Whisper Not

by Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette, Keith Jarrett

Overview

For Keith Jarrett, this extremely satisfying concert with the Standards Trio on two CDs is a personal landmark, the first for-the-record sign that he had recovered from the chronic fatigue syndrome that laid him low for three years in the late 1990s. Indeed, by the time this Paris gig took place, he had come all the way back -- his technical facilities intact (a handful of smeared notes aside), his inventiveness bubbling over. Old cohorts Gary Peacock (bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums) are back, too, regenerating their propulsive, swinging, collective E.S.P. at will. Not too much has changed from the pre-illness days, though the focus is very much on classic bebop now -- with Bud Powell getting a good deal of attention with an outstanding "Bouncing With Bud" and a terrific "Hallucinations" that has an atypically funny false ending. Jarrett's bebop runs on "Groovin' High" are astonishing, "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" is appealingly jaunty and carefree, and ballads like "'Round Midnight" and "Prelude to a Kiss" revert to the melodic simplicity that was cultivated during Jarrett's down time. Even though the Standards Trio has been one of the most prolifically recorded groups of its era, only the final encore, "When I Fall in Love," had been recorded before by this group. So even those who think they have enough material by this group will be rightly tempted to invest in this document of Jarrett's resurrection. ~ Richard S. Ginell

Product Details

Release Date:	07/05/2024
Label:	Universal Japan
UPC:	4988031635841
Rank:	8551

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Keith Jarrett   Primary Artist,Piano
Gary Peacock   Primary Artist,Double Bass
Jack DeJohnette   Primary Artist,Drums
Keith Jarrett Trio   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Bernie Hanighen   Composer
Irving Mills   Composer
Irving Gordon   Composer
Cole Porter   Composer
Duke Ellington   Composer
Benny Golson   Composer
Dizzy Gillespie   Composer
Earl "Bud" Powell   Composer
Leonard Feather   Composer
Walter Fuller   Composer
James Van Heusen   Composer
Nat Simon   Composer
Billy Strayhorn   Composer
Thelonious Monk   Composer
Bud Powell   Composer
George Shearing   Composer
Manfred Eicher   Producer
Ted Koehler   Composer
Billy Moll   Composer
Cootie Williams   Composer
Clifford Brown   Composer
Edward Heyman   Composer
Martin Pearson   Engineer
Buddy Bernier   Composer
Harry Barris   Composer
Victor Young   Composer
Sammy Cahn   Composer
Sascha Kleis   Design
Judith Joy Ross   Photography
Harry Baris   Composer