''Ritual'' 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

Dennis Russell Davies Dennis Russell Davies (born April 16, 1944 in Toledo, Ohio) is an American conductor and pianist, He is currently the music director and chief conductor of the Brno Philharmonic. Biography Davies studied piano and conducting at the Juilliard Sch ...

on solo piano. It was recorded in June 1977Keith Jarrett discograph
Ritual
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 1982.

Original notes

In the original notes for the CD release, pianist

wrote about his relationship with Mr. Jarrett, his music, and how this project came about:

Critical 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 3 stars, noting, "''Ritual'' has several of the characteristics of Jarrett's solo improvisations -- the repetitive vamps and ostinatos, wistful lyricism, ruminative episodes developing organically out of what preceded them -- but without the jazzy/bluesy feeling that runs through the solo concerts. Also, the piece begins in a mournful way unusual for the usually optimistic Jarrett. In any case, it is a thoughtful, absorbing composition, thoroughly tonal harmonically, played with assured technique and appropriate use of classical expressive devices by Davies. Classical listeners as well as Jarrett devotees will find much to savor here".Ginell, R. S
Allmusic Review
accessed August 15, 2011

Track listing

:''All compositions by Keith Jarrett'' # "Ritual" - 18:37 # "Ritual" - 13:25

Personnel

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piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

Technical Personnel

* Martin Wieland - recording engineer * Signe Mähler - cover Photo * Madeline Winkler-Betzendahl - liner photo * Barbara Worjirsch - design * Manfred Eicher - production

References

{{Authority control ECM Records albums Keith Jarrett albums Albums produced by Manfred Eicher 1977 albums