Standards, Vol. 1

Artist: Keith Jarrett Trio
Label: Ecm Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD

UPC: 781182125520
EAN: 0781182125520
ASIN: B0000031S8

Release Date: 1994-05-10

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Tracks:

Meaning Of The Blues
All The Things You Are
It Never Entered My Mind
The Masquerade Is Over
God Bless The Child

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Customer Reviews:

This is one of the all time GREATEST albums.......2006-05-28

For those of you that play jazz at cocktail parties for all your psuedo sophisticated, polar neck wearing,lexus driving friends, you will horified at the odd noises KJ makes while playing. That will be all you hear, and the album will be lost to you because you're a listener that likes the "mood" of jazz, but can't really decipher whats good from whats truly brilliant or just plain awful(for all you KennyG lovers). Your "mood' sensor will be distracted by strange noises against a backdrop of music you don't understand anyway. Too bad for you, this is definately one of the most brilliant jazz albums of all time. For those of you who are inclined to write reviews that only reveal the shallowness of your understanding, please save it. Don't even try to diss this master. Any self respecting jazz musician will, without fail, sing the praises of Jarret and the rest of the trio. Test this statement: 1 Find self-respecting Jazz Musician. 2 Ask abou the master. 3. Document results.

God Bless the Trio.......2005-12-16

Perhaps I was just naive in thinking that my own reaction would be closer to the norm, but I must say, I'm surprised and even a bit disheartened to read that so many seem to find Jarrett's vocalizations to be such a detractant.

Twenty years ago, when I first heard a Keith Jarrett album, I thought they were odd, and slightly distracting, but I very quickly got so used to them that they've long since ceased to be any distraction at all, being taken as no more than the applause at a concert or the crowd noise at a sporting event.

Indeed, they're now so expected as to be anticipated at certain moments during listening, and I smile while thinking to myself, "Ah yes, that's still Keith sure enough."

The fact is that Jarrett and his two mates have long been the tightest and arguably the best working trio in jazz, that this album was the commencement of that association, and that it contains what is quite likely the best instrumental version of "God Bless the Child" ever recorded.

Historically aware jazz fans will recall that Jarrett is hardly the first great pianist to habitually vocalize while at the keyboard---the inimitable Erroll Garner immediately springs to my mind---yet great he was, nevertheless, and so is Jarrett, being almost absurdly talented.

This album is surely no less a showcase for that talent than are several others, and I would hope more people would be able to focus on that talent and not obsess on the vocalizations, which even if distracting, are a very tiny price to pay for such virtuosic music.

he just can't help himself.......2005-09-13

My take on this CD is the same as that of several reviewers here on amazon: some striking music, almost fatally marred by Jarrett's bizarre noise-making. Jarrett has to be the most self-destructive figure in the jazz world. He behaves and frequently talks like such a complete (...) that he seems to be out to sabotage his career. I'm weary of trying to figure the guy out. My advice: listen to Marc Copland instead, a cruelly underrated pianist and a thoroughly decent person. (...)

Haciendo una síntesis.......2005-08-08

Haciendo una sýntesis de las opiniones vertidas anteriormente (y que comparto, por igual) dirýa que es un disco fantýstico....si eres capaz de concentrarte en la mýsica a pesar de esos horribles gruýidos.
Entiendo que esos chillidos forman parte de la týcnica de Jarret para concentrarse durante una interpretaciýn, pero, ýno podrýan eliminarse o reducirse al mýnimo con las týcnicas de estudio?.

Bizarro Humming/Singing Ruined It For Me.......2005-06-25

I like a lot of Keith Jarrett's music and the music on this CD is great -- UNTIL you hear Mr. Jarrett start bleating out off-key humming/singing, which ruined the CD for me and made me dump it off my ipod. Sometimes it's not too audible, but once I noticed it I couldn't focus on the music anymore. Too bad -- be forewarned. Wish I had taken the reviewers' comments more seriously (instead I went by the glowing 5-star review from the All Music Guide to Jazz).

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