Personal Mountains

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Personal Mountains
Personal Mountains.jpg
Live album by
Keith Jarrett
Released1989, May [1]
Recorded1979, April
VenueTokyo (Japan)
GenreJazz
Length61:22
LabelECM Records
[ECM 1382]
ProducerManfred Eicher
Keith Jarrett chronology
Sleeper
(1979) 		Personal Mountains
(1989) 		Nude Ants
(1979)
Keith Jarrett European Quartet chronology
Sleeper
(1979) 		Personal Mountains
(1979) 		Nude Ants
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz3/4 stars[3]
Tom HullB+ ((2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention))[4]

Personal Mountains is a live album by American pianist Keith Jarrett's 'European Quartet' recorded in 1979 and released by ECM Records 10 years later, in 1989.[1] The recording documents the band featuring Jarrett, Jan Garbarek, Palle Danielsson and Jon Christensen), in different live performances in Tokyo in April 1979.

April 1979 Tour in Japan[]

Personal Mountains contains tracks from different concerts performed in Tokyo in April 1979. According to www.keithjarrett.org, that April Jarrett's "European Quartet" toured Japan performing 13 times in 20 days which also gave way to Sleeper.[5]

  • 2 - Kosei Nenkin Hall, Tokyo
  • 4 - Civic Hall, Fukuoka
  • 5 - Yubin-Chokin Hall, Hiroshima
  • 6 - Kosei Nenkin Hall, Osaka
  • 9 - International House, Kobe
  • 10 - Kaikan Hall 1, Kyoto
  • 12 - Aichi Auditorium, Nagoya
  • 13 - Kosei Nenkin Hall, Tokyo
  • 16 - Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo Sleeper
  • 17 - Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo
  • 18 - Hokkaido Kosei Nenkin Hall, Sapporo
  • 20 - Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama
  • 21 - Prefectural Culture Center, Ibaraki

Reception[]

The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "Clearly this is one of the peaks of the European quartet's discography.".[2]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Keith Jarrett.
  1. "Personal Mountains" - 16:02
  2. "Prism" - 11:15
  3. "Oasis" - 18:03
  4. "Innocence" - 7:16
  5. "Late Night Willie" - 8:46

Personnel[]

Technical personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b ECM Records Keith Jarrett: Personal Mountains accessed June 2020
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Ginell, R. Allmusic Review accessed September 12, 2011
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 769. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  5. ^ Keith Jarrett 1979 live concerts accessed January 2021
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