Changeless (album)

Changeless is a live album by American pianist Keith Jarrett's "Standards Trio" featuring Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette recorded in concert in October, 1987 at various venues and released by ECM Records in 1989.[1] According to Jarrett biographer Wolfgang Sandner, with the album, "Jarrett had, at last, combined his free-playing techniques with his trio style."[2]

Changeless
Live album by
Keith Jarrett
ReleasedOctober 1989[1]
RecordedOctober 9, 11, 12 & 14, 1987
GenreJazz
Length49:04
LabelECM Records
[ECM 1392]
ProducerManfred Eicher
Keith Jarrett chronology
Personal Mountains
(1989)		 Changeless
(1989)		 Paris Concert
(1990)
Jarrett / Peacock / DeJohnette chronology
Still Live
(1988)		 Changeless
(1989)		 Tribute
(1990)

October 1987 tour

Changeless is a compilation of tracks recorded during the "Standards trio" October 1987 North American tour in which, according to www.keithjarrett.org, offered 14 recitals in 28 days:[3]

  • 3 - Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, FL, USA
  • 8 - Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
  • 9 - Lexington, KY, USA "Lifeline"
  • 11 - Convention Center, Dallas, TX, USA "Endless"
  • 12 - Wortham Center, Houston, TX, USA "Ecstasy"
  • 14 - Paramount Theater, Denver, CO, USA "Dancing"
  • 16 - Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
  • 19 - Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
  • 21 - Flynn Theater, Burlington, VT, USA
  • 23 - Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY, USA
  • 25 - Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, OT, Canada
  • 27 - Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN, USA
  • 29 - Eastman Theater, Rochester, NY, USA
  • 31 - Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
  • November 1 - Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[5]

The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4 stars and states, "This is a triumph, for Jarrett has successfully brought the organically evolving patterns of his solo concerts into the group format ... a genuine collective musical experience."[4]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz wrote that Changeless contains "original material which is deeply subversive (though also respectfully aware) of the whole tradition of jazz as a system of improvisation on 'the changes'... On Changeless, there are no chord progressions at all; the trio improvises each section in a single key, somewhat in the manner of an Indian raga. The results are impressive and thought-provoking, like everything Jarrett has attempted."[5]

Track listing
  1. "Dancing" - 9:01 [Denver]
  2. "Endless" - 15:32 [Dallas]
  3. "Lifeline" - 11:32 [Lexington]
  4. "Ecstacy" - 12:59 [Houston]
All music by Keith Jarrett

Total effective playing time: 48:02 (the album contains 1:02 applause approximately)

Personnel

Production

References
  1. ECM Records Jarrett / Peacock / DeJohnette: Changeless accessed May 2020
  2. Sandner, Wolfgang (2020). Keith Jarrett: A Biography. Translated by Jarrett, Chris. Equinox. p. 140.
  3. Keith Jarrett 1987 live concerts accessed May 13, 2020
  4. Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed March 23, 2010
  5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 769. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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