Keith JarrettFeaturing: Charlie Haden
The Survivors' Suite (LP)
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condition (record/cover): NM / VG+ (lamination peeling off near edge)
The American Quartet's finest single statement, and the one record from that band that even people who dislike Keith Jarrett tend to concede. Recorded in 1976, The Survivors' Suite is one continuous piece spread across two sides, moving from a slow collective opening through gospel-inflected vamps into passages of genuine turbulence and back out again. Dewey Redman plays some of the best tenor of his career, Charlie Haden is monumental, and Paul Motian keeps dissolving the pulse just when you have located it. Jarrett adds soprano saxophone, recorder and osi drums to the piano. The structure is enormous and completely legible.
Original ECM pressing. If you only keep one record from this band, it should probably be this one.
Release notes
Recorded April 1976 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg. 'Made in W. Germany' on centre labels. Ⓟ 1977 'Printed in W. Germany' on back sleeve. On the centre labels, the track title has the apostrophe misplaced: 'Survivor's Suite'. Catalog no. 'ECM 1085' appears on rear cover, spine and labels. Catalog no. '2301 085' appears on rear cover in parentheses. Runouts stamped.
| A | The Survivors' Suite (Beginning) | 27:34 | |
| B | The Survivors' Suite (Conclusion) | 21:32 |
- Charlie Haden
- Bass
- Keith Jarrett
- Composed By, Photography By [Cover Photo], Piano, Soprano Saxophone, Recorder [Bass], Celesta [Celeste], Percussion [Osi Drums]
- Paul Motian
- Drums, Percussion
- Martin Wieland
- Engineer
- B. Wojirsch
- Layout
- Manfred Eicher
- Producer
- Dewey Redman
- Tenor Saxophone, Percussion
