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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Happy New Year 2010

Happy New Year to you and your family from KeithJarrett.org!

Some rights reserved (Creative Commons), photo by Joe Penniston

Ticket sale dates for Chicago and San Francisco solo concerts

Tickets for the solo concerts in Chicago and San Francisco will go on sale, respectively, on Friday, December 11, 2009 (at 12 AM CST on cso.org, 10 AM CST over the phone, and 11 AM CST in person at the box office) and on Sunday, January 10, 2010 (at 10 AM PST).

Check out cso.org and sfjazz.org for more information.

Solo concerts in Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco in February/March 2010

Keith Jarrett will play three solo concerts in the US in February and March 2010:

February 12, 2010: Orchestra Hall, Chicago
March 15, 2010: Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
March 19, 2010: Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco

Tickets for the concert in Los Angeles might go on sale “sometime towards the end of next week” (December 9-13, 2009?).

Tickets for the concert in San Francisco will be available to SFJAZZ Members on December 12, 2009.

I don’t have any other information at the moment. I’ll post more information as soon as possible.

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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:

Keith Jarrett: Heartache spoken here (Times Online, September 25, 2009)
A Visit With Keith Jarrett (and a Musical Treat) (The Atlantic, September 27, 2009)
Keith Jarrett: Testament – Paris / London (All About Jazz, September 29, 2009)
Keith Jarrett, «Testament» d’un génie (Tribune de Genève, October 3, 2009, in French)
When your lover has gone (Keith Jarrett CDs reviewed) (Ottawa Citizen, October 8, 2009)
Keith Jarrett, Part II: The Q&A (The Atlantic, October 13, 2009)
Keith Jarrett – Paris/London Testament (Chroniques Electroniques, October 14, 2009, in French)
Keith Jarrett’s Masterful Testament (Stereophile, October 14, 2009)
Music Review: Keith Jarrett – Testament (Blogcritics, October 15, 2009)
Seul face au son (Le Temps, October 17, 2009, in French)
Testament – Paris / London (All About Jazz, October 25, 2009)
Music Review: Keith Jarrett – Testament (We’re An American Blog, October 28, 2009)
Keith Jarrett – Testament (JazzTimes, November 2009)
Testament Speaks Volumes (suite101.com, November 7, 2009)
Keith Jarrett: Testament: Paris/London (Jambands.com, November 30, 2009)

Some reviews of the October 2009 solo concerts in Europe:

Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels (October 9, 2009)
- Le roi Jarrett au Bozar (lesoir.be, October 10, 2009, in French)
- Keith Jarrett personnifie la musique (lesoir.be, October 12, 2009, in French)
- L’étreinte captivante de Keith Jarrett (La Libre Belgique, October 12, 2009, in French)
- Bruxelles, 9 Ottobre 2009 – Keith Jarrett – Piano Solo (KeithJarrett.it, October 14, 2009, in Italian)
- Keith Jarrett Solo Concert – Regards croisés (Pianomajeur.net, October 17, 2009, in French)
Philharmonie, Berlin (October 12, 2009)
- Keith kämpft gegen die deutsche Arroganz (Spiegel Online, October 13, 2009, in German)
- Keith Jarrett nervt mit immer absurderen Allüren (Welt Online, October 13, 2009, in German)
- Keith Jarrett ernst und einsam in Berlin (Berliner Morgenpost, October 14, 2009, in German)
- Wackelkontakt zur Ewigkeit (Der Tagesspiegel, October 14, 2009, in German)
- Das Solo-Konzert des Pianisten Keith Jarrett in Berlin (Nürnberger Nachrichten, October 14, 2009, in German)
- Im magischen Dreieck (Zeit Online, October 15, 2009, in German)
- Berlino 12 ottobre – Keith Jarrett (COSA, October 20, 2009, in Italian)
Tonhalle, Zürich (October 16, 2009)
- Le tour de l’ivoire (Le Temps, October 17, 2009, in French)
- Keith Jarretts böses Genie führt zu Ausraster in Zürich (Berner Zeitung, October 19, 2009, in German)
- Gesichter einer Persönlichkeit (NZZ Online, October 19, 2009, in German)
- Jazz-Pianist Keith Jarrett hält in Zürich das Publikum in Atem (Südkurier, October 20, 2009, in German)

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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