''Ruta and Daitya'' is a studio album recorded 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

Jack DeJohnette Jack DeJohnette (born August 9, 1942) is an American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer. Known for his extensive work as leader and sideman for musicians including Charles Lloyd, Freddie Hubbard, Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans, John Abercrombie, ...

in 1971 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 1973. Featuring seven duet pieces, it is one of Jarrett's rare performances on electric keyboards.

Production

In his biography ''Keith Jarrett: The Man And His Music'', Ian Carr states that "early in 1971, when the Miles Davis group was doing a few days at Shelly's Manne Hole in Los Angeles, a friend from the Sunset Studios there offered Jarrett and DeJohnette some free studio time to record as a duo. They took drums and percussion and the electric piano and organ from the club and made a tape (..)" and that after the ''

Facing You ''Facing You'' is the first solo piano album recorded by pianist Keith Jarrett, the first of his voluminous collection to be produced by Manfred Eicher and his first work to be released by ECM Records. It features eight solo piano pieces (imp ...

'' recording session Jarrett gave Manfred Eicher the tapes of the duo recording to be mixed and produce the album.Carr, Ian. Keith Jarrett: The Man and His Music (New York: Da Capo, 1992), p.56, 61.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 3 stars, stating, "this is a valuable, underrated transition album that provides perhaps the last glimpse of the electric Keith Jarrett as he embarked on his notorious (and ultimately triumphant) anti-electric crusade".

Track listing

:''All compositions by Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette except as indicated'' # "Overture/Communion" - 6:00 # "Ruta and Daitya" - 11:14 # "All We Got" - 2:00 # "Sounds of Peru/Submergence/Awakening" - 6:31 # "Algeria" - 5:47 # "You Know, You Know" (Jarrett) - 7:44 # "Pastel Morning" (Jarrett) - 2:04

Personnel

* Keith Jarrett – piano,

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organ Organ may refer to: Biology * Organ (biology), a part of an organism Musical instruments * Organ (music), a family of keyboard musical instruments characterized by sustained tone ** Electronic organ, an electronic keyboard instrument ** Hammond ...

flute The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

* Jack DeJohnette -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

, percussion Production * Manfred Eicher - producer * Kurt Rapp - engineer (mixing) * Martin Wieland - engineer (mixing) * Barbara Wojirsch - cover design and layout

References

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