''Bridge of Light'' is an album of contemporary classical music written by

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 ...

and performed by Jarrett with The Fairfield Orchestra conducted by Thomas Crawford. It was recorded in March 1993Keith Jarrett discograph
Bridge of Light
accessed May 2020 and released by

ECM Records ECM (Edition of Contemporary Music) is an independent record label founded by Karl Egger, Manfred Eicher and Manfred Scheffner in Munich in 1969. While ECM is best known for jazz music, the label has released a variety of recordings, and ECM's a ...

in April 1994.

Original notes

Original notes by Keith Jarrett can be found in the CD issues:

Reception

The

Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...

review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4 stars, stating: Writing for jazz.com,

Ted Gioia Ted Gioia (born October 21, 1957) is an American jazz critic and music historian. He is author of eleven books, including ''Music: A Subversive History'', '' The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire'', ''The History of Jazz'' and ''Delta Blu ...

gave the track "Bridge of Light" a rating of 95/100 and praised it:

Track listing

:''All compositions by Keith Jarrett'' # Elegy for Violin and String Orchestra (1984) - 14:50
Michelle Makarski: violin # Adagio for Oboe and String Orchestra (1984) - 9:54
Marcia Butler: oboe # Sonata for Violin and Piano (1984) - 27:11
Celebration - 6:15
Song - 7:00
Dance - 3:09
Birth - 8:34
Dance - 2:13
Michelle Makarski: violin
Keith Jarrett: piano # Bridge of Light for Viola and Orchestra (1990) - 17:01
Patricia McCarty: viola

Personnel

* Keith Jarrett – piano, production * Marcia Butler - oboe * Michelle Makarski - violin * Patricia McCarty - viola * The Fairfield Orchestra conducted by Thomas Crawford : ''violins'': Aloysia Friedmann, Cenovia Cummins, Mary Whitaker, Andrew Schaw, Alexander Vselensky, Heidi Modr, Christopher Cardona, Dana Friedli, Susan Lorentsen, Eric DeGioia, Roxanne Bergrman, Jeffrey Ellenberger, Amy Wright, Peter Kupfer : ''violas'': Ah Ling Neu, Adrian Benjamin, KC Still, Caryn Briskin : ''violoncellos'': Ted Mook, Maureen McDermott, Benjamin Whittenburg : ''double basses'': Michael Magee, Neil Garber : ''flute'': Adrianne Greenbaum : ''horn'': Kirsten Bendixen : ''trumpet'': Susan Radcliff Production * Manfred Eicher - producer * Peter Laenger - tonmeister * Barbara Wojirsch - cover design * Gene Martin - photographer

References

{{Authority control ECM Records albums Keith Jarrett albums 1993 albums Albums produced by Manfred Eicher