''Radiance'' is a double-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 ...
recorded in 2002 in Japan at two different concerts: Osaka (October 27) and Tokyo (October 30). It was released by
ECM Records
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in 2005.
And in April 2006, a video recording of the live performance at Tokyo concert was released as ''Tokyo Solo''.
After dismissing the idea of performing lengthy improvised solos (see ''
A Multitude of Angels''), ''Radiance'' marked a new beginning in Jarrett's approach to solo piano concerts and this would be assessed in future solo recordings. According to ''keithjarrett.org'', the documented 2002 Osaka and Tokyo concerts were ''only'' his third and fourth solo performances since temporarily retiring due to
chronic fatigue syndrome
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; the other two had taken place in Tokyo in September 1999.
[''keithjarrett.org']
Keith Jarrett past concerts 2002
accessed May 2020
Original notes
On the double-CD original notes, "Some Words About The Music", Keith Jarrett states that:
Reception
The
AllMusic
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review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4.5 stars, stating, "His process is immediate, poignant, and utterly engaging throughout and marks a new phase in his solo recordings that will spur great interest in any open-minded listener interested in improvisational music.".
[Jurek, T]
Allmusic Review
accessed October 1, 2018
The authors of ''
The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' awarded the album 4 stars, and wrote: "this superb Osaka set is one of the highlights of his career. Having looked again at free playing alongside his standards repertoire, Jarrett had the confidence to sit down at the piano... and simply let the music flow through him... these two discs create a strong impression of two performances that develop out of tiny germs of ideas... It's what Jarrett does with them that is remarkable... A riveting and arresting record."
Track listing
:''All music by Keith Jarrett''
Disc one
(Osaka: October 27)
# "Radiance, Part 1"12:18
# "Radiance, Part 2"8:53
# "Radiance, Part 3"5:58
# "Radiance, Part 4"1:33
# "Radiance, Part 5"10:58
# "Radiance, Part 6"8:00
# "Radiance, Part 7"9:51
# "Radiance, Part 8"5:25
# "Radiance, Part 9"6:11
Disc two
(Osaka: October 27)
# "Radiance, Part 10"13:55
# "Radiance, Part 11"1:40
# "Radiance, Part 12"7:06
# "Radiance, Part 13"5:58
(Tokyo: October 30)
#
"Radiance, Part 14"14:04
# "Radiance, Part 15"10:03
# "Radiance, Part 16"3:23
# "Radiance, Part 17"14:12
Total effective playing time: 2:14:01 (the album contains 5:35 applause approximately)
Personnel
* Keith Jarrettpiano
Production
* Manfred Eicher producer
* Martin Pearsonrecording engineer
* Yoshihiro Suzukiassistant engineer
* Sascha Kleisdesign
* Peter Neussercover photograpy
* Junichi Hirayamacover photography
References
External links
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Keith Jarrett live albums
2005 live albums
ECM Records live albums
Albums produced by Manfred Eicher
Instrumental albums
Solo piano jazz albums