Category Archives: Releases

Live version of “Expectations” from 1969 available from ina.fr

A live version of “Expectations” (from the album of the same name, released in 1972), recorded for the “Tous en scène” TV show in Paris and broadcast on November 23, 1969 by La Deuxième Chaîne de l’ORTF, is available for download from the Institut national de l’audiovisuel Web site. A free snippet (20 seconds) is available. The full version (3:52) is available for 1.50 EUR (as a DRM-protected DivX video file, unfortunately – or as a DVD, but you’ll have to pay for shipping).

Keith Jarrett plays with Gus Nemeth (bass) and Aldo Romano (drums). As far as I know, this is the only video of this group ever released.

“Tous en scène” was produced by Pierre Desfons, Claude Ventura, Robert Bober, and Maurice Dugowson. For more information about this TV show, check out this blog post (in French).

Institut national de l’audiovisuel

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“Paris / London: Testament” and October 2009 solo concerts reviews

Here is a selection of reviews of “Paris / London: Testament”, released in October 2009, as well as recent interviews:

Some reviews of the October 2009 solo concerts in Europe:

If you know of an interesting review not listed here, feel free to leave a message in the forum (see link below).

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“Paris / London: Testament” cover and tracklist

"Paris / London: Testament" cover

"Paris / London: Testament" cover

Here’s the tracklist for “Paris / London: Testament” (from Universal Music Classical):

CD 1

  1. Part I – Salle Pleyel, Paris (13:47)
  2. Part II – Salle Pleyel, Paris (10:35)
  3. Part III – Salle Pleyel, Paris (7:05)
  4. Part IV – Salle Pleyel, Paris (5:33)
  5. Part V – Salle Pleyel, Paris (8:45)
  6. Part VI – Salle Pleyel, Paris (6:30)
  7. Part VII – Salle Pleyel, Paris (6:58)
  8. Part VIII – Salle Pleyel, Paris (10:10)

CD 2

  1. Part I – Royal Festival Hall, London (11:08)
  2. Part II – Royal Festival Hall, London (8:10)
  3. Part III – Royal Festival Hall, London (6:50)
  4. Part IV – Royal Festival Hall, London (5:58)
  5. Part V – Royal Festival Hall, London (10:34)
  6. Part VI – Royal Festival Hall, London (6:52)

CD 3

  1. Part VII – Royal Festival Hall, London (8:59)
  2. Part VIII – Royal Festival Hall, London (8:00)
  3. Part IX – Royal Festival Hall, London (3:55)
  4. Part X – Royal Festival Hall, London (5:35)
  5. Part XI – Royal Festival Hall, London (8:25)
  6. Part XII – Royal Festival Hall, London (8:29)

The encores (“Over the Rainbow”, “Time on My Hands”, etc.) will apparently not be included.

According to Universal Music Classical, “in his liner notes, Jarrett gives a highly personal account of the music’s inspirational genesis, which is outstanding, even by his own high standards, with powerful emotions never far from the music’s surface.”

The album will be released in early October 2009 (e.g. October 2 in Germany and October 6 in the US).

Update (September 10, 2009). You can listen to samples from each track on Amazon Germany.

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Next Keith Jarrett album to be a 3-CD set entitled “Testament (Paris/London)”

Thanks to Jacques and Mourad for the information. Keith Jarrett’s next album will be a 3-CD set entitled “Testament (Paris/London)”. It will be released in late 2009 (probably October, but this is subject to change). It will probably include parts (or the entirety?) of two solo concerts from last year:

  • Salle Pleyel, Paris (November 26, 2008)
  • Royal Festival Hall, London (December 1, 2008)

Jacques adds that, according to an interview published in Jazzman in 2005, “Testament” is the name Keith Jarrett originally wanted to give to “Radiance”. It probably says something about the quality of the music on “Testament” (at least from Keith Jarrett’s point of view).

Update (July 29, 2009). Looks like the official release date is October 5, 2009 (according to the London concert “programme”).

Update (August 21, 2009). According to AllBlues and Amazon.de, the album should be released on October 2, 2009 in Switzerland and Germany (and probably other European countries).

Update (August 26, 2009). Amazon now has the cover artwork on their Web sites (UK, Germany, France, etc.). The number of discs (three!) is also confirmed.

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