Keith Jarrett

Standards, Vol. 1

Keith Jarrett · 1983

From 1983, the Keith JarrettKeith Jarrettキース・ジャレット Standards Trio played as if standards were already inside them. The skeletal familiarity freed them to focus entirely on what was happening in the moment.

Estival Jazz Lugano, 1986. The Keith JarrettKeith Jarrettキース・ジャレット Standards Trio — Gary PeacockGary Peacockゲイリー・ピーコック (bass), Jack DeJohnetteJack DeJohnetteジャック・ディジョネット (drums) — live in Switzerland. From Qwest TV.

— Estival Jazz Lugano, 1986

February 1985, Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo. The Keith JarrettKeith Jarrettキース・ジャレット Standards Trio with Gary PeacockGary Peacockゲイリー・ピーコック (bass) and Jack DeJohnetteJack DeJohnetteジャック・ディジョネット (drums). Recorded shortly after the release of Standards (ECM, 1983), capturing the trio at a defining moment in its development.

— Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, 1985

2016, Festival Europa Jazz, Le Mans. Gary PeacockGary Peacockゲイリー・ピーコック Trio with Marc Copland and Joey Baron. From Qwest TV. Gary PeacockGary Peacockゲイリー・ピーコック as a leader outside the Keith JarrettKeith Jarrettキース・ジャレット Standards Trio context.

— Festival Europa Jazz, 2016

Bill EvansBill Evansビル・エヴァンス decisively shaped the next generation of pianists — including Keith JarrettKeith Jarrettキース・ジャレット and Herbie HancockHerbie Hancockハービー・ハンコック. His notion of "making the piano sing" and his approach to harmony became the benchmark for modern jazz piano.

— Bill Evans, Wikipedia, 2024

On 1968's Now He Sings, Now He Sobs, Chick CoreaChick Coreaチック・コリア led Miroslav Vitous and Roy Haynes through a trio language that bounced where Herbie HancockHerbie Hancockハービー・ハンコック and Keith JarrettKeith Jarrettキース・ジャレット floated.

— Now He Sings, Now He Sobs, Wikipedia, 2024

On 24 January 1975 in Cologne, Keith JarrettKeith Jarrettキース・ジャレット was handed an out-of-tune Bosendorfer. Retreating to the middle register and leaning on left-hand ostinatos, he produced the best-selling solo piano album in jazz history.

— The Koln Concert, Wikipedia, 2024

Formed in 1983 with Keith JarrettKeith Jarrettキース・ジャレット, Gary PeacockGary Peacockゲイリー・ピーコック, and Jack DeJohnetteJack DeJohnetteジャック・ディジョネット, the Standards Trio held the same lineup for nearly three decades — a rarity. The first sessions yielded three albums in two days.

— Setting Standards: New York Sessions, Wikipedia, 2024