Inside Out

This album, recorded in concert in London 2000, is virtually entirely extracts of free form jazz performances and lasts nearly eighty minutes. Sounds ghastly doesn't it? Nothing could be further from the truth.,these three musicians have been playing together already for an extended period of time (years) [ and, of course have continued to do so] such that the rapport and empathy between them is just about unique. Their normal programme of standards was abandoned following a lacklustre sound check. They decided instead to just go out and play! No programme, no prepared ideas. A very risky strategy, but not entirely novel in jazz history. In any case isn't this essentially what jazz musicians do everyday? Usually they have a framework of "the tune" upon which to then improvise. Here the tune, even the time signature has been abandoned. However as you will hear it works! But then Keith Jarrett has been doing this as a solo act for years.The extracts vary in length from 7.23 to 21.13, the "average" track being longer rather than shorter (sorry mathematicians). There is one complete ballad performance "When I Fall In Love" (7.25) to finish the album.If you have doubts about free form performances, try to overcome them. This is beautiful, emotional music much based upon "the blues" as a framework, but that is a far too simplistic description of something very much more complex.Few musicians could pull this off; Jarrett, Peacock and De Johnette do so.

Having listened to Keith Jarrett in his various guises over the years, both I and a close friend of mine were of the misguided opinion that this trio had very little more to offer.From the absolute classical Standards Vol.1 & 2 through all the various live concerts, I felt that Keith, Gary and Jack had "done" the standards thing almost to death, and this, coupled with Jarrett's bout of ME had made most recent offerings (Whisper Not) not a patch on where this all began......until Inside Out!!!......This recording is frustrating!!!!............it is frustrating for one main reason!....it was taken from a concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London last year that both I and my friend had decided to snub for the aforementioned reasons. Had this been one of Keith's solo concerts we wouldn't have hesitated going but we felt that we'd had our fill of the standards thang....so to speak.This recording is however very different fare!!!!!...........as Keith explains in the liner notes, all three musicians wanted to explore completely improvised pieces without the "vehicle" of a standard tune, and this......despite the initially confused first track, they achieve impeccably. There are superb blues and jazz overtones in the wholly improvised pieces and some echo's of Jarrett's solo playing in some of them (I distinctly heard some of the Sun Bear Concerts in there!!)....if you liked the album "Changeless" then this takes it to another level!!!!!This recording has renewed my faith in this trio and has confirmed that Jarrett's state of health must be improving.......even the one standard "When I Fall in Love" is a really good version.......I don't think I'll make the same mistake again!!!

The Keith Jarrett trio produce as polished a performance as ever. If you didn't see them last year at the Festival hall this will be a welcome addition. Whilst not at the exalted heights of the Koln Concert, the biggest selling solo piano album of all time, Inside Out finds Jarrett and his rhythm section expressing great understanding of each other and provides a great addition to a vast, but high quality back catalogue.

Gute Musik für Kenner!

この有名なトリオによる演奏の中では吹っ切れたスイング感を楽しめる方だとは思いますが、マンネリ感は否めません。音の鮮度は申し分ありませんが、決定的な盛り上がりに欠けます。各パートの個性をもっと発揮してもいいじゃないかと思います。ジャック・デジョネットにはスペシャル・エディションのような爆発的な演奏を期待したいです。

スタンダーズのフリー・・・正直初めて聴く時は期待半分、不安半分でしたがこれは凄い。ここまで刺激的かつ美しい演奏とは思っていませんでした。　１曲目、２曲目の演奏が素晴らしいです。特に私は表題曲の「Inside Out」が気に入っています。後半のゴスペルフィーリング溢れる演奏は、近年にはあまり見られなかった演奏ではないでしょうか。　そしてアンコールの「When I Fall In Love」。これがまた素晴らしい演奏で、スタンダーズのアルバムでも何度か録音されている曲ですが、ここでの演奏が一番だと私は思います。　何よりこのアルバムはかなり録音状態がいいと思います。それぞれの音がはっきり、美しく聞こえて、聴いていて気持ちいいです。素晴らしい演奏、美しい録音。もう参りましたとしか言い様が無いです。激しくお勧めいたします。

スリリングで良いChangelessの2番煎じという書き込みがあったが、とんでもない！！迫力、スリル、一体感、どれをとっても比較にならない

Keith Jarrettはいろんな顔を持ってる。彼の曲に出会ったのはThe Melody at Night, With Youが始まりだったので、ジャズトリオといっても、どこか内にこもるような感じかな、と思いましたが、とにかく刻むメロディーが素晴らしく独創的でソウルフル！ストレートに訴えかけるようなリズムが何ともコ気味良い。ジャズにはあまり詳しくない私のような人でも、ジャズっていいな。と思うはず。スタンダードのWhen I fall in loveいろいろな演奏を聴いたことありますが、今のところ一番気に入っています。

スタンダーズのフリー・・・正直初めて聴く時は期待半分、不安半分でしたがこれは凄い。ここまで刺激的かつ美しい演奏とは思っていませんでした。　１曲目、２曲目の演奏が素晴らしいです。特に私は表題曲の「Inside Out」が気に入っています。後半のゴスペルフィーリング溢れる演奏は、近年にはあまり見られなかった演奏ではないでしょうか。　そしてアンコールの「When I Fall In Love」。これがまた素晴らしい演奏で、スタンダーズのアルバムでも何度か録音されている曲ですが、ここでの演奏が一番だと私は思います。　何よりこのアルバムはかなり録音状態がいいと思います。それぞれの音がはっきり、美しく聞こえて、聴いていて気持ちいいです。素晴らしい演奏、美しい録音。もう参りましたとしか言いようがないです。激しくお勧めいたします。

Best piano bass and drum trio since Bill Evans!

fabulous

The Keith Jarrett Trio, feeling uninspired during a recent tour, tried to explore new platforms from which their improvisations could take-off. I take exception, however, to the expected rave reviews so far.First, let me state at the start that Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette form one of the world's most accomplished jazz trios. As a testament to my deep affection for their music, I am fortunate to own the majority of Keith Jarrett's solo as well as his Trio's recordings. Their music can be sublimely poetic and lyrical, as in their 1998 CD Tokyo '96 (ECM 1666) or overflowing with energy and musicality as in their 2000 CD Whisper Not (ECM 1724-25).'Inside Out' is a major departure from their previous work. The first difference is their lack of use of 'standards' for tonal and rhythmic support. And here is my first disappointment - while Jarrett is a 'complete musician', he does not compose well and falls all too easily into a drone, a repetitive phrase and tonal key that all too soon becomes tiresome. He seems to fall into a trance and cannot wake up for minutes on end.You cannot simply dismiss this as an inability to appreciate abstract improvisation. Those of you who are familiar with and appreciate the work of Bobo Stenson's Trio, Peter Erskine's Trio or the more recent Vassilis Tsabropoulos Trio (all on ECM by the way) should think of the difference between these abstract improvisations and Jarrett's. These are wonderfully creative compositions (not 'standards') and improvisations - five stars to each of these.My second disappointment lies not only in what's present in Inside Out, but what is lacking. No rhythmic pulse, playful interplay, and most importantly lyricism that this trio can bring to painfully beautiful heights. They are very much missed.A couple of examples: 1) in two of the compositions, fade-in/fade-outs are used to keep these from running too long. What does this say about these peices? 2) as if admitting that these improvised sets are lacking, the CD ends with a rather oversweet version of When I Fall in Love.Are Jarrett's motivations side-tracked by his sour references to Ken Burns and Wynton Marsalis's lack of appreciation of free improvisation (liner notes) rather than a genuine inspiration to create something new? Has he tired of the same old jazz trio format that has inspired his Trio, and us, for three decades? I hope he'll reconsider abandoning that 'old' for this 'new' direction, or at least that he'll keep both old and new alive.