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Death and the Flower

Keith Jarrett

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Album Review

This set by the Keith Jarrett Quintet (with the leader on piano, soprano and flute, tenor-saxophonist Dewey Redman, bassist Charlie Haden, drummer Paul Motian and percussionist Guilherme Franco) contains three of Jarrett's originals. The main selection, the 21-minute "Death and the Flower," develops logically from atmospheric sounds to intense group improvising and back again; it is the main reason to acquire this CD.

Customer Reviews

Inspired

"Prayer" is brilliant. Timeless and graced with an exquisitely evocative melody. Jarrett and Haden (acoustic bass) are inspired. Pure jazz, straight from the heart. With a sweet return to the melodic refrain that can take your breath away. Brought me to tears in 1975 ("Death and the Flower" first released on vinyl). And many times since. Wrap the piece in silence, like a prayer. Let the final notes take hold.

Biography

Born: May 8, 1945 in Allentown, PA

Genre: Jazz

Years Active: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s

One of the most significant pianists to emerge since the 1960s, Keith Jarrett maintained a career that went through several phases. He gained international fame for his solo concerts, which found him spontaneously improvising all of the music without any prior planning, but he also led a couple of dynamic quartets/quintets, performed classical music, and later played explorative versions of standards with his longtime trio. Although his tendency to "sing...
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