Tribute (Keith Jarrett album)

Tribute is a live double album by the Keith Jarrett Trio recorded at the Kölner Philharmonie on October 15, 1989 and released on ECM a year later. The trio—Jarrett's "Standards Trio"—features rhythm section Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette.[1]

Tribute
Live album by
the Keith Jarrett Trio
ReleasedOctober 1990[1]
RecordedOctober 15, 1989
VenueKölner Philharmonie
Köln, West Germany
GenreJazz
Length1:55:05
LabelECM
ECM 1420/21
ProducerManfred Eicher
Keith Jarrett chronology
Paris Concert
(1990)
Tribute
(1990)
The Cure
(1991)
Jarrett / Peacock / DeJohnette chronology
Changeless
(1989)
Tribute
(1990)
The Cure
(1991)

October 1989 tour edit

Tribute was recorded in concert during the "Standards trio" October 1989 European tour, in which the Keith Jarrett trio performed fourteen concerts:[2]

  • October 1 – Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels (Belgium)
  • October 3 – Berwaldhallen, Stockholm (Sweden)
  • October 5 – Koncertsalen i Tivoli, Copenhagen (Denmark)
  • October 7 – Konserthuset, Oslo (Norway) recorded and released as Standards in Norway [ECM 1542]
  • October 9 – Royal Festival Hall, London (England)
  • October 11 – Graf-Zeppelin-Haus, Friedrichshafen (Germany)
  • October 15 – Kölner Philharmonie, Cologne (Germany)
  • October 16 – Philharmonie Gasteig, Munich (Germany)
  • October 18 – Musikhalle, Hamburg (Germany)
  • October 19 – Kongreßalle Killesberg, Stuttgart (Germany)
  • October 21 – Alte Oper, Frankfurt (Germany)
  • October 23 – Palais de la Musique, Strasbourg (France)
  • October 25 – Arsenal, Metz (France)
  • October 28 – Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris (France)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz    [4]

The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4½ stars and states, "While the Standards Trio rarely takes anything for granted, transforming everything in its path, the results are not quite as inventive here as on other releases".[3]

Track listing edit

  1. "Lover Man" [dedicated to Lee Konitz] (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) – 13:14
  2. "I Hear a Rhapsody" [dedicated to Jim Hall] (Jack Baker, George Fragos, Dick Gasparre) – 11:19
  3. "Little Girl Blue" [dedicated to Nancy Wilson] (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 6:05
  4. "Solar" [dedicated to Bill Evans] (Miles Davis) – 9:32
  5. "Sun Prayer" (Keith Jarrett) – 14:15
  6. "Just in Time" [dedicated to Sonny Rollins] (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) – 10:07
  7. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" [dedicated to Coleman Hawkins] (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) – 8:26
  8. "All of You" [dedicated to Miles Davis] (Cole Porter) – 8:08
  9. "Ballad of the Sad Young Men" [dedicated to Anita O'Day] (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) – 7:02
  10. "All the Things You Are" [dedicated to Charlie Parker] (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 8:57
  11. "It's Easy to Remember" [dedicated to John Coltrane] (Hart, Rodgers) – 7:08
  12. "U Dance" (Jarrett) – 10:46

Personnel edit

Keith Jarrett Trio edit

Technical personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b ECM Records Jarrett / Peacock / DeJohnette: Tribute, accessed May 2020
  2. ^ Keith Jarrett 1989 live concerts accessed May 14, 2020
  3. ^ a b Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed March 29, 2010
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 769. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.