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My Foolish Heart
Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock / Jack DeJohnette
My Foolish Heart
Genres: Jazz, Pop
 
  •  Track Listings (6) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (7) - Disc #2

The 25th Anniversary Jazz's greatest piano trio. This is the best way to describe the 25-year partnership between Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette. They are an institution of jazz and My Foolish Heart is th...  more »

     
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All Artists: Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock / Jack DeJohnette
Title: My Foolish Heart
Members Wishing: 6
Total Copies: 0
Label: ECM Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 10/16/2007
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Styles: Modern Postbebop, Bebop
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPCs: 4988005489401, 602517373266

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The 25th Anniversary Jazz's greatest piano trio. This is the best way to describe the 25-year partnership between Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette. They are an institution of jazz and My Foolish Heart is their 18th recording, all on ECM. The double album was recorded live at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2001 and is an exhilarating and playful performance which romps through the history of jazz as the trio plays pieces by Fats Waller, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Gerry Mulligan and more, as well as a scattering of show tunes and standards from the Great American Songbook. This album is - in terms of the musical range addressed - one of the most comprehensive in the discography of Jarrett, Peacock and DeJohnette. This fall, ECM is also releasing a speciallypriced 3-CD box set of the first recording session that the Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette ever made together. Setting Standards is a combined reissue of Standards Vol. I, Standards Vol. II and Changes, the three albums recorded in one session at New York's Power Station in 1983. The albums have been remastered in 24bit/192kHz and the box set will include new liner notes and archival photos.

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CD Reviews

Worth the wait
K. R. Mangels | Washington, DC | 10/17/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Complete disclosure - I am a huge Jarrett fan, and nearly own his entire catalog. With that being said, this is a GREAT trio concert. WOW! The three "ragtime" numbers - "Ain't Misbehavin,'" "Honeysuckle Rose," and "You Took Advantage of Me" are revelations. They sound completely rehearsed, but totally improvised, immediate and... PERFECT!



If you can get through the piano break in the first tune ("Four" by Miles) and not spontaneously break into a broad smile while your skin gets goosebumps, and your spirit actually levitates above the clouds, then you are a stronger man (or woman) than me! (The break is in the sample.) Don't judge the audio quality from the sample though - the audio quality on the disc is superb.



Greatest living piano trio - period.



Highest recommendation!"
A masterclass
Daniel C. Wilcock | Washington, D.C. | 10/25/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Keith Jarrett has a mile-deep back catalog that conjures the finest in jazz exploration, including a stockpile of Peacock and DeJohnette "standards trio" albums recorded live. So when a perfectionist like Jarrett calls this, his latest live trio record, the "most buoyant, swinging, melodic and dynamic," it had better be good.



Yes, this is great stuff. If the goal of the "standards trio" is to be an omnibus of jazz history within the compact format of acoustic piano, bass and drums, this is THE masterclass. Particularly evocative of the group's call to arms is the extended group of songs such as "Fats" Waller's 'Ain't Misbehaving" played in a ragtime idiom. It's great to hear this monster-machine of jazz improvisation batten down the hatches and kick into some disciplined swing. Remarkably, the effect isn't one of campy nostalgia. They keep it interesting.



As for the rest of the set, the interplay between the three veterans is deep and verdant. In the liner notes, Jarrett says all three members know they are playing with masters. That's quite a pat on the back. But in this case it's deserved.



This is a Keith Jarrett purchase that's almost as essential as his great solo-piano talisman "the Koln concert." A+"
Another Fine Live Recording of a Great Trio
Buddy Bolden | USA | 10/18/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Although Jarrett's liner notes indicate that this performance took place under somewhat difficult circumstances (technical problems, excessive heat, and an audience that didn't seem fully engaged until well into the concert), one wouldn't have guessed it from the recording; the music sounds great from the opening number, and from the second track on all three musicians are very near the top of their game. The result is an album that ranks with the best this excellent group has released, and the extensive and varied selection of tunes provides a nice overview of many of the trio's strengths. (The notable exception is that this album doesn't include a fully improvised piece, like the title tracks on "The Cure" and "Up for It.") Those who are already admirers of the "standards trio" will definitely find this a worthwhile purchase, and for fans of mainstream jazz who are not yet familiar with the group (assuming there are any!), this would be an ideal place to start."