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Summary: BEST JAZZ PIANO TRIO IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE
Comment: A STELLAR PERFORMANCE FROM KEITH GARY AND JACK .It is the best jazz piano trio in the world till now and IMO IT WILL REMAIN FOR EVER . SO LIVELY SO VIVID SO SIMPLE AND SO EXPLOSIVE IN THIS RECORDIND .THEY ARE REALLY AMAZING.STILL LIVE AND EXTENDED PLAY BY DAVE HOLLAND SHARE THE SAME AMOUNT OF MY RESPECT AND DEFINITELY WOULD BE THE MOST HARD TASK TO DECIDE WHICH IS THE BEST .BUT MANY TIMES I LEAN TOWARDS KEITH AND HIS COMPANY .MELODY ALWAYS WINS .
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Summary: Ranking at Best.
Comment: I'm not sure what prompts certain professed "purists" to low mark Jarrett for grunts or play the dismantle-his-genius game pursuant to other alleged impurities. Want no grunts? Sterility in plastic piano capsules? Want perfecto piano playing by stiff aficionados who, like the "purists" they cater to, are also too timid to let out a good soul-body grunt? The music world is asphyxiated with them so no need to look far. Or do you want a Jarrett bright as an angel and way up on his wing? Then look no further and grab this CD set. It's one of the best free-wheelin' Jarrett CD sets out there, I assure you, a definite winner and the trio shines. I have virtually every CD by Jarrett so I speak from that particular angle.
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Summary: Even the Jarrett "squeak!" can't hurt this gem
Comment: One of jazz' great ironies is Keith's famous scolding of audiences for making noise, and then when they become silent he starts squeaking like a mouse who found the back door to the cheese compartment.
This album is so fine, however, that his endless squeals can barely besmirch the genius of the piano playing that elicits them. I haven't heard a better Jarrett record, trio or not. There is SO much MUSIC here! Not just stellar technique but truly melodic glissandos and rippling crescendos of joy that turn these jazz standards on their heads and show what true musical inventiveness can achieve.
By far my favorite is When I Fall In Love Again, best version of this chestnut I've heard including Bill Evans' (high praise indeed!). You can hear Bill all over Keith's harmonic ideas but KJ's touch on this tune is all his own and he coaxes the theme into gorgeous canyons full of light and shading that take my breath away, year after year. Jack and Gary are with him every step, prodding and supporting, and by tune's end you feel as if you've been witness to something truly magical.
One of the great jazz trio records, up there with OP's Night Train and Evans' Portrait In Jazz and Village Vanguard albums.
Can't recommend this one highly enough.
Just remember to listen past the mouse!
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Summary: Wondrous, beautiful playing - Stunning, vibrant recording
Comment: How to convey the incredible music and inspired music-making here? Words come to mind like vibrant, impassioned, sparkling, explosive, swinging, lyrical, and maybe plenty more..., but you would already getting the idea by now.
I couldn't agree more about the stunning performance of 'My Funny Valentine' noted by the reviewer below - it is absolutely spellbinding. It is truly superb, and for me it's simply one of the most moving and magical performances I've experienced in a lifetime of music.
This whole record shimmers with a radiance of some kind. There's an almost electric buzz in the air from start to finish, and it is superbly captured on this recording by ECM's first maestro of the recording art: engineer Martin Wieland. What a beautiful recording!
And what astonishing performances by these great, great players. I've got umpteen recordings by this trio, and yet this one is one of the very finest. It's a very special album indeed. Electrifying performances and pristine, sparking sound. Highest recommendation.
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Summary: piano jazz trio
Comment: One of the all time favourite records!
Have been listening to it for years, never got tired of it.
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