“The Old Country (More From The Deer Head Inn)” to be released on November 8, 2024

ECM will release more tracks from the September 16, 1992 performance at the Deer Head Inn with Gary Peacock and Paul Motian. The album should be released on November 8, 2024 according to a listing on jpc.de.

At the Deer Head Inn was released in April 1994 by ECM and contained seven tracks from the same performance.

Tracklist:

  1. Everything I Love (8:11)
  2. I Fall In Love Too Easily (9:54)
  3. Straight No Chaser (8:51)
  4. All of You (9:46)
  5. Someday My Prince Will Come (6:56)
  6. The Old Country (12:54)
  7. Golden Earrings (8:25)
  8. How Long Has This Been Going On (8:32)

Thanks to Matthias for the information.

Update (October 1, 2024). An excerpt from the album, “Straight No Chaser”, is available on streaming platforms, e.g. YouTube. Thanks to John for the link.

Update (October 9, 2024). Track durations added.

The Köln Concert film documentary

There are 7 days left to contribute to a crowdfunding campaign for a Köln Concert film documentary. The project sounds very intriguing.

“During an unexpected investigation in search of the mysterious piano from the Köln Concert, the behind-the-scenes of a myth are gradually revealed.”

For more information, you can go to their KissKissBankBank page.

Thanks to Hartmut for the link.

Palle Danielsson (1946-2024)

Palle Danielsson died on 18 May 2024, at the age of 77. He played on multiple Keith Jarrett albums with the so-called European quartet, such has Belonging and My Song.

This is a statement from his sister Monica Dominique:

Bassist Palle Danielson fell asleep at his home after a period of illness on May 18.
He lived to be 77 years old.


He leaves behind his life partner the artist Ulla Lööf
.

Early in his career, Palle became an obvious profile in the Swedish jazz world, but perhaps better known internationally through his collaborations with greats such as Bill Evans, Eje Thelin, Peter Erskine and others.


But perhaps he became best known through his many years of collaboration with Keith Jarrett and his “European Quartet” with whom he toured all over the world for several years.

Palle has been awarded several times for his efforts in music with e.g. The Monica Zetterlund
Scholarship, the Jan Johansson Scholarship and most recently last year, he was awarded the
honorary Lifetime Achievement Award by the Swedish Jazz Association. Palle was the brother of composer and pianist Monica Dominique, who toured together for many years with their duo program. In 2012 came the album “Togetherness”.

Palle was not just a beloved little brother. He was also a highly respected and extremely
knowledgeable fellow musician. I don’t think everyone really understands how famous he was internationally. The grief is double and very heavy now.

“Keith Jarrett” by Ludovic Florin 

A new book in French about Keith Jarrett will be published on November 9, 2023 by Éditions du Layeur. Written by musicologist Ludovic Florin, “Keith Jarrett” is a 260-page disco/biography.

Ludovic Florin, "Keith Jarrett"

La discographie exhaustive de Keith Jarrett, surement le pianiste le plus célèbre que le jazz ait porté. Un ouvrage exceptionnel et rare. Keith Jarrett est et restera l’un des grands génies musicaux des XXe et XXIe siècles. Pour la première fois, un ouvrage s’arrête sur l’intégralité des enregistrements réalisés par le musicien, qu’il soit leader ou sideman. Avec ce parcours en 127 textes, on découvrira non seulement les productions du jazzman auteur de l’album de piano solo le plus vendu de l’histoire, le Köln Concert, mais aussi celle de l’interprète classique de Bach, Mozart ou Chostakovitch. Organisé selon plusieurs thématiques (expériences fondatrices, la pratique en solo, Standards Trio, etc.), ce livre peut aussi se lire de manière chronologique à la façon d’une disco-biographie. Après Chick Corea, avant Herbie Hancock, ce livre constitue le deuxième volet dédié par les Éditions du Layeur au triumvirat des pianistes passés chez Miles Davis dans les années 1960-1970.

Thanks to Michel for the information.