Release Date: 29 September 2014
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Gate Fold Vinyl
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 602537822508
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Release Date: 16 June 2014
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 602537805242
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Description
'Last Dance', the final duo album by Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden, is released on audiophile 180g vinyl, three months after the CD version. The title of the album - and also that of its ultimate track - regrettably rings true as the legendary bassist Charlie Haden died on 11 July 2014.
Recorded at Keith Jarrett's home studio during the same sessions that produced the best-selling 'Jasmine', released in 2010, it has turned out to be the last time these great artists made music together.
With 'Last Dance', Jarrett and Haden broadened the scope of their duo project to showcase jazz classics like Thelonious Monk's "Round Midnight" and Bud Powell's sprightly "Dance Of The Infidels". Love songs, however, are to the fore, with tender versions of "My Old Flame", "My Ship", "It Might As Well Be Spring", "Everything Happens To Me", and "Every Time We Say Goodbye" as well as alternate takes of "Where Can I Go Without You" and "Goodbye", every bit as touching as their renditions on 'Jasmine'.
"When we play together it's like two people singing", said Keith Jarrett of his reunion with Haden. The intentions of the song are honoured, the shades of meaning in a melody or a lyric explored instrumentally. As Charlie Haden put it, "Keith really listens, and I listen. That's the secret. It's about listening." The music of Last Dance was recorded at Keith Jarrett's home studio.
Personnel: Keith Jarrett (piano), Charlie Haden (double bass)
Press reactions to Jasmine:
"As a concept, these piano-and-bass explorations of eight classic American songs could not be simpler, but the poise and subtlety of both thought and execution make it a spell-binding experience." - Dave Gelly, The Observer
"An intimate, home-studio recording of love songs - deep, almost painfully heartfelt - and so good it will be sure to top most best-of-lists...If you buy only one album this year..." - Phil Johnson, Independent on Sunday
"A sublime collaboration." - Charles Waring, Record Collector
Description
Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden broaden the scope of their duo project to showcase jazz classics like Thelonious Monk's "Round Midnight" and Bud Powell's sprightly "Dance of the Infidels". Love songs, however, are to the fore in this selection, with tender versions of "My Old Flame", "My Ship", "It Might As Well Be Spring", "Everything Happens To Me", and "Every Time We Say Goodbye" as well as alternate takes of "Where Can I Go Without You" and "Goodbye", every bit as touching as the renditions on their previous best-selling album Jasmine (released in 2010).
"When we play together it's like two people singing", said Keith Jarrett of his reunion with Haden. The intentions of the song are honoured, the shades of meaning in a melody or a lyric explored instrumentally. As Charlie Haden put it, "Keith really listens, and I listen. That's the secret. It's about listening." The music of Last Dance was recorded at Keith Jarrett's home studio.
Personnel: Keith Jarrett (piano), Charlie Haden (double bass)
Press reactions to Jasmine:
"As a concept, these piano-and-bass explorations of eight classic American songs could not be simpler, but the poise and subtlety of both thought and execution make it a spell-binding experience." - Dave Gelly, The Observer
"An intimate, home-studio recording of love songs - deep, almost painfully heartfelt - and so good it will be sure to top most best-of-lists...If you buy only one album this year..." - Phil Johnson, Independent on Sunday
"A sublime collaboration." - Charles Waring, Record Collector
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Various artists
Yuval Cohen Quartet
Thomas Stronen; Craig Taborn; Chris Potter; Sinikka Langeland; Jorge Rossy
Stephan Micus
Rainer Bruninghaus
Paul Bley
Mathias Eick; Kristjan Randalu; Ole Morten Vagan; Hans Hulbaekmo
Julia Hulsmann Quartet
Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden
