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Up For It
''Up for It'' is a live album by American pianist Keith Jarrett's "Standards Trio" featuring Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette recorded at the Jazz à Juan festival in Juan-les-Pins, France, on July 16, 2002 and released by ECM Records in May 2003. Even though the concert was performed after ''My Foolish Heart (Keith Jarrett album), My Foolish Heart'' and ''The Out-of-Towners (album), The Out-of-Towners'' (both recorded in 2001), it was released before either album, to celebrate the Standards Trio's 20th anniversary. Background and making of In his very long and detailed liner notes, titled "The Triumph of Desire", Keith Jarrett described the conditions under which this concert took place and how the band overcame them: July 2002 Tour ''Up for It'' was recorded during the Standards Trio July 2002 European tour, which included 6 recitals in 14 days. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett (born May 8, 1945) is an American jazz and classical music pianist and composer. Jarrett started his career with Art Blakey and later moved on to play with Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis. Since the early 1970s, he has also been a group leader and solo performer in jazz, jazz fusion, and classical music. His improvisations draw from the traditions of jazz and other genres, including Western classical music, gospel, blues, and ethnic folk music. His album, ''The Köln Concert'', released in 1975, became the best-selling piano recording in history. In 2008, he was inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame in the magazine's 73rd Annual Readers' Poll. In 2003, Jarrett received the Polar Music Prize and was the first recipient to be recognized with prizes for both contemporary and classical music. In 2004, he received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize. In February 2018, Jarrett suffered a stroke and has been unable to perform since. A second stroke, in May 2018, left ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
