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Keith Jarrett: The Old Country: More from the Deer Head Inn

By Alberto Bazzurro
January 15, 2025
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Keith Jarrett: The Old Country: More from the Deer Head Inn

Disco come sempre di gran classe, questo, inciso il 16 settembre 1992 al Deer Head Inn di Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania, con

Paul Motian

drums
1931 - 2011

" data-original-title="" title="">Paul Motian in luogo del "canonico"

Jack DeJohnette

drums
b.1942

" data-original-title="" title="">Jack DeJohnette, ma con immutate le stimmate del gi�� celeberrimo (nonch�� celebratissimo) standard trio di un

" data-original-title="" title="">Keith Jarrett all'epoca quarantasettenne e nel pieno della sua maturit�� tecnico-espressiva.

Il materiale, che va a integrare quanto gi�� edito ormai quasi trentun anni fa in At the Deer Head Inn (il sottotitolo di questo secondo volume parla non a caso di More from the Deer Head Inn), alterna come sempre morbide ballad a episodi ben pi�� tirati (ma sempre con quell'inconfondibile aplomb), abbracciando

Cole Porter

composer / conductor
1891 - 1964

" data-original-title="" title="">Cole Porter (due temi), Gershwin Brothers, Monk,

Nat Adderley

trumpet
1931 - 2000

" data-original-title="" title="">Nat Adderley (la titletrack), oltre all'amatissimo (da Jarrett e ancor pi�� dal suo mentore

Bill Evans

piano
1929 - 1980

" data-original-title="" title="">Bill Evans) "Someday My Prince Will Come," e tutto marcia per la direttrice, quasi col pilota automatico, costituendo sempre un gran bel sentire.

A volerne indicare i potenziali vertici, opteremmo per l'iniziale "Everything I Love," "Straight No Chaser," "All Of You," il gi�� menzionato "Someday My Prince Will Come" e "Golden Earrings," pur sempre all'interno di un "serbatoio" di estrema omogeneit��, in cui magari non andremo a scovare grandi sorprese, ma sempre un jazz "di repertorio" assolutamente esemplare. Anche per luminosit��, impeccabilit�� poetica-espressiva e pura bellezza.

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Track Listing

Everything I Love; I Fall in Love Too Easily; Straight No Chaser; All of You; Someday My Prince Will Come; The Old Country; Golden Earrings; How Long Has This Been Going On.

Personnel

Keith Jarrett

piano

Gary Peacock

bass, acoustic

Paul Motian

drums

Album information

Title: The Old Country: More from the Deer Head Inn | Year Released: 2024 | Record Label: ECM Records

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