PR: Keith Jarrett "The Carnegie Hall Concert"

[cinemediapromo]

I am posting this press release with the permission. Thanks!

Keith Jarrett "The Carnegie Hall Concert"

Release date: September 26, 2006

(New York, NY) The Carnegie Hall Concert was Keith Jarrett’s first North American solo concert in a decade and perhaps one of the most wide-ranging of all his performances. The album almost amounts to an autobiographical portrait of the great improviser. Each of his two sets takes the form of a suite of songs, some intensely lyrical, others angular, turbulent, or probing. And the encores - no less than five of them - touch upon the blues and boogie-woogie, upon standard material (“Time On My Hands”), and even offer a new perspective on “My Song”, written for the Scandinavian ‘Belonging’ quartet and first recorded by Jarrett in 1977.

In the rare solo concerts Keith Jarrett has given following his return to the form in 1997, he has been readjusting his approach to solo improvisation. As he explained in an interview in DownBeat last year, he has granted himself the periodic freedom to stop ... and to grant each spontaneously-evolving musical idea no more than the space it requires. The long arcs of segued episodes that characterized earlier solo performances - including those released on albums including The Köln Concert, Sun Bear Concerts, Vienna Concert, La Scala and many others - have been banished, replaced now by an emphasis on smaller forms: “If I start to play and a minute-and-a-half later I feel a piece is over, I’ll stop. It’s the freedom to stop when stopping seems correct. I had got myself locked into a slightly too complicated situation where the rules I had made for myself had been governing me - instead of making simple rules that could take me somewhere new.”

Radiance and the DVD Tokyo Solo, both recorded in 2002 documented the beginning of this process. On The Carnegie Hall Concert, recorded in September 2005 at America’s most prestigious venue, it is clear that Jarrett is enjoying his new liberties, as is his audience. The sold-out Isaac Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, included - in addition to numerous passionately committed fans - many musicians and critics. No one was disappointed and the electrifying atmosphere is evidenced by the ecstatic applause.

Wall Street Journal critic Larry Blumenfeld outlined the direction of the concert: “Mr Jarrett began with a piece that played like an overture: there were suggestions of a ballad colored by splashes of harmony but these gave way to a cat and mouse game of contrapuntal lines. From there, pieces grew shorter and formed a succession that revealed melodic cohesion as well as stark contrasts (...) Whatever musical references Mr Jarrett’s improvisations called up for listeners, nothing sounded automatic or at all derivative throughout the evening. Yet perhaps ironically, his brief pieces more often than not took the form of composed tunes – in many spots more memorably than most contemporary songs... Mr Jarrett has arrived at a newly satisfying solo approach – one that gives rise to songs that take shape and just as quickly disappear, and which may script a fresh chapter of his storied career.”

There were many such comments. The New York Times hailed the concert as “a major event”. All About Jazz praised the “astonishing expertise” and “astonishing clarity” of Jarrett’s performance, while Jazz Times praised his “innate and unerring sense of craft”.

Upcoming Keith Jarrett solo performances:

October 31 Paris, France at Salle Pleyel ( newly re-opened)

November 3rd, Paris, France at Salle Pleyel

For further information, please contact cinemediapromo@yahoo.com

[brownie]

Posted this earlier today. The post has disappeared, so here it comes again...

Spam for Keith Jarrett ?!?

Do we need this?

[king ubu]

Posted this earlier today. The post has disappeared, so here it comes again...

Spam for Keith Jarrett ?!?

Do we need this?

well yes, sure! he wants some 150$ minimum from us if we want so see him, so we want some spam in return, that's the least we deserve!

[randyhersom]

Even considering its biased nature, it's of some interest to me. I'd vote against banning all promotional posts. Some of the nicest moments on this board have been when a relative of an artist interacts with the many knowledgeable fans here.

[king ubu]

Even considering its biased nature, it's of some interest to me. I'd vote against banning all promotional posts. Some of the nicest moments on this board have been when a relative of an artist interacts with the many knowledgeable fans here.

True, but most of the promo-post are by some street team chaps who never interact and just disappear - two very different things, if you ask me.

[JSngry]

Spam that moans?

What's next, potted meat product that hums?

[bertrand]

I'm open to PR announcements as long as they clear it with Jim first (as this person did). Of course, it's more work for him

Bertrand.

Edited October 15, 2006 by bertrand

[Rooster_Ties]

There's been much worse posted here on this board.

(Hell, I've even posted some of it!!)

Doesn't bother me none.

[Jim Alfredson]

Posted this earlier today. The post has disappeared, so here it comes again...

Spam for Keith Jarrett ?!?

Do we need this?

Yes, I deleted it because I assumed that people would read the first sentence and understand.

I'm open to PR announcements as long as they clear it with Jim first. Of course, it's more work for him

Bertrand.

The very first sentence of the post is "I am posting this press release with the permission. Thanks!" Beth did contact me first and ask permission.

[JSngry]

Fair enough, but the incomplete clause "with the permission" is ambiguous at best. A misunderstanding is understandable, no?

Still, it's all good. I'm not at all offended by music promos, authorized or otherwise.

The notion of "Keith Jarrett Spam", however, a low-grade luncheon meat endorsed by Mr. Jarrett, cracks me up!

It's like a jazz equivalent of

[Parkertown]

Spam that moans?

Ewww...I'm gonna have nightmares now...

Sounds like the makings for a great horror movie. And the wife is sure to hate it as well.

[brownie]

Posted this earlier today. The post has disappeared, so here it comes again...

Spam for Keith Jarrett ?!?

Do we need this?

Yes, I deleted it because I assumed that people would read the first sentence and understand.

Catching up on your answer only now.

I did read the full post and noticed your go ahead.

Was just stating my opinion on this matter. Nothing wrong with that, right?

[Aggie87]

I picked this up from yourmusic recently, and have been enjoying the music itself, very nice playing, nicely recorded, and Keith seems inspired.

However, something that really bothers me about this CD is that most of the tracks on the second disc have like 3 minutes of applause at the end. Why the heck couldn't this be edited out? There's no talking or interaction with the audience at all. This is all good and fine in a concert, but not on a concert recording. It's annoying have to fast forward to the start of the next tune after every song!

[mjzee]

I picked this up from yourmusic recently, and have been enjoying the music itself, very nice playing, nicely recorded, and Keith seems inspired.

However, something that really bothers me about this CD is that most of the tracks on the second disc have like 3 minutes of applause at the end. Why the heck couldn't this be edited out? There's no talking or interaction with the audience at all. This is all good and fine in a concert, but not on a concert recording. It's annoying have to fast forward to the start of the next tune after every song!

Hi, Aggie. That's a Jarrett thing. The last side of the LP of The Koln Concert was about 7 minutes long, and about half of that is applause. Probably Jarrett's desire, tho Manfred Eicher is definitely an enabler.