Most people who appreciate jazz improvisation and piano are hip to Mr. Jarrett's Standards Trio, but this wonderful recording (1992, released in 1994) sometimes escapes notice. I can't explain it fully; perhaps it's simply the presence of Paul Motian on drums rather than Jack DeJohnette (whom I love in the 'normal' trio without reservation), or the intimacy of the setting, or the quality of the recording itself. Whatever the reason, this is the Jarrett trio recording I come back to most often, and fondly. Jarrett searches here as he does nowhere else, especially on the standards 'Solar', 'Basin Street Blues', and the seldom-recorded 'Chandra' by Jaki Byard. The ballad which closes the set, Rogers and Hart's 'It's Easy To Remember' is stunning.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
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Most people who appreciate jazz improvisation and piano are hip to Mr. Jarrett's Standards Trio, but this wonderful recording (1992, released in 1994) sometimes escapes notice. I can't explain it fully; perhaps it's simply the presence of Paul Motian on drums rather than Jack DeJohnette (whom I love in the 'normal' trio without reservation), or the intimacy of the setting, or the quality of the recording itself. Whatever the reason, this is the Jarrett trio recording I come back to most often, and fondly. Jarrett searches here as he does nowhere else, especially on the standards 'Solar', 'Basin Street Blues', and the seldom-recorded 'Chandra' by Jaki Byard. The ballad which closes the set, Rogers and Hart's 'It's Easy To Remember' is stunning.
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