''Mysteries'' is an album by
jazz
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pianist
Keith Jarrett recorded in two sessions in December 1975. Originally released by
Impulse! in 1976,
it features performances by Jarrett's 'American Quartet' of saxophonist
Dewey Redman
Walter Dewey Redman (May 17, 1931 – September 2, 2006) was an American saxophonist who performed free jazz as a bandleader and with Ornette Coleman and Keith Jarrett.
Redman mainly played tenor saxophone, though he occasionally also played al ...
, bassist
Charlie Haden
Charles Edward Haden (August 6, 1937 – July 11, 2014) was an American jazz double bass player, bandleader, composer and educator whose career spanned more than 50 years. In the late 1950s, he was an original member of the ground-breaking ...
and drummer
Paul Motian
Stephen Paul Motian (March 25, 1931 – November 22, 2011) was an American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer. Motian played an important role in freeing jazz drummers from strict time-keeping duties.
He first came to prominence in the ...
, along with percussionist
Guilherme Franco. These December, 1975 sessions also produced the album
''Shades''.
The album was included in the 1996 four disc ''
Mysteries: The Impulse Years 1975-1976'', a box-set which also included ''Shades'' and Jarrett's two final albums for Impulse!, ''
Byablue'' and ''
Bop-Be''.
In October 2011 ''Shades'' was reissued with ''Mysteries'' in a single disc format titled ''Mysteries / Shades'', as part of the ''Impulse! 2-on-1'' series.
Background: American Quartet's last sessions (Dec. 1975-Oct. 1976)
From
Neil Tesser's extensive liner notes to the compilation album ''
Mysteries: The Impulse Years 1975-1976'':
Reception
The
AllMusic
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review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album four stars out of five, but at the same time said:
On the positive camp, 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 "Everything that Lives Laments" a rating of 95/100 and praised it:
[Gioia, Te]
The Dozens: Essential Keith Jarrett by Ted Gioia at Jazz.com
accessed September 2020
Track listing
:''All compositions by Keith Jarrett.''
# "Rotation" – 11:03
# "Everything that Lives Laments" – 10:04
# "Flame" – 6:10
# "Mysteries" – 15:22
Personnel
* Keith Jarrett – piano, Pakistani flute, wood drums, percussion
*
Dewey Redman
Walter Dewey Redman (May 17, 1931 – September 2, 2006) was an American saxophonist who performed free jazz as a bandleader and with Ornette Coleman and Keith Jarrett.
Redman mainly played tenor saxophone, though he occasionally also played al ...
– tenor saxophone, maracas, tambourine,
Chinese musette, percussion
*
Charlie Haden
Charles Edward Haden (August 6, 1937 – July 11, 2014) was an American jazz double bass player, bandleader, composer and educator whose career spanned more than 50 years. In the late 1950s, he was an original member of the ground-breaking ...
–
bass
*
Paul Motian
Stephen Paul Motian (March 25, 1931 – November 22, 2011) was an American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer. Motian played an important role in freeing jazz drummers from strict time-keeping duties.
He first came to prominence in the ...
– drums, percussion
*
Guilherme Franco – percussion
Production
*
Esmond Edwards
Esmond Edwards (October 29, 1927 – January 20, 2007) was an American photographer, record producer, and recording engineer. He worked for the jazz label Prestige Records during the 1950s and early 1960s. He was originally hired by founder Bob ...
– producer
* Tony May – recording engineer
*
Tom Wilkes
Thomas Edward Wilkes (July 30, 1939 – June 28, 2009) was an American art director, designer, photographer, illustrator, writer and producer-director.
Life
Wilkes was born in Long Beach, California and raised in southern California. Wilkes atte ...
– art director
* Kendun Recorders – mixing and mastering
* Keith Jarrett – cover photograph
References
External links
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Keith Jarrett albums
Impulse! Records albums
1976 albums
Albums produced by Esmond Edwards