![]() And 3) there isn’t a Jarrett album without his somewhat obnoxious humming along to the music. Again, very little of this during the 6 hours of music. I’m personally not a big fan of this, my simple little brain is just to addicted to actually chords and melodies. ![]() 2) Sometimes Jarrett gets quite beyond tonality. Where he found his creative energy, I’m not sure, but let’s face it, the man is a genius. Which shouldn’t be surprising given that they are 100% improvised. Jarrett can have three tendencies that I tend to dislike: 1) occasionally, he get’s into “noodling”, i.e the music isn’t going anywhere. What I can say though is that in spite of being this long, this really is a gem of a box. It would probably a rather boring read anyhow. I must admit I’m not even going to try to properly “review” 7 hours of music. We’re actually talking about 6h42 of music with concerts taken from 5 different cities in Japan, all in 1976, the year following the legendary Köln Concert. When they came out, they were a hefty 10 vinyl box (which I still own), and in the days of CDs it still filled 6 of the silver discs. Thanks to my loyal reader Alain for reminding me to finally get this blog post out.Ĭalling the Sun Bear Concerts an “album” is a bit of an understanding. The Sun Bear Concerts however are in a good spot to be a contender for the best solo piano album of Jarrett ever. None of these concerts is ever not worth exploring, but some are better than others. And yes, there’s obviously, the Köln Concert, the best selling solo Jazz album in Jazz history. You’ll find the links to my reviews of his concerts in Budapest, Munich, Paris, Modena/Ferrara/Torino/Genova, Bregenz/München, Milan, and Bremen/Lausanne, which I mentioned in my 25 Essential Jazz albums. I’ve reviewed a number of them here already, and still have the ambition at some point to review them all. Attending one of the last of them in 2015 actually triggered me to start this blog. Keith Jarrett has recorded A LOT of solo concerts.
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