Jasmine and Green In Blue Early Quartets

[Tom Cat]

Hey friends, well i'm new on organissimo and this is my fisrt topic

what do you think about this two new releases?

Jasmine by keith jarrett and charlie haden

Green In blue Early Quartets by Arild Andersen this actually is a 3 CD edition of the early work by Arild Andersen, he was memeber of the jan garbarek quartet in the late 60's and early 70's.

Well if you already heard this stuff, what's your opinion?

[randyhersom]

Jasmine is good and welcome. The duet Prayer from Death and The Flower (1974) is one of my favorite pieces of music ever. Jasmine does not quite reach that level of spiritual intensity, but it's a fine standards set. I haven't given the Standards Trio the listening time that I gave the old American Quartet dates on Impulse, so I can't do much compare and contrast there. Listening to jasmine just feels a bit like meeting old friends.

[king ubu]

There's an on-going discussion of ECM reissues/new releases over here:

I've got "Green in Blue" quite a while back, haven't even begin listening yet...

[A Lark Ascending]

Hi Tom Cat,

'Jasmine' is a lovely record. They play closer to the original melodies than Jarrett normally does.

I really like the Arild Andersen set too - been waiting for 'Blue in Green' for years! Very much in the early 70s ECM mould - an overall acoustic sound with a splash of colouristic electricity.