Jarrett, Keith - Expectations CD
SKU
28-IMT5044981.2
This excellent 1972 release, Jarrett's only release on Columbia (he got canned from Columbia on the same day as Ornette, so he was in good company), has long gone in and out of print on CD and now it's back again. And it's a GOOD one.
"Pianist and composer Keith Jarrett's sole Columbia album is ironically titled, since scarcely a track on it gives the listener much indication of what follows. Originally a double LP, this 1972 set features at least half a dozen different combos - Jarrett's American Quartet with Saxophonist Dewey Redman, bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Paul Motian; the same quartet with guitarist Sam Brown replacing Redman; a quintet with both Redman and Brown and all of the above variously augmented by strings, brass and/or percussionist Airto Moreira - interpreting a broad emotional and stylistic range of original pieces, with results which are perhaps inevitably mixed but equally inevitably worth hearing. The collection hits more often than it misses, with "Common Mama", the string-sweetened title track and the ambitious, epic-length "Nomads" among the solid winners on what ranks as quite a singular entry in Jarrett's catalogue for more reasons than just its label. Showcasing a decidedly seventies jazz sound which manages to avoid stepping too far into fusion territory, EXPECTATIONS offers something to satisfy those of just about anyone."-Richard Luhrs
- LabelColumbia
- UPC0889854072629