Jazz Articles about Gary Peacock

Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock / Jack DeJohnette: My Foolish Heart

by Joel Roberts
March 16, 2008

Listeners have come to expect several things from the trio of Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette in the 25 years that the group's been engaged in its extended modernist exploration of the Great American Songbook: remarkable musicianship, extreme seriousness and a fairly predictable repertoire. That's what makes the trio's 18th release on the ECM label, somewhat of a surprise. A complete, nearly two-hour concert recorded in 2001, My Foolish Heart finds Jarrett and company in ...

Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock / Jack DeJohnette: Setting Standards: New York Sessions

by Budd Kopman
February 14, 2008

From the first groan emitted by pianist Keith Jarrett on “Meaning Of The Blues," from Standards, Vol. 1 (ECM, 1985), to the last seconds of the ending cadence of “Prism," from Changes (ECM, 1984) and everything in between, the music and playing on Setting Standards: New York Sessions--a three-CD box that collects these two titles along with Standards, Vol. 2 (ECM, 1985)--signals its unique place in jazz history. The music is timeless, not only because the first ...

Jarrett/Peacock/DeJohnette: Setting Standards: New York Sessions

by Dan McClenaghan
February 1, 2008

The surprise for the folks who haven't followed the quarter century span of Keith Jarrett's Standard Trio--those who jumped onboard with, say, Live at the Blue Note (ECM, 1995), or Up For It (ECM, 2003)--will be just how good these guys were right from the very start. Things just seemed to click into place on their first trip to the studio in 1983, when Jarrett, bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Jack DeJohnette went into Power Station in New York to ...

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette: Setting Standards: New York Sessions

by C. Michael Bailey
January 20, 2008

Setting Standards is a clever repackaging of three Keith Jarrett Standards Trio releases: Standards, Vol. 1 (ECM, 1985), Standards, Vol. 2 (ECM, 1985) and Changes (ECM 1984). These releases were the ostensible ground zero for what would go on to be the pianist's Standards Trio for the next twenty-five years.

This limited release box set is a perfect introduction to both Jarrett and the trio, in addition to the concept and recognition of what a jazz standard is. ...

Setting Standards: New York Sessions

by John Kelman
January 16, 2008

It's hard to believe that Keith Jarrett's “standards" trio, with bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Jack DeJohnette, has been around for a quarter of a century. It's not just the pianist's longest lasting ensemble, but one of most permanent line-ups in jazz history. To celebrate the occasion, ECM Records has released Setting Standards: New York Sessions, a three-CD set which brings together the entire output of the trio's first session, a remarkably fruitful one that resulted in not ...

Gary Peacock: Zen Bass

by Florence Wetzel
July 13, 2007

Gary Peacock is a seminal part of jazz history. Born 1935 in Burley, Idaho, he grew up in Yakima, Washington, studied piano at the Westlake College of Music in Los Angeles and played piano in the army until the group's bassist quit and Peacock took over the chair. Back in the US, Peacock worked on the West Coast with Bud Shank, Art Pepper, Barney Kessel, Paul Bley and Ornette Coleman and on the East Coast with Miles Davis, ...

The Trouble With Gary: An Open Letter to the Jazz Community

by John Dworkin
June 29, 2005

This article was written to be distributed at last night's Keith Jarrett Trio concert at Carnegie Hall. This explains a few of the initial references. Knowing ahead of time that the writing and distribution of this small missive may upset some gives me pause. To some this will seem an immature prank. Still others may feel me mean-spirited, a day late and a dollar short. A day late I'll give you. Nevertheless, I feel strongly about the issues ...