Still Live (Keith Jarrett album)

1988 live album by the Keith Jarrett Trio

Still Live

Live album by

the Keith Jarrett Trio

Released| March 1988[1]
Recorded| July 13, 1986
Venue| Philharmonic Hall
Munich, W. Germany
Genre| Jazz
Length| 1:38:13
Label| ECM 1360/61
Producer| Manfred Eicher
Keith Jarrett chronology
| Book of Ways
(1987)  | Still Live
(1988)  | Dark Intervals
(1988)

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Jarrett / Peacock / DeJohnette chronology
| Standards Live
(1986)  | Still Live
(1988)  | Changeless
(1989)

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Still Live is a live double album by the Keith Jarrett Trio recorded on July 13, 1986, at the Philharmonic Hall in Munich, Germany, and released on ECM in March 1988. Jarrett's Standards trio features rhythm section Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette.[1]

## "Klaviersommer 1986" Tour

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Still Live was recorded during the "Klaviersommer 1986" Tour, in which the Standards trio performed at 14 cities over July of 1986.[2][3]

Jarrett would also recorded the solo clavichord album Book of Ways during a day-off day of the tour.

* 1 - Verona (Italy)
* 3 - Lugano (Switzerland)
* 6 - Hollabrunn (Austria)
* 8 - Milano (Italy)
* 9 - Cannes (France)
* 11 - Vienne (France)
* 13 - Munich (Germany)
* 16 - Istanbul (Turkey)
* 18 - Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain)
* 19 - London (UK)
* 21 - Molde (Norway)
* 22 - Copenhaguen (Denmark)
* 24 - Montpellier (France)
* 26 - Antibes (France)

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz| [5]

The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 3 stars and states, "Jarrett treats his brace of pop and jazz standards with unpredictable, often eloquently melodic and structural originality.... There is a considerable amount of Jarrett vocalizing, though; sometimes he sounds like a tortured animal."[4]

In his 2002 Records to Die For, Stereophile's Lonnie Brownell remarked:

> Over the past 30 years, Keith Jarrett has released 46 albums as a leader on the ECM label. Of these, the best are the 12 recorded with his "Standards Trio," and of these, the best is Still Live. Jarrett and Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette flow from Richard Rodgers to Oscar Hammerstein to Harold Arlen to Keith Jarrett to spontaneous free interpretive variation to Charlie Parker and back again, until it no longer matters where Johnny Mercer leaves off and this trio begins, because it is all one tribal dance. On this night in 1986 in Munich's Philharmonic Hall, Jarrett broke through to The Light. After "When I Fall in Love," you wonder that he ever found it necessary to play the piano again.[6]

## Accolades

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Still Live was nominated for "Best Jazz Instrumental Performance (Group)" at the 31st Annual Grammy Awards (1988), the only Standards trio release receive a nomination.[7]

## Track listing

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1. "My Funny Valentine" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 10:51
2. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) - 10:24
3. "When I Fall in Love" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) - 8:22
4. "The Song Is You" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 17:33
5. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 10:06
6. "Late Lament" (Paul Desmond) - 8:40
7. "You and the Night and the Music/Extension" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz/Keith Jarrett) - 10:44
8. "Intro/Someday My Prince Will Come" (Jarrett/Frank Churchill, Larry Morey) - 8:23
9. "Billie's Bounce" (Charlie Parker) * - 9:06
10. "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) - 4:00

### Note

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* *CD bonus track; not included on LP.

## Personnel

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* Keith Jarrett – piano
* Gary Peacock – bass
* Jack DeJohnette – drums

### Technical personnel

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* Manfred Eicher – producer
* Martin Wieland – recording engineer
* Barbara Wojirsch – design
* Rose Anne Colavito – photography

## References

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1. ^ a b ECM Records Jarrett / Peacock / DeJohnette: Still Live accessed May 2020
2. ^ Keith Jarrett discography accessed March 29, 2010
3. ^ Keith Jarrett 1986 live concerts accessed May 12, 2020
4. ^ a b Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed March 29, 2010
5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 769\. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
6. ^ "2002 records to die for". Stereophile. February 2002. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
7. ^ Keith Jarrett Trio's Grammy Award results accessed May 12, 2020

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Keith Jarrett

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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Jack DeJohnette

Studio albums|

* The DeJohnette Complex (1969)
* Have You Heard (1970)
* Sorcery (1974)
* Cosmic Chicken (1975)
* Untitled (1976)
* Pictures (1976)
* New Rags (1977)
* New Directions [with John Abercrombie, Lester Bowie and Eddie Gómez] (1978)
* New Directions in Europe (1980)
* The Jack DeJohnette Piano Album (1985)
* Zebra [with Lester Bowie] (1989)
* In Our Style [with David Murray] (1986)
* Parallel Realities [Trio with Pat Metheny and Herbie Hancock] (1990)
* Music for the Fifth World [with Vernon Reid and John Scofield] (1992)
* Dancing with Nature Spirits [with Michael Cain and Steve Gorn] (1995)
* Oneness (1997)
* Music in the Key of Om (2005)
* The Elephant Sleeps But Still Remembers (2006)
* Peace Time (2007)
* America [with Wadada Leo Smith] (2008)
* Music We Are [with John Patitucci and Danilo Pérez] (2009)
* Sound Travels (2012)
* Made in Chicago (2015)
* In Movement [with Ravi Coltrane and Matthew Garrison]  (2016)
* Return (2016)
* Hudson [wth John Medeski, John Scofield and Larry Grenadier] (2017)

Special Edition|

* Special Edition [with Arthur Blythe and David Murray] (1979)
* Tin Can Alley [with Chico Freeman, John Purcell and Peter Warren] (1980)
* Inflation Blues [with Baikida Carroll] (1982)
* Album Album [with John Purcell and David Murray] (1984)
* Irresistible Forces [with Greg Osby, Gary Thomas, Lonnie Plaxico, Mick Goodrick and Naná Vasconcelos] (1987)
* Audio-Visualscapes (1988)
* Earthwalk (1991)
* Extra Special Edition [with Bobby McFerrin] (1994)

Gateway|

* Gateway (1976)
* Gateway 2 (1978)
* Homecoming (1995)
* In the Moment (1996)

Trio Beyond|

* Saudades (2006)

with Keith Jarrett|

* Ruta and Daitya (1973)
* Standards Live (1986)
* Still Live (1988)
* Tribute (1990)
* Keith Jarrett at the Blue Note (1995)
* Tokyo '96 (1998)
* Whisper Not (2000)
* Inside Out (2001)
* The Out-of-Towners (2004)
* Yesterdays (2009)
* Somewhere (2013)

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