Paris Concert (Keith Jarrett album)

Paris Concert
Paris Concert
Live album by Keith Jarrett
Released	April 1990
Recorded	October 17, 1988
Venue	Salle Pleyel; Paris, France
Genre	Jazz
Length	50:17
Label	ECM; ECM 1401
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Keith Jarrett chronology
Keith Jarrett solo piano chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[4]

Paris Concert is a live solo album by American jazz pianist Keith Jarrett, recorded at the Salle Pleyel in Paris on October 17, 1988, and released on ECM in April 1990.^[1]

1988 solo piano concerts

In 1988 Jarrett toured Europe two times (June, October) offering 6 solo concerts.^[5] Paris Concert was recorded during the second 1988 European mini-tour.

June 16 – Istanbul (Turkey) during Istanbul International Jazz Festival
June 20 – Patras (Greece) during Patras International Festival.
June 23 – Palermo (Italy)
October 17 – Paris (France)
October 22 – Brussels (Belgium) during the Belga Jazz Festival
October 24 – Madrid (Spain) during Festival de Jazz de Madrid

Reception

Richard Lehnert at Stereophile gave the album the "Recording of November 1990" award, stating:

This is Jarrett's most satisfying solo outing since 1982's Concerts.... The gorgeously deep, lush recording is, of course, closely multi-miked, with perhaps even some added reverb. But producer Manfred Eicher does this sort of thing at least as well as did John Culshaw, and probably better than anyone working today. I have no complaints, even if the piano is 12' wide.^[6]

The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell states, "Jarrett pulls further away from the old rousing (and thoroughly American) gospel, blues and folk roots of earlier concerts toward a more abstract concept.... [His] virtuosic abilities are never in doubt, and he rarely flaunts his technique for its own sake, but one senses that the inspiration level is down; one doesn't come out of the CD all charged up as with many earlier solo concerts."^[3]

Track listing

All music by Keith Jarrett except as noted.

"October 17, 1988" – 38:23
"The Wind" (Russ Freeman, Jerry Gladstone) – 6:32
"Blues" – 5:22

Personnel

Keith Jarrett – piano

Technical personnel

Manfred Eicher – producer
Peter Laenger, Andreas Neubronner – recording engineer
Barbara Wojirsch – cover design and layout
Jean-Pierre Larcher – photography

References

^ ^a ^b ECM Records Keith Jarrett: Paris concert accessed May 2020
^ Keith Jarrett discography, Paris concert accessed May 2020
^ ^a ^b Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Paris Concert - Keith Jarrett | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 768. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Keith Jarrett 1988 live concerts accessed May 13, 2020
^ Lehnert, R. (November 1990)"Recording of November 1990: Paris Concert", Stereophile, accessed May 15, 2020

[ECM-1] ECM Records Keith Jarrett: Paris concert accessed May 2020

[Jarrett_discography-2] Keith Jarrett discography, Paris concert accessed May 2020

[AllMusic-3] Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Paris Concert - Keith Jarrett | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 768. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Keith_Jarrett_1988_live_concerts-5] Keith Jarrett 1988 live concerts accessed May 13, 2020

[6] Lehnert, R. (November 1990)"Recording of November 1990: Paris Concert", Stereophile, accessed May 15, 2020

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