Birth (Keith Jarrett album)

Birth
Birth
Studio album by Keith Jarrett
Released	1972
Recorded	1971, July 15–16
Studio	Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City (USA)
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:25
Label	Atlantic
Producer	George Avakian
Keith Jarrett chronology
Keith Jarrett American Quartet chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[4]

Birth is an album by Keith Jarrett recorded in 1971 and released the next year. On five dates in July and August 1971 Jarrett went into the studio with his trio (Charlie Haden and Paul Motian) augmented with Dewey Redman on tenor saxophone and produced enough material for three albums, The Mourning of a Star (released in 1971), El Juicio (The Judgement) (released in 1975) and Birth. These albums marked the emergence of what would later be called Jarrett's "American quartet."

Reception[]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars, stating, "Not everything works, and there are some wandering moments, but the music always holds one's interest; one can easily see the potential that would soon be realized by this intriguing ensemble.".^[2]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Keith Jarrett

"Birth" - 6:13
"Mortgage on My Soul" - 5:38
"Spirit" - 8:38
"Markings" - 0:37
"Forget Your Memories (And They'll Remember You)" - 6:57
"Remorse" - 11:22

Personnel[]

Keith Jarrett - piano, soprano saxophone, recorder, banjo, steel drums, vocals
Dewey Redman - tenor saxophone, Chinese musette, bells, percussion, vocals
Charlie Haden - double-bass, congas, steel drums, clapper
Paul Motian - drums, steel drums, bells, percussion

References[]

^ Discogs Keith Jarrett: Birth accessed June 2020
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed Assessed 17, 2011
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 768. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 112. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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[Discogs_Birth-1] Discogs Keith Jarrett: Birth accessed June 2020

[Allmusic-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed Assessed 17, 2011

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 768. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[RSJRG-4] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 112. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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Studio albums	Life Between the Exit Signs (1968) Restoration Ruin (1968) Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett (1971) The Mourning of a Star (1971) Facing You (1972) Birth (1972) Expectations (1972) Ruta and Daitya (1973) Belonging (1974) Treasure Island (1974) In the Light (1974) El Juicio (The Judgement) (1975) Back Hand (1975) Death and the Flower (1975) Mysteries (1976) Shades (1976) Arbour Zena (1976) Hymns/Spheres (1976) Staircase (1977) Byablue (1977) The Survivors' Suite (1977) My Song (1978) Bop-Be (1978) The Celestial Hawk (1980) G.I. Gurdjieff: Sacred Hymns (1980) Invocations/The Moth and the Flame (1981) Standards, Vol. 1 (1983) Changes (1984) Standards, Vol. 2 (1985) Spirits (1986) Book of Ways (1987) Bridge of Light (1994) The Melody at Night, with You (1999) Jasmine (2010) No End (2013) Last Dance (2014)
Live albums	Somewhere Before (1968) Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne (1973) Fort Yawuh (1973) The Köln Concert (1975) Sun Bear Concerts (1978) Eyes of the Heart (1978) Nude Ants (1979) Concerts (1982) Standards Live (1985) Still Live (1986) Changeless (1987) Dark Intervals (1988) Personal Mountains (1989) Paris Concert (1990) Tribute (1989) Standards in Norway (1989) The Cure (1990) Vienna Concert (1992) At the Deer Head Inn (1994) Keith Jarrett at the Blue Note (1995) La Scala (1997) Tokyo '96 (1998) Whisper Not (1999) Inside Out (2000) Always Let Me Go (2001) Up for It (2002) The Out-of-Towners (2004) Radiance (2005) The Carnegie Hall Concert (2006) My Foolish Heart (2007) Yesterdays (2008) Paris / London: Testament (2009) Somewhere (2009) Rio (2011) Sleeper (2012) Hamburg '72 (2014) Creation (2015) A Multitude of Angels (2016) After the Fall (2018) La Fenice (2018) Munich 2016 (2019) Budapest Concert (2020)
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