Jasmine (album)

2010 studio album by Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden

Jasmine

Studio album by

Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden

Released| May 12, 2010
Recorded| March 2007
Studio| Cavelight Studio (Keith Jarrett's home studio, Oxford Township)
Genre| Jazz
Label| ECM
ECM 2165
Producer| Keith Jarrett, Manfred Eicher
Keith Jarrett albums chronology
| Paris / London: Testament
(2009)  | Jasmine
(2010)  | Rio
(2011)

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Charlie Haden chronology
| Rambling Boy
(2008)  | Jasmine
(2010)  | Sophisticated Ladies
(2010)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [1]
All About Jazz| [2]
DownBeat| [3]
Financial Times| [4]
The Guardian| [5]
Los Angeles Times| [6]
Slant| [7]
Time Out| 5/5[8]

Jasmine is a 2010 duet album by American pianist Keith Jarrett and bassist Charlie Haden. It was released on 12 May 2010. The album was recorded in March 2007 at Jarrett's home studio in Oxford Township, New Jersey during the recording of a documentary about Haden.[9] Additional tracks from the same session, including alternate takes of "Where Can I Go Without You" and "Goodbye", were released in 2014 on Last Dance.

In the album liner notes, Jarrett wrote: "This recording was done in my small studio. It has very dry sound and we didn't want to have the recording sound like anything but exactly what we were hearing while we played. So it is direct and straightforward... We did not rehearse per se, but went over chords when necessary... We had not played in over thirty years, but something magical happened and I then invited Charlie and his wife to the house to do some playing for a few days with no assurance that we'd have anything (including sound) that we'd want to release." He continued: "Jasmine is a night-blooming flower with a beautiful fragrance and I hope you can hear what went into this, as there is no way to do anything as touching as this by rehearsing it until it dies. This is spontaneous music made on the spot without any preparation save our dedication throughout our lives that we won't accept a substitute: it's either the real thing or it's nothing. It's either real life, or it's a cartoon... These are great love songs played by players who are trying, mostly, to keep the message intact. I hope you can hear it the way we did."[10]

## Reception

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In a review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek stated: "Jasmine is a collection of love songs; most are standards played by two stellar improvisers. Picking out highlights on this eight-song, hour-long set is difficult because the dry warmth of these performances is multiplied by deeply intuitive listening and the near symbiotic, telepathic nature of the playing. The entire proceeding flows seamlessly... Jasmine is, ultimately, jazz distilled to its most essential; it not only expresses emotion and beauty, but discovers them in every moment of its performance."[1]

Robert L. Doerschuk, in a review for DownBeat, remarked: "depth is what Jasmine is all about. Jarrett and Haden play with what might be described as awesome restraint, given the razzle and dazzle each could have brought to the table, with Haden in his familiar mode of playing sparely, sometimes investing each note with a weighty grace... It feels almost corny to describe what [Jarrett]'s doing as beautiful, because beauty has become either less of a priority or a cynical synonym for trendy. And yet beautiful is just what these moments are."[3]

Writing for the BBC, John Eyles called the album a "noteworthy and historic release", and commented: "Throughout the album, their playing radiates the pair's spontaneous enjoyment of each other’s company and of the songs. Although it may not be a word immediately associated with either of them, Jarrett and Haden sound as if they are having fun here. Both are now respected elder statesmen of jazz, long ago assured of their place in history and each with albums on those lists of 'essentials'. It may not be too long until Jasmine itself appears on such lists.[9]

In a review for Slant Magazine, Jesse Cataldo stated: "About as cleanly resplendent as music comes, Jasmine... is whisper-quiet, but not necessarily simple... the album registers a kind of bare exquisiteness through hushed conversation between the two instruments... The album also proves, as an antidote to the work of aging standards abusers like Rod Stewart, that retrospective late-career reinterpretation doesn’t necessarily equal creative death. The changes Jarrett and Haden make to Jasmine's source material are small and delicate, but their resistance to flaunting internal beauty only makes the album more remarkable."[11]

John Kelman, in a review for All About Jazz, wrote: "Over the course of three decades, much has changed, but some things have remained. Both players have largely become interpreters rather than composers, although Jarrett has rightfully argued that interpretation is composition. Still, their empathic approach to this ballad-heavy set... remains as profound as it was when they were collaborating regularly... Recorded in Jarrett's small home studio, it feels like it was recorded in a living room, with both players at ease, turning a group of nine well-loved, well-known songs into informal conversations, where individual spotlights shine occasionally, but are far more often about gentle give-and-take, lyrical spontaneity and nothing-to-prove economy."[2]

Tyran Grillo of Between Sound and Space commented: "This album proves that maturity is about filtering out all that distracts us from being who we are and finding just the right melody, taking comfort in the method over the message. The title of the first track, 'For All We Know,' says it all. That two musicians, walking such different paths, can come together and create something so powerfully understated, so viscerally unfettered, is a testament to the creative potential of knowledge and the gift of life that allows it... It is a heartfelt meditation on the philosophy of experience, a direct statement regarding the lives of its performers. This album might as well be called 'Jazzmine,' for that's exactly what it is: a mine of tried-and-true standards, each plucked carefully from the surrounding rock and arranged in a row of sparkling gems... Over thirty years in the making, Jasmine was already a classic before Jarrett and Haden ever stepped into the studio to record it. It is as if the music had already existed and our dynamic duo merely needed to catch up with it... This is an album in the past tense, every sound a memory caught in the branches of our curiosity... They're not trying to break new ground here, but to see what can still be built upon the old ground before it disappears. And why not, for their materials are still resilient, pliant, and reliable. Listen to Jasmine for its quiet charm, for the way it sings without words, for the tireless care it embodies, but above all listen to discover just how honest music can be."[12]

## Track listing

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1. "For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) – 9:49
2. "Where Can I Go Without You" (Peggy Lee, Victor Young) – 9:24
3. "No Moon at All" (Redd Evans, David A. Mann) – 4:41
4. "One Day I'll Fly Away" (Will Jennings, Joe Sample) – 4:18
5. "Intro/I'm Gonna Laugh You Right Out of My Life" (Cy Coleman, Joseph McCarthy) – 12:11
6. "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) – 11:12
7. "Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) – 8:03
8. "Don't Ever Leave Me" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 3:11

## Personnel

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Musicians

* Keith Jarrett – piano
* Charlie Haden – double bass

Production

* Keith Jarrett – recording producer
* Manfred Eicher – executive producer, mastering
* Martin Pearson – engineer
* Christoph Stickel – mastering
* Sascha Kleis – design
* Mayo Bucher – cover artwork
* Rose Anne Jarrett – photography

## References

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1. ^ a b Jurek, Thom (2011). "Jasmine - Keith Jarrett | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
2. ^ a b John, Kelman (May 18, 2010). "Keith Jarrett / Charlie Haden: Jasmine". All About Jazz. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
3. ^ a b Doerschuk, Robert L. (August 2010). "DownBeat // ECM // Keith Jarrett". DownBeat. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
4. ^ Hobart, Mike (8 May 2010). "Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden: Jasmine". Financial Times. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
5. ^ Fordham, John (13 May 2010). "Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden: Jasmine | CD review". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
6. ^ Barton, Chris (26 May 2010). "Album review: Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden's 'Jasmine'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
7. ^ Cataldo, Jesse (24 May 2010). "Review: Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden, Jasmine". Slant. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
8. ^ Flynn, Mike (16 June 2010). "Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden music review". Time Out. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
9. ^ a b Eyles, John (2010). "Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden Jasmine Review". BBC. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
10. ^ Keith Jarrett; Charlie Haden (2010). Jasmine (liner notes). ECM. ECM 2165.
11. ^ Cataldo, Jesse (May 24, 2010). "Review: Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden, Jasmine". Slant Magazine. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
12. ^ Grillo, Tyran (May 29, 2010). "Review: Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden: Jasmine (ECM 2165)". Between Sound and Space. Retrieved March 10, 2021.

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Discography

Studio albums|

* Life Between the Exit Signs (1968)
* Restoration Ruin (1968)
* Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett (1971)
* The Mourning of a Star (1971)
* Facing You (1972)
* Birth (1972)
* Expectations (1972)
* Ruta and Daitya (1973)
* Belonging (1974)
* Treasure Island (1974)
* In the Light (1974)
* El Juicio (The Judgement) (1975)
* Back Hand (1975)
* Death and the Flower (1975)
* Mysteries (1976)
* Shades (1976)
* Arbour Zena (1976)
* Hymns/Spheres (1976)
* Staircase (1977)
* Byablue (1977)
* The Survivors' Suite (1977)
* My Song (1978)
* Bop-Be (1978)
* The Celestial Hawk (1980)
* G.I. Gurdjieff: Sacred Hymns (1980)
* Invocations/The Moth and the Flame (1981)
* Standards, Vol. 1 (1983)
* Changes (1984)
* Standards, Vol. 2 (1985)
* Spirits (1986)
* Book of Ways (1987)
* Bridge of Light (1994)
* The Melody at Night, with You (1999)
* Jasmine (2010)
* No End (2013)
* Last Dance (2014)

Live albums|

* Somewhere Before (1969)
* Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne (1973)
* Fort Yawuh (1973)
* The Köln Concert (1975)
* Sun Bear Concerts (1978)
* Eyes of the Heart (1979)
* Nude Ants (1980)
* Concerts (1982)
* Standards Live (1986)
* Still Live (1988)
* Dark Intervals (1988)
* Personal Mountains (1989)
* Changeless (1989)
* Paris Concert (1990)
* Tribute (1990)
* The Cure (1991)
* Vienna Concert (1992)
* At the Deer Head Inn (1994)
* Standards in Norway (1995)
* Keith Jarrett at the Blue Note (1995)
* La Scala (1997)
* Tokyo '96 (1998)
* Whisper Not (2000)
* Inside Out (2001)
* Always Let Me Go (2002)
* Up for It (2003)
* The Out-of-Towners (2004)
* Radiance (2005)
* The Carnegie Hall Concert (2006)
* My Foolish Heart (2007)
* Yesterdays (2009)
* Paris / London: Testament (2009)
* Rio (2011)
* Sleeper (2012)
* Somewhere (2013)
* Hamburg '72 (2014)
* Creation (2015)
* A Multitude of Angels (2016)
* After the Fall (2018)
* La Fenice (2018)
* Munich 2016 (2019)
* Budapest Concert (2020)
* Bordeaux Concert (2022)

Compilation albums|

* Mysteries: The Impulse Years 1975–1976 (1996)
* The Impulse Years: 1973–1974 (1997)

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Charlie Haden

Studio albums|

* As Long as There's Music (1978)
* Closeness (1976)
* The Golden Number (1977)
* Gitane (1978)
* Mágico (1980)
* Folk Songs (1981)
* Etudes (1988)
* Silence (1989)
* Dialogues (1990)
* First Song (1992)
* Steal Away (1995)
* Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories) (1997)
* None But the Lonely Heart (1997)
* Nocturne (2001)
* American Dreams (2002)
* Nightfall (2004)
* Land of the Sun (2004)
* Heartplay (2006)
* Come Sunday (2012)

Live albums|

* Time Remembers One Time Once (1981)
* The Montreal Tapes: with Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell (1994)
* The Montreal Tapes: with Paul Bley and Paul Motian (1994)
* Night and the City (1996)
* The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra (1997)
* The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (1997)
* The Montreal Tapes: with Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Paul Motian (1997)
* In Montreal (2001)
* The Montreal Tapes: Tribute to Joe Henderson (2003)
* Long Ago and Far Away (2007)
* Mágico: Carta de Amor (2012)
* Tokyo Adagio (2015)

Liberation Music
Orchestra albums|

* Liberation Music Orchestra (1970)
* The Ballad of the Fallen (1983)
* Dream Keeper (1990)
* Not in Our Name (2005)
* Time/Life (2016)

Old and New
Dreams albums|

* Old and New Dreams (1977)
* Old and New Dreams (1979)
* Playing (1981)
* A Tribute to Blackwell (1990)

Quartet West
albums|

* Quartet West (1987)
* In Angel City (1988)
* Haunted Heart (1992)
* Always Say Goodbye (1994)
* Now Is the Hour (1996)
* The Art of the Song (1999)
* The Private Collection (2007)
* Sophisticated Ladies (2010)

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