Keith Jarrett - The Impulse Years 1973-1974 (5CD BoxSet) (1997)
Artist: Keith Jarrett
Title: The Impulse Years 1973-1974
Year Of Release: 1997
Label: Impulse!
Genre: Jazz
Quality: APE (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 04:32:12
Total Size: 1.63 Gb
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist: Title: The Impulse Years 1973-1974
Year Of Release: 1997
Label: Impulse!
Genre: Jazz
Quality: APE (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 04:32:12
Total Size: 1.63 Gb
WebSite: Album Preview
CD 1
1. (If the) Misfits (Wear It) [13:14]
2. Fort Yawuh [18:27]
3. De Drums [12:10]
4. Still Life, Still Life [8:42]
5. (If the) Misfits (Wear It) [alt. take] [13:41]
CD 2
1. Whistle Tune [2:58]
2. Spoken Introduction [2:49]
3. Angles (Without Edges) [14:50]
4. Roads Traveled, Roads Veiled [20:36]
5. De Drums (excerpt) [7:31]
6. Melting the Ice [18:32]
CD 3
1. The Rich (and the Poor) [9:21]
2. Blue Streak [2:35]
3.] Fullsuvollivus (Fools of All of Us) [6:29]
4. Treasure Island [4:29]
5. Introduction and Yaqui Indian Folk Song [2:17]
6. Le Mistral [9:27]
7. Angles (Without Edges) [5:19]
8. Sister Fortune [4:25]
9. Death and the Flower [10:08]
CD 4
1. Death and the Flower [22:49]
2. Prayer [10:11]
3. Great Bird [8:44]
4. Prayer [2:38]
CD 5
1. InFlight [9:07]
2. Kuum [11:40]
3. Vapallia [7:49]
4. Backhand [11:08]
5. Victoria [5:04]
Personnel:
Piano, Soprano Saxophone – Keith Jarrett
Bass – Charlie Haden
Clarinet – Dewey Redman (tracks: 1-1 to 2-6)
Flute [Wood Flute], Percussion – Keith Jarrett (tracks: 4-1 to 5-5)
Guitar – Sam Brown (2) (tracks: 3-4, 3-8)
Maracas, Musette [Chinese Musette] – Dewey Redman (tracks: 1-1 to 2-6, 4-1 to 5-5)
Percussion – Danny Johnson (10) (tracks: 1-1 to 3-9), Guilherme Franco (tracks: 3-1 to 5-5), Paul Motian
Percussion [Osi Drum] – Keith Jarrett (tracks: 3-1 to 5-5)
Tambourine – Dewey Redman (tracks: 3-1 to 3-9), Keith Jarrett (tracks: 1-1 to 2-6)
Tenor Saxophone – Dewey Redman
The Keith Jarrett American quartet/quintet of the 1970s was arguably his finest group, a post-bop unit featuring the pianist/leader, tenor saxophonist Dewey Redman, bassist Charlie Haden, drummer Paul Motian, and sometimes Guilherme Franco and/or Danny Johnson on percussion. A highly recommended four-CD set traced the group's final Impulse! recordings of 1975-1976. This five-CD box from 1997 reissues all of the music from the sessions that resulted in Fort Yawuh (which is expanded to two CDs), Treasure Island, Death and the Flower, and Backhand. The 29 selections (some of which also include guitarist Sam Brown) include nine previously unreleased performances and three songs that are heard for the first time in expanded unedited versions. Although not reaching as many heights as the later Impulse! box, there are many strong moments. The music performed by this underrated group (which is heard at its best on the 22-and-a-half-minute "Death and the Flower" and "Inflight") is inside/outside, hinting at the avant-garde while not shy about using melodies and rhythms. Redman in particular was heard at his best with Jarrett's classic unit.