UK), and May 28 (US). Thanks to Boris for the information!

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Update (March 25, 2013). Tickets are apparently already on sale to the general public.

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Update (March 19, 2013). Thanks to Vasco for letting us know that tickets are available from anfiteatrodelvittoriale.it (starting today if you’re a subscriber and tomorrow, March 20, for the general public).

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• July 12, 2013: Pinède Gould, Antibes Juan-les-Pins, France (Jazz à Juan)
  
• July 19, 2013: Grand Théâtre de Fourvière, Lyon, France (Les Nuits de Fourvière)

Thanks to Jacques for the information!

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Thanks to Arnulf, Sean, Håvard, and Maurizio for the information!

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Thanks to Håvard for the information.

Update (February 7, 2013). Tickets are now available from ticketone.it. Thanks to Bren for the update!

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(Cover art removed)

Here’s the complete information from the ECM catalogue:

Johann Sebastian Bach
Sechs Sonaten für Violine und Klavier

Michelle Makarski: violin
Keith Jarrett: piano

Sonate b-Moll, BWV 1014
Sonate A-Dur, BWV 1015
Sonate E-Dur, BWV 1016
Sonate c-Moll, BWV 1017
Sonate f-Moll, BWV 1018
Sonate G-Dur, BWV 1019

Recorded November 2010

ECM 2230/31, 2 CD, 476 4582

Thanks to Nick for the information!

Update (January 29, 2013). The cover art has been removed as the ECM catalogue was not supposed to be published online.

Update (May 6, 2013). “Sechs Sonaten für Violine und Klavier” will be released “sometime in September” (according to Keith Jarrett’s manager).

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For more information about “Somewhere”, see these previous posts:

• Next trio album, entitled “Somewhere”, to be released in 2012
• July 11, 2009 trio concert in Lucerne to be released later this year

Update (January 29, 2013). The cover art has been removed as the ECM catalogue was not supposed to be published online.

Update (April 11, 2013). Official cover art added back.

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Thanks to Jan, Peter, and Maurice for the information!

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Thanks to Sascha for the information!

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Update (January 7, 2013). Tickets will go on sale to Southbank Centre Members on January 10 at 10 AM.

Update (January 7, 2013). According to Remi on the Keith Jarrett Yahoo! Group, tickets will go on sale to the general public on January 11.

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Update (January 3, 2013). Tickets will go on sale on January 7, 2013 at 10 AM.

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• Oxford University Press
• Amazon UK
• Amazon US

Book description (from Oxford University Press):

Keith Jarrett ranks among the most accomplished and influential pianists in jazz history. His Köln Concert stands among the most important jazz recordings of the past four decades, not only because of the music on the record, but also because of the remarkable reception it has received from musicians and lay-listeners alike. Since the album’s 1975 release, it has sold over three million copies: a remarkable achievement for any jazz record, but an unprecedented feat for a two-disc set of solo piano performances featuring no well-known songs.

In Keith Jarrett’s The Köln Concert, author Peter Elsdon seeks to uncover what it is about this recording, about Keith Jarrett’s performance, that elicits such success. Recognizing The Köln Concert as a multi-faceted text, Elsdon engages with it musically, culturally, aesthetically, and historically in order to understand the concert and album as a means through which Jarrett articulated his own cultural and musical outlook, and establish himself as a serious artist. Through these explorations of the concert as text, of the recording and of the live performance, Keith Jarrett’s The Köln Concert fills a major hole in jazz scholarship, and is essential reading for jazz scholars and musicians alike, as well as Keith Jarrett’s many fans.

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Thanks to Jacques and Jesse for the information.

Update (March 12, 2013). Tickets are available from interpark.com. Thanks to Jun for the information.

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• May 6, 2013: Bunkamura, Tokyo (7 PM)
• May 9, 2013: Bunkamura, Tokyo (7 PM)
• May 12, 2013: Festival Hall, Osaka (7 PM)
• May 15, 2013: Bunkamura, Tokyo (7 PM)

Tickets will go on sale on January 20, 2013 at 10 AM.

This tour will mark the 30^th anniversary of the trio.

Thanks to TJ for the information.

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Let’s hope that “Concerts” will follow soon!

Thanks to Nick for the heads up!

Update (November 28, 2012). ”Hymns/Spheres” is now listed with a release date of January 11, 2013 on Amazon Germany.

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Update (July 11, 2012). “New Dance” (7:07) can be streamed from ecmrecords.com (for free). Thanks to Thomas for the information!

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1. Personal Mountains (21:12)
2. Innocence (10:48)
3. So Tender (13:27)

CD 2

1. Oasis (28:14)
2. Chant Of The Soil (14:53)
3. Prism (11:15)
4. New Dance (7:07)

All tracks seem to be previously unreleased (i.e. not previously released on “Personal Mountains”).

Product description from Amazon UK:

“An astonishing double-album documentation of a great band at the peak of its powers, Sleeper features a complete and previously unreleased concert recording of the quartet that came to be known as Keith Jarrett’s ‘European Quartet’ (also sometimes named as ‘Belonging’). It took place at Tokyo’s Nakano Sun Plaza in April 1979. The pieces, all composed by Keith Jarrett for this ensemble and all delivered with enormous verve, are ‘Personal Mountains’, ‘Innocence’, ‘So Tender’, ‘Oasis’, ‘Chant of the Soil’, ‘Prism’ and ‘New Dance’. Exceptional improvisational exchanges, dynamic episodes of surging energy, and lyrical passages of wild beauty abound. The interplay between Jarrett and Jan Garbarek is uncanny and the Palle Danielsson/Jon Christensen rhythm team swings wildly and delightfully. After more than three decades in the ECM archive, this “Sleeper”, newly mixed at the Rainbow Studios in Oslo, now awakes in all its glory, sounding thoroughly alive and of the moment. Sleeper is a significant addition to the group’s small discography, until now comprised of the albums Belonging (1974), My Song (recorded 1977, released 1978), Nude Ants (recorded 1979), and Personal Mountains (1979, released 1989). In the five years between the first album and the end of the story, the quartet played infrequently enough for Jarrett to tell one journalist that it was less an ensemble than a ‘special event’. Personnel: Keith Jarrett (piano, percussion), Jan Garbarek (tenor and soprano saxophones, flute, percussion), Palle Danielsson (double-bass), Jon Christensen (drums, percussion)”

Thanks to Matthias for the information!

• Backhand (1974)
• Mysteries (1975)
• Shades (1975)
• Byablue (1977)
• Bop-Be (1977)

They’re available directly from Amazon Japan or as imports from Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon Germany, etc.

Fort Yawuh (1973), Treasure Island (1974), and Death And The Flower (1975) might follow soon (or not).

Thanks to Jon for the information!

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According to Jazzwise Magazine, a new European Quartet album, “Sleeper”, will be released by ECM Records on July 16, 2012 (UK release date). The 2-CD release is a recording of the April 16, 1979 concert in Tokyo, with Jan Garbarek (sax), Palle Danielsson (bass), and Jon Christensen (drums).

The track listing is apparently the following:

CD 1

1. Personal Mountains
2. Innocence
3. So Tender

CD 2

1. Oasis
2. Chant Of The Soil
3. Prism
4. New Dance

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“Later in 2012, ECM will release a new trio recording, Somewhere, recorded in July 2009 in Luzern, Switzerland featuring extended versions of “Somewhere” and “Tonight” from West Side Story.”

Thanks to Håvard for the information (posted on the Keith Jarrett Yahoo! Group)!

Update (April 15, 2012). It appears that “Somewhere” will be released in 2013, for the trio’s 30^th anniversary, not in 2012 as previously announced. Another album will be released in 2012. More information coming soon (I hope).

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• October 24, 2012: Theatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• October 29, 2012: Sala São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

The concerts are not yet listed on their website.

Thanks to Red for the information!

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• July 8, 2012: Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria
• July 10, 2012: Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden, Germany
• July 13, 2012: Kongresshaus, Zürich, Switzerland
• July 20, 2012: Pinède Gould, Antibes Juan-les-Pins, France (Jazz à Juan)
• July 29, 2012: Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Tickets for the concert in Zürich will go on sale on March 26, 2012 at 9 AM (available from Ticketcorner).

Thanks to Christoph and Jacques for the information!

Update (March 24, 2012). One date has been removed and the date for Vienna is apparently July 8, not July 6. ECM Records should correct this soon.

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• March 27, 2012: Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
• April 1, 2012: Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
• April 4, 2012: Orchestra Hall, Symphony Center, Chicago, IL

I don’t know when tickets will go on sale.

Thanks to Jonathan and Sean for the information!

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Even Jarrett himself was taken aback at what he had achieved when he listened to the concert recording for the first time. “Even though I did it, a completely improvised, structured arc of music that has one of the most beautiful endings I have ever done, it still blows my mind,” he reflects. “I know I did it, but there is no way in the world I can say how I did it. I can remember it felt – I won’t say easy – but somehow it was less stressful. That is why I immediately called Manfred from the airport and said ‘Whatever plans we have we’re going to scrap them and release this first’. And he knew it was serious because he never got a call from me from the airport!”

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"Rio" cover

Keith Jarrett’s next album, a recording of the April 9, 2011 solo concert in Rio de Janeiro, is now listed on Amazon (US, UK, and France). It will apparently be released on October 25, 2011 and will simply be called “Rio”. It is also interesting to note that it is going to be a 2-CD set (meaning that it will include the entire concert?). Thanks to Olivier for this information!

Update (August 29, 2011). According to Amazon Germany, “Rio” will be released on October 1, 2011. Thanks to Jonas for letting me know!

Update (September 1, 2011). Amazon now has the cover art for “Rio”. Also, the release date for the US is apparently October 18, 2011.

Update (September 30, 2011). The release dates for “Rio” on Amazon are now: October 19 (Japan), October 25 (France), November 4 (Germany), November 7 (UK), and November 8 (US).

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Jez Nelson introduces a set by guitarist Charlie Hunter and a special interview with iconic pianist Keith Jarrett, ahead of his Royal Festival Hall appearance this week.

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Das WDR Jazzline Archiv zeigt die legendären Konzerte der Berliner Jazztage aus den Jahren 1964 – 1975, diesmal das Konzert der Miles Davis Group in der Berliner Philharmonie vom 6. November 1971, bei dem Keith Jarrett an den Keyboards saß. Joachim Ernst Berendt bezeichnete Davis’ Auftritt in seiner Ansage als den bedeutendsten des ganzen Festivals. Zwischen 1970 und 1973 veränderten sich Sound und Look der Miles Davis Group radikal: Der Free Jazz wich langsam einem harten, teilweise fast schon Punkrock vorweg nehmenden Funk-Sound.

The musicians are the following:

• Miles Davis (trumpet)
• Gary Bartz (saxophone)
• Keith Jarrett (electric piano, organ)
• Michael Henderson (bass)
• Ndugu Leon Chancler (drums)
• Charles Don Alias (percussions)
• James Mtume Forman (percussions)

Thanks to Uwe for the information!

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• October 21, 2011 (8 PM): Symphony Hall, Chicago, IL, USA
  Tickets: cso.org (on sale ?)
• October 26, 2011 (8 PM): UCLA Royce Hall, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  Tickets: uclalive.org (on sale July 22)

I don’t know when tickets for the Chicago concert will go on sale to the general public.

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• July 18, 2011 (9 PM): Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Italy
  Tickets: teatrosancarlo.it
• July 23, 2011 (8 PM?): Teatre Grec, Barcelona, Spain (Festival Grec de Barcelona)
  Tickets: grec.bcn.cat

Tickets for the concert in Naples are apparently already available. Tickets for the concert in Barcelona should be available soon.

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Thanks to Gregory and Sean for the information!

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Keith Jarrett returns for his first London concert since 2009 with the group that sets the standard for the jazz piano trio of today. A rare and not-to-be-missed occasion. Tickets go on sale on Thursday 28 April. Save the date.

Thanks to Harry for the information!

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Paul Gambaccini presents the award-winning series that re-visits the occasions on which a classic live album was recorded. He hears from those who were there, on-stage, backstage and in the audience, to re-create the event for all of us who, each time we play the album, think: ‘If only I could have been there’.

Thanks to Cristiano for the information.

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• April 6, 2011 (9 PM): Sala São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
  Tickets: ingressorapido.com.br / 4002.0019
• April 9, 2011 (9 PM): Theatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  Tickets: 21.3235.8545
• April 12, 2011 (8:30 PM): Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  Tickets: teatrocolon.org.ar

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, and Jack DeJohnette will play the following concerts in Europe next summer (more concerts should be announced soon):

• July 7, 2011 (8 PM?): Palais de la Musique, Strasbourg, France (Strasbourg Jazz Festival)
  Tickets: festival-strasbourg.com (on sale March 15)
• July 9, 2011 (8 PM): Opera House, Copenhagen, Denmark (Copenhagen Jazz Festival)
  Tickets: kglteater.dk
• July 12, 2011 (8 PM): Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
  Tickets: sallepleyel.fr (on sale March 14)
• July 16, 2011 (8 PM?): Pinède Gould, Antibes Juan-les-Pins, France
  (Jazz à Juan)
  Tickets: jazzajuan.fr (on sale April 6 at 9 AM)

Thanks to Anja, Fahim, Jacques, John, Marcos, and Mikkel for sending me information about these concerts.

Update (March 12, 2011). Tickets for the concerts in Paris and Antibes Juan-les-Pins will go on sale on March 14 and April 6 respectively.

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Thanks to TJ for the information!

Update (February 16, 2011). Tickets should go on sale on April 1, 2011 through Ticketpark.

Update (April 5, 2011). As mentioned in the forum, tickets are available, but not on the English version of the Ticketpark website, only on the Korean version. You can buy tickets by phone. Apparently, at some point, you can dial 9 to speak to an English-speaking employee, but I haven’t tried that personally.

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Keith Jarrett, The Köln Concert:

“The epochal double-album. Keith Jarrett’s 1975 “The Köln Concert” is one of the handful of jazz records that have changed the history of the music. The best-selling solo piano recording of all time, this endlessly inventive and highly lyrical recital reveals a master improviser creating forms in the moment. – Now available as 180g audiophile vinyl edition!”

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Jack DeJohnette, Still Live:

“Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, and Jack DeJohnette captured live in full creative flood in the Munich Philharmonie, stretching the standards to shape new music, as Jarrett originals segue into “You And The Night And The Music” and “Someday My Prince Will Come”.”

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Jack DeJohnette, Tribute:

“Keith Jarrett returns to Köln – this time with his trio – to pay tribute to the great jazz improvisers through the medium of standards, renewing songs associated with John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Jim Hall, Lee Konitz, Sonny Rollins and more.”

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• Carnegie Hall, New York (June 17, 2010)
  • Keith Jarrett Trio at Carnegie Hall (plus: Jazz Festival!) (Stereophile, June 19, 2010)
  • Veterans Finding Their Way (The New York Times, June 20, 2010)
• Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto (June 30, 2010)
  • TO Jazz Review: Keith Jarrett, June 30, Four Seasons (Panic Manual, July 3, 2010)
  • TO Jazz Festival Grandmasters: Dave Brubeck Quartet and the Keith Jarrett Trio (The Seventh Row, July 4, 2010)
• Place des Arts, Montréal (July 3, 2010)
  • Un trio passionné (7 Jours, July 3, 2010, in French)
  • Montreal Jazz Fest 2010: Keith Jarrett Trio (The Gazette, July 4, 2010)
• Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden (July 9, 2010)
  • Bloß nicht husten: Keith Jarrett in Baden-Baden (Wetterauer-Zeitung, July 10, 2010, in German)
• Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux (July 11, 2010)
  • Keith Jarrett, trio de tête à Montreux (Le Temps, July 12, 2010, in French)
  • El pianista Keith Jarrett confirma en Montreux su calidad y su egocentrismo (La Voz Libre, July 12, 2010, in Spanish)
  • Keith Jarrett y Chick Corea seducen en Montreux (Swissinfo, July 12, 2010, in Spanish)
  • Eu assisti, senti e chorei com Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock e Jack Dejohnette em Montreux, 11 de julh (Portal Cultural Anand Rao, July 12, 2010, in Portugese)
  • Keith Jarrett porte son public à l’incandescence (Tribune de Genève, July 13, 2010, in French)
  • Keith Jarrett émouvant et vibrant à Montreux (Le Monde, July 13, 2010, in French)
  • Sublime Kammermusik und tänzerische Impulse (NZZ Online, July 14, 2010, in German)
• Palazzo Mauro de André, Ravenna (July 13, 2010)
  • Jarrett chiude il Ravenna Festival. “Dalle tenebre…” un colpo di flash rompe l’incantesimo (Dazebao, July 14, 2010, in Italian)
• Lazzaretto, Bergamo (July 16, 2010)
  • Jarrett al Lazzaretto a torso nudo – Lui batterista DeJohnette al piano (L’Eco di Bergamo, July 16, 2010, in Italian)
  • La stella di Keith Jarrettha brillato nel cielo di Bergamo (L’Eco di Bergamo, July 16, 2010, in Italian)
  • Paranoie e magie: Keith Jarrett Trio a Bergamo (TellusFolio, July 18, 2010, in Italian)
  • KEITH JARRETT/ La magia del Trio tra genio e follia (Il Sussidiario, July 19, 2010, in Italian)
• Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome (July 18, 2010)
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• Pinède Gould, Antibes Juan-les-Pins (July 21, 2010)
  • Jazz breaking news: Keith Jarrett Trio Perform At The Fiftieth Anniversary of Juan-Les Pins (Jazzwise, July 24, 2010)
  • Keith Jarrett, l’habitué de Juan-les-Pins (Slate.fr, July 30, 2010, in French)
• Grand Théâtre de Fourvière, Lyon (July 23, 2010)
  • Flicage et improvisation (Le Progrès, July 24, 2010, in French)
• Orchard Hall, Bunkamura, Tokyo (September 23, 2010)
  • Keith Jarrett Trio @Tokyo (Yo Nakagawa, September 23, 2010, in Japanese)
• Kobe Kokusai Kaikan (Kobe International House), Kobe (September 26, 2010)
  • Keith Jarrett Trio in Kobe (July 30, 2010, in Japanese)
• Orchard Hall, Bunkamura, Tokyo (September 29, 2010)
  • Sep.29.2010–Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette (September 30, 2010, in Japanese)
  • Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette JAPAN TOUR 2010 (September 30, 2010, in Japanese)
• Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama (October 1, 2010)
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• Orchard Hall, Bunkamura, Tokyo (October 3, 2010)
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• Main Auditorium, Sejong Center, Seoul (October 6, 2010)
  • Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette Trio Live in Seoul (2010) (October 8, 2010, in Korean)
  • Keith Jarrett Trio in Seoul 2010 (2010.10.6) (October 10, 2010, in Korean)

As usual, if you know of an interesting review not listed here, feel free to leave a message in the forum (see link below).

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Thanks to Masako for the information!

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Here’s the press release:

KEITH JARRETT TO RETURN TO CARNEGIE HALL
FOR SOLO PIANO CONCERT

ONLY NORTH AMERCICAN SOLO APPEARANCE!

KEITH JARRETT – SOLO PIANO
An Evening of Piano Improvisations
Sunday, January 16, 2011 – 8:00 PM
CARNEGIE HALL
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage

Keith Jarrett returns to New York’s Carnegie Hall on Sunday, January 16, 2011 at 8:00 PM to perform
one his rare solo piano concerts. The concert will feature an entire evening of solo piano improvisations
performed in an acoustic recital setting. The concert will be Keith Jarrett’s only North American solo
concert of the year.

Keith Jarrett’s last solo concerts at Carnegie Hall were in September 2005 (his first solo concert at the hall
in over 30 years) and in January 2009. The historic 2005 concert was recorded and released in 2006 by
ECM Records as a 2-CD set: The Carnegie Hall Concert.

Review of January 29, 2009 Carnegie Hall Solo Concert:

“ Jarrett’s recent Carnegie Hall concert may well have been the greatest solo performance of his
career. To see him raise the bar again was truly a spectacular event–not only for himself but for
the nearly three thousand fans, which gave him six passionate standing ovations. For many, this
concert was a dream come true, providing some compensation for Jarrett fans who wish they
could have been at previous triumphs such as The Koln Concert in 1975, The Vienna Concert
in 1991, and The Carnegie Hall Concert in 2005. Another milestone has been added to the list:
Carnegie Hall 2009 will undeniably be remembered as a singular triumph in Keith Jarrett’s career
and, as far as Jarrett fans are concerned, quite possibly in music.”

John Allaster, All About Jazz January 2009

Keith Jarrett has come to be recognized worldwide as one of the most creative and uncompromising
musicians of our times – universally acclaimed as an improviser of unsurpassed genius and a classical
keyboardist and composer of great depth.

Over the past 4 decades, his landmark improvised solo piano concerts and recordings have incorporated
a broad spectrum of musical languages and idioms revealing a dynamic creative process producing
spontaneously composed music that is both deeply personal, yet universal.

The solo piano improvisations on his best selling ECM Records solo piano recordings such as Facing
You, Solo Concerts, The Koln Concert, Sun Bear Concerts, Paris Concert, Vienna Concert, La Scala,
Radiance, Carnegie Hall Concert and Testament – Paris/London have helped redefine the role of the
piano in contemporary music. This singular body of solo piano work is without precedent, with The Koln
Concert being the best selling solo piano recording in history.

Tickets go on sale Monday, December 6, 2011 at: 11:00 AM
Carnegie Hall Box Office – 57th Street & 7th Avenue – New York
By Phone: 212 247 7800; or on the internet: www.carnegiehall.org.
Produced by Stephen Cloud Presentations and Absolutely Live Entertainment

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Thanks to Christoph for the information!

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• Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden, Jasmine (BBC, May 12)
• Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden: Jasmine (Guardian, May 13)
• Jasmine on Their Mind (The New Yorker, May 17)
• Jasmine (All About Jazz, May 18)
• “Jasmine” – reviewed by Tim Owen (The Jazz Mann, May 21)
• Jasmine (The New York Times, May 24)
• Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden: Jasmine (Slant Magazine, May 24)
• A brilliant improvisation three decades in the making (The Globe And Mail, May 25)
• Music Review: Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden – Jasmine (Blogcritics, May 25)
• Review: Jarrett, Haden reunite after 30 years (Associated Press, May 25)
• Album review: Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden’s ‘Jasmine’ (Los Angeles Times, May 26)
• Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden: reunited and it feels so good (Ottawa Citizen, May 26)
• Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden – Jasmine (100 Greatest Jazz Albums, May 27)
• Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden: Jasmine on ECM (JazzTimes, May 28)
• Jasmine (Between sound and space, May 29)
• Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden duets (Stereophile, May 31)

NPR has a 14-minute interview with Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden available online:

• Charlie Haden And Keith Jarrett Channel The Standards (NPR, May 23)

If you know of an interesting review or interview not listed here, feel free to leave a message in the forum (see link below).

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• July 16, 2010: Lazzaretto, Bergamo, Italy

Tickets are still available.

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“You are on the web site of ECM Records in Munich, the only address that can supply a fully comprehensive stock of currently available ECM, ECM New Series, Japo, Watt, XtraWatt, JCOA and Carmo titles.

To order, click on the “Order” link on the catalogue page of the CD you’d like to buy.

If you prefer, you can find “brick and mortar” retailers via our distributors worldwide. Visit their web sites or email them for information about local purchasing options.”

Thanks to Jon for reminding me this!

You can also find a list of “digital platforms and portals” in their FAQ. “Of these services, HDtracks and Qobuz offer ECM music in ‘lossless’ formats.” “Jasmine” is already available from Qobuz, for example (320 kbps MP3s, lossless 16-bit / 44.1 KHz, and high-definition 24-bit / 44.1 KHz).

Update (May 15, 2010). According to ECM Records USA, Amazon and iTunes are the “recommended” online stores to pre-order “Jasmine” in the US, not iclassics.com.

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• Monday, May 3 (19h10 > 20h00): Keith Jarrett 1/4 – Le sideman
• Tuesday, May 4 (19h10 > 20h00): Keith Jarrett 2/4 – Le compositeur
• Wednesday, May 5 (19h10 > 20h00): Keith Jarrett 3/4 – L’improvisateur
• Thursday, May 6 (19h10 > 20h00): Keith Jarrett 4/4 – Le work in progress
• Saturday, May 8 – Sunday, May 9 (1h00 > 7h00): nuit spéciale

An exclusive interview conducted by Alex Dutilh will be broadcast, as well as concerts recorded by France Musique (Paris, June 9, 1972, with Charlie Haden and Paul Motian, among others).

“Cet entretien inédit sert de fil conducteur à une nuit conçue comme une quête de soi, où des concerts enregistrés par France Musique (notamment le trio de 1972 à la Maison de Radio France avec Charlie Haden et Paul Moian) alterneront avec ses plus belles pages discographiques.”

Thanks to KeithJarrett.it for the information!

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Update (May 15, 2010). The video was created by Kinetic Media NYC. You can also watch it on their website.

"Jasmine" cover

Here’s the tracklist for “Jasmine” (from Amazon):

1. For All We Know
2. Where Can I Go Without You
3. No Moon At All
4. One Day I’ll Fly Away
5. Intro – I’m Gonna Laugh You Right Out Of My Life
6. Body And Soul
7. Goodbye
8. Don’t Ever Leave Me

The liner notes (by Keith Jarrett) are also available from Amazon. Here’s an excerpt:

“Music is an amazing thing. It doesn’t exist as a stationary object. It moves in real time and can be uplifting both to the player and the listener. The melting, trans-figurative moment, that feeling of everything being there, just for an instant, that surrender that overcomes us as players (if we’re good enough) and leads us on to the next pregnant second, patient in the knowledge that there always is, waiting in the wings, the next chance to feel this fullness and celebrate it (as it is only in the nature of art to produce it this way); to this we dedicate our lives. But it is not for us alone; it is also made for you, the listener, to feel these same feelings along with us, to participate and to also be uplifted by it. (…)”

“Jasmine” will be released in May 2010 (on May 3 in France and on May 25 in the US, for example).

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• Orchestra Hall, Chicago (February 12, 2010)
  • Keith Jarrett soars at Symphony Center (Chicago Tribune, February 15, 2010)
• Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles (March 15, 2010)
  • Keith Jarrett (Variety, March 16, 2010)
  • Live Review: Keith Jarrett at Disney Hall (Los Angeles Times, March 16, 2010)
  • The Many Moods of Keith Jarrett (The Misread City, March 16, 2010)
  • Keith Jarrett and Brad Mehldau – Two Masters of Solo Piano Improvisation (Santa Barbara Independent, March 25, 2010)
• Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco (March 19, 2010)
  • Jazz giant Keith Jarrett delights and baits SF audience (Examiner.com, March 20, 2010)
  • Keith Jarrett, Dammit. (SOME of what I’m thinking…, March 20, 2010)
  • Keith Jarrett keyboard genius puts on extended solo concert temper tantrum (San Jose Mercury News, March 20, 2010)

If you know of an interesting review not listed here, feel free to leave a message in the forum (see link below).

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• July 3, 2010: Place des Arts, Montreal, QC, Canada (Festival International de Jazz)
• July 18, 2010: Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy
• July 23, 2010: Grand Théâtre de Fourvière, Lyon, France (Les Nuits de Fourvière)

Check out the Forthcoming events page for more concerts.

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Thanks to Walter for the information!

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This is apparently the first time Keith Jarrett will play in South Korea.

Thanks to “Jazzpianist TJ ” for the information!

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Update (March 11, 2010). From Steve Lake (ECM Records, originally posted on JazzCorner.com): “Early in 2007, Jarrett was asked to contribute to a Haden documentary (“Rambling Boy”) and they played briefly together, for the first time since the 1976 break-up of the American Quartet . A few months later, Jarrett invited Haden to his home studio and they recorded in duo over a four day period. “Jasmine” comprises the material they liked best from these sessions. Emphasis is on standards and love songs, but the overall feel and atmosphere is perhaps closer to Jarrett’s solo “Melody At Night…” than anything else in his discography. Intimate, then, and deeply melodic.”

Update (March 23, 2010). More information about “Jasmine” from Jazzwise Magazine: “The eight tracks are mostly love songs from the standards book, though one notable surprise comes in the form of ‘One Day I’ll Fly Away’, as made famous by Randy Crawford.”

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Tickets will go on sale on March 1, 2010. They will be available from the Four Seasons Centre Box Office (416.363.8231 or 1.800.250.4653) and probably from the TD Toronto Jazz Festival website as well.

Thanks to David for the information!

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Tickets are apparently already available from festspielhaus.de.

Thanks to Volker for the information!

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• If you have any news about Keith Jarrett (concerts, releases, articles…), please send us an email at news@keithjarrett.org.
• If you have any question, problem, or suggestion, please use the forums.
• If you have a correction or addition to the Past concerts list, please send an email to concerts@keithjarrett.org.
• You can also contact us via Twitter. Our user name is @KeithJarrettOrg.

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• September 23, 2010: Orchard Hall, Bunkamura, Tokyo
• September 26, 2010: Kobe Kokusai Kaikan (Kobe International House), Kobe
• September 29, 2010: Orchard Hall, Bunkamura, Tokyo
• October 1, 2010: Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama
• October 3: Orchard Hall, Bunkamura, Tokyo

For more information, visit Koinuma Music. Tickets will apparently go on sale between February 10-26, 2010.

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Update (January 17, 2010). Thanks to Uwe for letting me know that the original interview (in English) has been published in issue #135 (October 2009) of Jazzwise, which can be ordered from jazzwise.com.

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Keith Jarrett plays with Gus Nemeth (bass) and Aldo Romano (drums). As far as I know, this is the only video of this group ever released.

“Tous en scène” was produced by Pierre Desfons, Claude Ventura, Robert Bober, and Maurice Dugowson. For more information about this TV show, check out this blog post (in French).

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Some rights reserved (Creative Commons), photo by Joe Penniston

Check out cso.org and sfjazz.org for more information.

• February 12, 2010: Orchestra Hall, Chicago
• March 15, 2010: Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
• March 19, 2010: Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco

Tickets for the concert in Los Angeles might go on sale “sometime towards the end of next week” (December 9-13, 2009?).

Tickets for the concert in San Francisco will be available to SFJAZZ Members on December 12, 2009.

I don’t have any other information at the moment. I’ll post more information as soon as possible.

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• Keith Jarrett: Heartache spoken here (Times Online, September 25, 2009)
• A Visit With Keith Jarrett (and a Musical Treat) (The Atlantic, September 27, 2009)
• Keith Jarrett: Testament – Paris / London (All About Jazz, September 29, 2009)
• Keith Jarrett, «Testament» d’un génie (Tribune de Genève, October 3, 2009, in French)
• When your lover has gone (Keith Jarrett CDs reviewed) (Ottawa Citizen, October 8, 2009)
• Keith Jarrett, Part II: The Q&A (The Atlantic, October 13, 2009)
• Keith Jarrett – Paris/London Testament (Chroniques Electroniques, October 14, 2009, in French)
• Keith Jarrett’s Masterful Testament (Stereophile, October 14, 2009)
• Music Review: Keith Jarrett – Testament (Blogcritics, October 15, 2009)
• Seul face au son (Le Temps, October 17, 2009, in French)
• Testament – Paris / London (All About Jazz, October 25, 2009)
• Music Review: Keith Jarrett – Testament (We’re An American Blog, October 28, 2009)
• Keith Jarrett – Testament (JazzTimes, November 2009)
• Testament Speaks Volumes (suite101.com, November 7, 2009)
• Keith Jarrett: Testament: Paris/London (Jambands.com, November 30, 2009)

Some reviews of the October 2009 solo concerts in Europe:

• Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels (October 9, 2009)
  • Le roi Jarrett au Bozar (lesoir.be, October 10, 2009, in French)
  • Keith Jarrett personnifie la musique (lesoir.be, October 12, 2009, in French)
  • L’étreinte captivante de Keith Jarrett (La Libre Belgique, October 12, 2009, in French)
  • Bruxelles, 9 Ottobre 2009 – Keith Jarrett – Piano Solo (KeithJarrett.it, October 14, 2009, in Italian)
  • Keith Jarrett Solo Concert – Regards croisés (Pianomajeur.net, October 17, 2009, in French)
• Philharmonie, Berlin (October 12, 2009)
  • Keith kämpft gegen die deutsche Arroganz (Spiegel Online, October 13, 2009, in German)
  • Keith Jarrett nervt mit immer absurderen Allüren (Welt Online, October 13, 2009, in German)
  • Keith Jarrett ernst und einsam in Berlin (Berliner Morgenpost, October 14, 2009, in German)
  • Wackelkontakt zur Ewigkeit (Der Tagesspiegel, October 14, 2009, in German)
  • Das Solo-Konzert des Pianisten Keith Jarrett in Berlin (Nürnberger Nachrichten, October 14, 2009, in German)
  • Im magischen Dreieck (Zeit Online, October 15, 2009, in German)
  • Berlino 12 ottobre – Keith Jarrett (COSA, October 20, 2009, in Italian)
• Tonhalle, Zürich (October 16, 2009)
  • Le tour de l’ivoire (Le Temps, October 17, 2009, in French)
  • Keith Jarretts böses Genie führt zu Ausraster in Zürich (Berner Zeitung, October 19, 2009, in German)
  • Gesichter einer Persönlichkeit (NZZ Online, October 19, 2009, in German)
  • Jazz-Pianist Keith Jarrett hält in Zürich das Publikum in Atem (Südkurier, October 20, 2009, in German)

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• “Improvisation” (Jarrett)
• “Blackberry Winter” (McGlohon, Wilder)
• “Free Piece” (Jarrett, McPartland)
• “Portrait of Keith Jarrett” (McPartland)
• “Country” (Jarrett)
• “Indian Summer” (Herbert)

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