At the Deer Head Inn

At the Deer Head Inn
At the Deer Head Inn
Live album by Keith Jarrett
Released	1994, April
Recorded	1992, September 16
Venue	Deer Head Inn, Delaware Water Gap, PA (USA)
Genre	Jazz
Length	66:27
Label	ECM Records; [ECM 1531]
Producer	Bill Goodwin
Keith Jarrett chronology

At the Deer Head Inn is a live album by American pianist Keith Jarrett with Gary Peacock and Paul Motian recorded in concert in September 1992 in Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania at the Deer Head Inn and released by ECM Records in 1994.^[1] The album was recorded at a venue where Jarrett performed very early in his career and was the first to feature Motian since Bop-Be in 1976.

Reception[]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and states: "The inventive interpretations give listeners plenty of surprises and variety, making this a very enjoyable outing".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[3]

Track listing[]

"Solar" (Miles Davis) - 11:21
"Basin Street Blues" (Spencer Williams) - 9:09
"Chandra" (Jaki Byard) - 9:21
"You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) - 12:55
"You and the Night and the Music" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 5:41
"Bye Bye Blackbird" (Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson) - 10:13
"It's Easy to Remember" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 7:47

Personnel[]

Keith Jarrett – Piano
Gary Peacock - Double bass
Paul Motian - Drums

Technical Personnel[]

Kent Heckman - Recording Engineer
David W. Coulter - Photo
Barbara Wojirsch - Cover Design
Bill Goodwin - Production

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ECM Records Jarrett / Peacock / Motian: At the Deer Head Inn, accessed June 2020
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 30, 2010
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 770. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[ECM-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ECM Records Jarrett / Peacock / Motian: At the Deer Head Inn, accessed June 2020

[Allmusic-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 30, 2010

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 770. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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