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Jazz Interpretations of the music of Jerome Kern
by Larry Slater
Jerome Kern was one of the most important composers of the “Great American Songbook," and his tunes have provided rich source material for jazz artists for decades. This is the first hour long installment of a three part series which includes performances by Paul Motian, Grant Green, JD Allen, Abbey Lincoln, Milt Jackson and more. Early Kern compositions include Ol' Man River, Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man, Why Do I Love, You, Why Was I Born and The ...
Continue ReadingBill Evans: Explorations
by Richard J Salvucci
It is not easy to review a masterpiece. The celebrated American intellectual historian Perry Miller was once reduced to muttering something like “What am I supposed to say about the damn thing?" The damn thing in question being Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Professor Miller, meet pianist Bill Evans. Trying to say something intelligent about Bill Evans after so much has been written and said in the now nearly fifty years after his death defines a Fool's Errand. So why ...
Continue ReadingKeith Jarrett: The Old Country: More from the Deer Head Inn
by Alberto Bazzurro
Disco come sempre di gran classe, questo, inciso il 16 settembre 1992 al Deer Head Inn di Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania, con Paul Motian in luogo del “canonico" Jack DeJohnette, ma con immutate le stimmate del già celeberrimo (nonché celebratissimo) standard trio di un Keith Jarrett all'epoca quarantasettenne e nel pieno della sua maturità tecnico-espressiva. Il materiale, che va a integrare quanto già edito ormai quasi trentun anni fa in At the Deer Head Inn (il sottotitolo ...
Continue ReadingKeith Jarrett: The Old Country: More from the Deer Head Inn
by Mario Calvitti
Già da alcuni anni l'attività pianistica di Keith Jarrett si è forzatamente interrotta per motivi legati alle condizioni di salute dell'artista, colpito da ictus, ma la sua musica continua a venire pubblicata con novità discografiche provenienti dagli archivi ECM, alternando le esecuzioni jazzistiche a quelle classiche con cadenza più o meno annuale. Questo nuovo album rappresenta un'aggiunta importante alla sua discografia, dando dopo 30 anni un seguito all'album At the Deer Head Inn con la pubblicazione di otto brani inediti ...
Continue ReadingKeith Jarrett: The Old Country: More from the Deer Head Inn
by Jack Kenny
Keith Jarrett remarked as he listened to a tape of the session: “I think that you can hear on this tape, what jazz is all about." What did he mean? Was he reacting to criticisms of his long-form improvisations? Was it because he was in a small venue that prioritized jazz? Of course, you can hear “what jazz is all about." Major musicians accompanied him: bassist Gary Peacock, Paul Motian, a master drummer he had not played with ...
Continue ReadingKeith Jarrett: The Old Country: More from the Deer Head Inn
by Mike Jurkovic
Ahhh... the Standards Trio returns to the Poconos, or more specifically, the century and a half old Deer Head Inn, the site of the great At the Deer Head Inn (ECM,1994), and rouses all spirits with The Old Country: More from the Deer Head Inn.Celebrating a set of circumstances--Keith Jarrett was sixteen when he first played at the Deer Head Inn and at the time of this renowned gig it had been sixteen years since last jamming with ...
Continue ReadingBill Evans: The Legendary Trio At Birdland 1960 Revisited
by Glenn Astarita
Bill Evans' The Legendary Trio at Birdland 1960 is a seminal recording that captures a fleeting moment of jazz brilliance, immortalizing the profound synergy of Evans with bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian. Recorded live at the iconic Birdland Jazz Club in New York City, this album is a vivid snapshot of a group at the peak of its creative powers, navigating the complexities of jazz standards and original compositions with unparalleled grace and fluidity. The trio's ...
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