One Track Mind: Keith Jarrett Trio, “Autumn Leaves” (1994)

by Pico

That Keith Jarrett, he’s one amazing individual. Consider:

· In the middle of the domination of jazz by wanking electric guitarists and keyboardists in 1975, KJ sits down in front of an audience in West Germany armed with only a piano, starts playing whatever came out of his head for about an hour and the recording becomes a best seller, single-handedly putting the fledgling ECM label on the map.
· Survives a disastrous turn as a folk-pop singer/songwriter.
· Was one of Miles Davis' most enthusiastic electric pianists…which you wouldn’t know given how much he later disparaged what Miles was doing with his music at the time.
· Continues to play at a very high level despite recently suffering from chronic stress syndrome.

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