''Nude Ants'' is a live album by American pianist
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 ...
which was 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 1980.
It was recorded during different live performances by Jarrett's 'European Quartet', featuring
Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek () (born 4 March 1947) is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist, who is also active in classical music and world music.
Garbarek was born in Mysen, Østfold, southeastern Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war, Czesław ...
,
Palle Danielsson
Nils Paul "Palle" Danielsson (born 15 October 1946) is a Swedish jazz double bassist born in Stockholm, Sweden. From 1974 to 1979, he was a member of Keith Jarrett's quartet. He is the brother of pianist Monica Dominique.
Career
Danielsson's ...
and
Jon Christensen, at the
Village Vanguard
The Village Vanguard is a jazz club at Seventh Avenue South in Greenwich Village, New York City. The club was opened on February 22, 1935, by Max Gordon. Originally, the club presented folk music and beat poetry, but it became primarily a jazz ...
in New York City in May 1979. The title of the album is a play on the phrase "New Dance", which is the title of the penultimate song.
Reception
The
Allmusic
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review by
Scott Yanow
Scott Yanow (born October 4, 1954) is an American jazz reviewer, historian, and author.Allmusic Biography/ref>
Biography
Yanow was born in New York City and grew up near Los Angeles.
Since 1974, he was a regular reviewer of many jazz styles an ...
awarded the album 4½ stars, stating, "The pianist very much dominates the music but Garbarek's unique floating tone on his instruments and the subtle accompaniment by Danielsson and Christensen are also noteworthy.".
[Yanow, S]
Allmusic Review
accessed September 12, 2011
The album is a persuasive illustration of Jarrett's typically refined work with European classical and folk music influences.
Track listing
''All compositions by Keith Jarrett.''
# "Chant of the Soil" - 17:13
# "Innocence" - 8:15
# "Processional" - 20:33
# "Oasis" - 30:35
# "New Dance" - 12:57
# "Sunshine Song" - 12:03
Personnel
*
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 ...
- piano, timbales, percussion
*
Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek () (born 4 March 1947) is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist, who is also active in classical music and world music.
Garbarek was born in Mysen, Østfold, southeastern Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war, Czesław ...
- tenor and soprano saxophones
*
Palle Danielsson
Nils Paul "Palle" Danielsson (born 15 October 1946) is a Swedish jazz double bassist born in Stockholm, Sweden. From 1974 to 1979, he was a member of Keith Jarrett's quartet. He is the brother of pianist Monica Dominique.
Career
Danielsson's ...
- bass
*
Jon Christensen - drums
Production
* Manfred Eicher - producer
* Tom McKenney - recording engineer
* Martin Wieland - mixing engineer
* Barbara Wojirsch - cover design and layout
References
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Jan Garbarek live albums
Keith Jarrett live albums
1979 live albums
ECM Records live albums
Albums produced by Manfred Eicher
Albums recorded at the Village Vanguard