Standards in Norway

Keith Jarrett | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 25, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ecm Records
• ASIN: B000024HUL
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #148,226 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Top notch, April 12, 2000

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"ornen" (Norway) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Standards in Norway (Audio CD)

Yes, I give the reording the full star rating. The star ratings here at AMAZON tend to get a little crazy, but I can't possibly hold anything back for this one.

The standards trio is stunning here. The sound on this record is among the greatest of all their recordings, live from Oslo Konserthus (Concert Hall), so for any audiophile, this one is a must. As for all music fans, I would also like to say that this concert, to me, is one of the best, musically, waxed on record, in the more than 10-year lifespan of this band.

The tunes, standards, of course, are given their new life, just as one expects from Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette. Among the most memorable are the versions of "All Of You" and "I Hear A Rhapsody", where there is so much love and joy the band is about to burst. The three gentlemen and incredible players are giving themselves totally to the music, swinging, in and out of the form, in a waving manner of conversation, elegant, fluent, strainless, simply beautiful. This is as good as trio music got in the last century!

Also, check out the 6CD box from the Blue Note, a gem for any fan of this group.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Amazing, October 29, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Standards in Norway (Audio CD)

Jarrett's _Standards in Norway_ quite frankly blew my head off. It was one the first jazz albums that I owned, and in this sense was a realy introduction to modern jazz for me. The trio's sound is so textured; the listener feels as though he's actually sitting in the concert hall. Jarrett plays with a kind of frantic yet tempered emotion, the notes crescendoing up and down the keys.

What a wonderful album. I listen to it almost every day.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A High Level of Excellence, July 19, 2009

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Karl W. Nehring (Ostrander, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Standards in Norway (Audio CD)

This is a live recording of Jarrett's "Standards Trio" (Keith Jarrett on piano, Gary Peacock on bass, and Jack DeJohnette on drums) that was made back in 1989 but for some reason was released several years later. Those who are familiar with this group will know what to expect, those who have not heard the group are in for a treat. Tasty, tasty stuff, played by three souls who have worked together closely and who really know how to support each other and let the composer shine through the improvisation. This is the piano trio elevated to the highest level of excellence.