Rare Keith Jarrett Trio 1972 live recording set for immediate release on ECM

jpg" alt="jarrett-hamburg72" width="250" height="220">ECM are releasing for the first time on 21 November a previously unissued 1972 live recording, titled Hamburg ’72, featuring the stellar trio of Keith Jarrett, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian captured at the NDR Funkhaus in Hamburg in 1972. This band, who first played together in 1966, was Jarrett’s first great trio and features him on piano, soprano sax, flute and percussion on a programme that stretches from ballads and bop to free improv and includes an emotional performance of Haden’s ‘Song For Che’.

With such a highly creative rhythm section – Haden fresh from his work with Ornette Coleman, and Motian coming to prominence with Bill Evans’ groundbreaking trio – Jarrett explores his full musical range from exquisite balladry to wild free improv on soprano sax. The tour was set up by ECM and included this concert, which was recorded for German radio. Producer Manfred Eicher returned to the original tapes, remixing the music for this edition in Oslo in July 2014, together with Jan Erik Kongshaug, andwill be available online and in-store in the UK from Monday 24 November.

 
– Mike Flynn

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