Keith Jarrett, Dennis Russell Davies

Keith Jarrett and conductor-pianist Dennis Russell Davies have been friends and musicalcomrades for forty years. In the mid-70s the St Paul Chamber Orchestra, under Davies’ directionpresented Jarrett’s chamber music. In the 90s Jarrett recorded the Mozart piano concertos with Davies and the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester. Near the beginning of their association, Jarrett invited Davies to play a composition he had written for solo piano. To listen to Ritual is akin toexperiencing the core of a Jarrett solo concert. The interpreter may be different, but the lyricalexpression is remarkably consistent. As Dennis Russell l Davies says: “Those who know Keithwill hear him in this music. It couldn’t have been written by anyone else.”