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Facing You by: Keith Jarrett CD-Charts Price: $17.98 Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0042282713223 Label: Ecm Records Manufacturer: Ecm Records Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Ecm Records Release Date: February 29, 2000 Studio: Ecm Records Sales Rank: 37340 MPN: 827132 Disc 1: Related Items: Related Items:      see moreBrowse for similar items by category:
Editorial Review: Album Description: Japanese only SHM-CD (Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players) pressing. Universal. 2008. Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - one of a kindThis is the one that started it all, all of what we have come to know of Keith's solo piano work is presented here in a somewhat abbreviated context, but one where every note counts, and there are none wasted. Incredible technique matched with beautiful melodic ideas, strong rhthymic energy, and supported by harmonies that seem otherworldly. All of this and more is Facing You, still one of my favorite Jarrett solo albums, along with Bremen/Lausanne and the recently released Carnegie Hall Concert( which I think is the best). Pianistically he goes where no one dared to go before and 35 years later, this music still has the daring and brilliance that other major artists still can only hope to aspire to. This album is one of a kind, as is ... Read More: Rating:  - Solid Solo DebutFresh out of Miles Davis' electric menagerie, Keith Jarrett recorded FACING YOU, his first solo piano album, in Norway in the fall of 1971. While less awe-inspiring than later works like THE KOLN CONCERT, it's a strong and wide-ranging collection of mostly rhapsodic original pieces which wander through the musical landscape in the master keyboardist's already-distinctive style and sensibility. Well worth checking out if you're curious; this man doesn't fake it. Rating: - What a musical journeyListening the huge and admirable ability to create new harmonies and challenging improvisations of Mr Jarret in this Op 1 let's say one must perceive the first steps in his formidable evolution. Jarret is by himself an orchestra man. He creates atmospheres with such easiness that you will leave this performing absolutely amazed. All the traxks are the absolute proof to convince about his peculiar conceptions of the jazz. Go for this album, without reserves. Rating: - Exquisite lyricism; could use a little more exuberanceIn an era when most jazz bands were amping up, this improvised solo acoustic piano album was a refreshing return to the basics of jazz. Jarrett's mastery of this idiom is now taken for granted; his solo concerts are near-legendary, and his recorded output with his trio and quartets amply demonstrates his ability to blend his skills with others, most notably saxophonist Jan Garbarek, but with many other fine musicians as well. But this is the album that really started it all for Jarrett, and as such it has some historical significance beyond its musical merits, so Jarrett's fans will definitely want to own this one. For more casual listeners, rest assured that this is not an "early works" release - this is a fully realized work ... Read More: Rating: - Jarrett's best solo piano albumI've read over the years countless recommendations of the Koln Concert for Jarrett's solo piano work. But, I think Facing You is the solo piano recording to get if you want to know why Jarrett is a genius. I first got Facing You as an LP back in 1977 and it is as fresh today as it was then. Really a timeless piece of recording. |
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