Thanks for turning me onto him.
on 6/21/05 12:55 AM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Not long ago there was a short discussion here on the > magnificent Keith Jarrett. For those who indicated > at the time that they knew who he was, and knew his > music, I cannot recommend the new solo album "Radiance" > strongly enough. > > It has so many moments of pure, ecstatic creative flow > that it has not left my CD player since I bought it. > Tracks 15 and 17 are among the best improvizations he > has ever done, which, considering the artist, is > really saying something. > > To be that open to the Tao, to be that trusting, to > just walk out onto a stage and sit down and be open > to the absolute expressing itself through you, as > music, however it chooses to express itself tonight, > is one of the highest callings I can imagine. It is > spiritual teaching, without the need for words. > > From the liner notes: > > "Months before I went to Japan, I had the idea that, > since my career had had a lot to do with transforming > energy into something new each time, this time I > wanted the transformation to include the actual > format itself. Most listeners of my past solo concerts > will be momentarily (at least) shocked at the initial > absence of melodic -- or even motivic -- content, the > material seemingly un-motivated by any concept at all. > This was not an accident (or it was a planned one). I > didn't want any premature resolutions. How we arrive > at profound thoughts has a lot to do with what we > *aren't* thinking beforehand, and I had in mind letting > some of the music *happen* to me without sitting there > deep in thought. I wanted my hands (especially the > left hand) to tell me things. This is part of the > process I wished to experiment with. Transformative > moments are very rare, or they seem so due to our > inattention. It takes so many processes to coincide > *just so* for us to arrive at a transformative moment > (if we're watching). But maybe this is wrong, and they > happen constantly, though *we* are absent. The listener > has to bear with me here. The whole thing is risky, > but I've taken you places before and I'm not aiming > to disappoint." > > He doesn't. Every note is improvised. It's a lesson > in trust -- in oneself, in the universe, and in the > essentially harmonic nature of that universe -- that > has to be experienced to be believed. > > Unc > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- Rick Archer SearchSummit 1108 South B Street Fairfield, IA 52556 Phone: 641-472-9336 Fax: 815-572-5842 http://searchsummit.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
