Ruta and Daitya

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Ruta and Daitya
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Studio album by
Keith Jarrett & Jack DeJohnette
Released1973 [1]
Recorded1971, May (?)
StudioSunset Studios, Los Angeles (USA)
GenreJazz
Length47:37
LabelECM Records
[ECM 1021]
ProducerManfred Eicher
Keith Jarrett chronology
Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett
(1970) 		Ruta and Daitya
(1973) 		The Mourning of a Star
(1971)
Jack DeJohnette chronology
Have You Heard?
(1970) 		Ruta and Daitya
(1971) 		Compost
(1971)
Alternative Cover
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Ruta and Daitya is a studio album recorded by Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette in 1971 and released by ECM Records in 1973.[1] It features seven duet pieces that show Jarrett's last performances on electric keyboards.

Making of[]

In his Jarrett biography Ian Carr states that "early in 1971, when the Miles Davis group was doing a few days at Shelly's Manne Hole in Los Angeles, a friend from the Sunset Studios there offered Jarrett and DeJohnette some free studio time to record as a duo. They took drums and percussion and the electric piano and organ from the club and made a tape (..)" and that after the Facing You recording session Jarrett gave Manfred Eicher the tapes of the duo recording to be mixed and produce the album.[2]

Reception[]

The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 3 stars, stating, "this is a valuable, underrated transition album that provides perhaps the last glimpse of the electric Keith Jarrett as he embarked on his notorious (and ultimately triumphant) anti-electric crusade".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3/5 stars[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz3/4 stars[5]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide4/5 stars[6]
Tom HullB+ ((2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention))[7]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette except as indicated
  1. "Overture/Communion" - 6:00
  2. "Ruta and Daitya" - 11:14
  3. "All We Got" - 2:00
  4. "Sounds of Peru/Submergence/Awakening" - 6:31
  5. "Algeria" - 5:47
  6. "You Know, You Know" (Jarrett) - 7:44
  7. "Pastel Morning" (Jarrett) - 2:04

Personnel[]

Technical Personnel[]

  • Kurt Rapp, Martin Wieland - Mixing Engineers
  • Barbara Wojirsch - Cover Design and Layout
  • Manfred Eicher - Production

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b ECM Records Keith Jarrett / Jack DeJohnette: Ruta and Daitya accessed June 2020
  2. ^ Carr, Ian. Keith Jarrett: The Man and His Music (New York: Da Capo, 1992), ISBN 9780306804786 p.56, 61.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Keith Jarrett: Ruta and Daitya". allmusic.com.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 771. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 60. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  7. ^ Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
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