Still Live (Keith Jarrett album)

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Still Live
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Live album by
Keith Jarrett
Released1988, March [1]
Recorded1986, July 13
VenuePhilharmonic Hall, Munich (West Germany)
GenreJazz
Length1:38:13
LabelECM Records
[ECM 1360/61]
ProducerManfred Eicher
Keith Jarrett chronology
Standards Live
(1985) 		Still Live
(1988) 		Book of Ways
(1986)
Jarrett / Peacock / DeJohnette chronology
Standards Live
(1985) 		Still Live
(1986) 		Changeless
(1987)

Still Live is a double-CD live album by American pianist Keith Jarrett's "Standards Trio" featuring Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette recorded in July, 1986 at the Philharmonic Hall in Munich, Germany. The concert was organized an co-produced by Loft and ECM and was part of the "Klaviersommer 1986".[2] It was released by ECM Records in 1988.[1]

July 1986 Tour[]

Still Live was a concert that took place during the ambitious "Standards trio" July 1986 European tour which, according to www.keithjarrett.org, visited 14 cities in 26 days.[3]

While on tour, Mr. Jarrett would still find spare time to record the clavichord album Book of Ways.

  • 1 - Verona (Italy)
  • 3 - Lugano (Switzerland)
  • 6 - Hollabrunn (Austria)
  • 8 - Milano (Italy)
  • 9 - Cannes (France)
  • 11 - Vienne (France)
  • 13 - Munich (Germany)
  • 16 - Istanbul (Turkey)
  • 18 - Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain)
  • 19 - London (UK)
  • 21 - Molde (Norway)
  • 22 - Copenhaguen (Denmark)
  • 24 - Montpellier (France)
  • 26 - Antibes (France)

Reception[]

As for the 31st Annual Grammy award (1988) the album was nominated in the "Best Jazz Instrumental Performance (Group)" category.[4] So far, up to 2020 there had been no further Keith Jarrett's "Standards trio" nominations.

On his 2002 Records To Die For Lonnie Brownell at Stereophile marks that:

Over the past 30 years, Keith Jarrett has released 46 albums as a leader on the ECM label. Of these, the best are the 12 recorded with his "Standards Trio," and of these, the best is Still Live. Jarrett and Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette flow from Richard Rodgers to Oscar Hammerstein to Harold Arlen to Keith Jarrett to spontaneous free interpretive variation to Charlie Parker and back again, until it no longer matters where Johnny Mercer leaves off and this trio begins, because it is all one tribal dance. On this night in 1986 in Munich's Philharmonic Hall, Jarrett broke through to The Light. After "When I Fall in Love," you wonder that he ever found it necessary to play the piano again.[5]

The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 3 stars and states, "Jarrett treats his brace of pop and jazz standards with unpredictable, often eloquently melodic and structural originality". Regarding some critic's particular observations on Jarrett's idiosyncrasies, Ginell adds that "there is a considerable amount of Jarrett vocalizing, though; sometimes he sounds like a tortured animal."[6]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3/5 stars[6]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz3.5/4 stars[7]

Track listing[]

  1. "My Funny Valentine" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 10:51
  2. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) - 10:24
  3. "When I Fall in Love" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) - 8:22
  4. "The Song Is You" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 17:33
  5. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 10:06
  6. "Late Lament" (Paul Desmond) - 8:40
  7. "You and the Night and the Music/Extension" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz/Keith Jarrett) - 10:44
  8. "Intro/Someday My Prince Will Come" (Jarrett/Frank Churchill, Larry Morey) - 8:23
  9. "Billie's Bounce" (Charlie Parker) * - 9:06
  10. "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) - 4:00

Total effective playing time: 1:33:37 (the album contains 4:36 applause approximately)

* Not included in original LP release of 1986. Included in every CD release including that of 1986.

Personnel[]

Technical Personnel[]

  • Martin Wieland - Recording Engineer
  • Rose Anne Colavito - Photos
  • Barbara Wojirsch - Design
  • Manfred Eicher - Production

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b ECM Records Jarrett / Peacock / DeJohnette: Still Live accessed May 2020
  2. ^ Keith Jarrett discography accessed March 29, 2010
  3. ^ Keith Jarrett 1986 live concerts accessed May 12, 2020
  4. ^ Keith Jarrett Trio's Grammy Award results accessed May 12, 2020
  5. ^ "2002 records to die for". Stereophile. February 2002. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed March 29, 2010
  7. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 769. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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