Grafton. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Grafton ISBN 0246134348 9780246134349 [US]

ReviewIan Carr clearly writes about Jarrett from the heart, but with the insights of a professional musician that lend an insight into what lay behind the impulse to create that gives, me anyway, an introduction to the staggeringly broad range of Jarret's music. I do have veryu broad tastes but I have to admit to being put off a some of Keith Jarrett's music in the past, not because it was too far away from anything else that I like but because it just simply confounded my expectations of what I was going to hear.It is true to say that Carr's praise seems a bit over the top in places but this music is never played with anything other than full commitment. Once the listener "gets" music like Jarrett's then it does become something almost magical. The best defense Carr has about the strength of his praise of Jarrett's work of course is that so many people, especially critics, have so unfairly damned his work over the years. Keith Jarrett has pushed the boundies of his music to the limit over and over again. He has, therefore, made it hard for the blinkered and lazy to keep up with where his music is coming from creatively. I have ready many a review of Jarret's work (any many others besides) that I could tell what it was going to say even before I had heard the music and the review wwas often very wide of the make after I had heard it. This is because the reviewer clearly just didn't like Jarrett on principle, he does conform the a type of "correct" jazz form that many expect ...

Grafton Books, Date: 1991-07-01. hardcover. Like New. 1991. Grafton Books ISBN 0246134348 9780246134349 [US]