JARRETT KEITH – NEW VIENNA LP2

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A new solo live recording from July 2016 in Vienna to celebrate Keith Jarrett’s 80th birthday is now available! Keith Jarrett, the lone pianist who has revolutionized the possibilities and even the concept of live performance on solo piano and continues to produce numerous masterpieces, including “Cologne Concert”, celebrated his 80th birthday on May 8, and to mark the occasion, a live album from his last European solo tour was urgently released live album from his last European solo tour on May 8. This is the fourth live recording to be released from Keith Jarrett’s final European solo tour, following “Munich 2016,” “Budapest Concert,” and “Bordeaux Concert. The legendary “Vienna Concert” (recorded at the Vienna State Opera in 1991), a live work that he once claimed spoke “the language of the flame itself” after years of “courting the flame,” returns to Vienna in 2016 for this album, The flame of inspiration was brought to another historic location with vibrant acoustics, the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna. This work is almost encyclopedic in its scope, as it forms new music in the moment. The lengthy format of Jarrett’s early solo concerts, from “Bremen/Lausanne” and “Cologne Concert” to “Vienna Concert,” was replaced by a show composed of short, self-contained, contrasting pieces during this final phase of his performing career. And so it was with the July 9, 2016 performance at the Musikverein in Vienna. Part 1″ is a spontaneous whirlpool of sound, swirling, dense and complex. In “Part 2,” chords emerge in silence, eliciting a leisurely melody. In “Part 3,” where rhythm comes to the fore, Jarrett’s ability to develop and interweave separate patterns in each hand is remarkable. Part 4″ is hymnic, fluttering clouds of glory, while “Part 5″ is a pure ballad from the ether. Part 6” is more abstract, refracting lyrical impulses, while “Part 7″ is a tender piece that sounds like it was rewritten for Jarrett’s European quartet. Part 8” goes back to basics with blues, while “Part 9” contains hints of gospel and country, reminding us how inclusive Jarrett’s musical vision was. Jarrett concludes another exceptional performance of “Over the Rainbow,” chosen as an encore, with a slightly different phrasing than the wonderful versions heard in “La Scala,” “A Martitude of Angels,” and “Munich 2016.”