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{{Infobox album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne
| name = Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne
| Type = live
| type = live
| Artist = [[Keith Jarrett]]
| artist = [[Keith Jarrett]]
| Cover = Solo Concerts.jpg
| cover = Solo Concerts.jpg
| Released = 1973
| alt =
| released = November 1973<ref name="ECM">ECM Records [https://www.ecmrecords.com/catalogue/143038750642 Keith Jarrett: Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne] accessed May 2020</ref>
| Recorded = March 20 & July 12, 1973
| Genre = [[Jazz]]
| recorded = March 20 and July 12, 1973
| venue = Salle de Spectacles d'Epalinges (Lausanne, Switzerland)<br>Kleiner Sendesaal (Bremen, Germany)
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| Length = 128:13
| studio =
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| Label = [[ECM Records]]<br><small>ECM 1035/1036/1037
| Producer = [[Manfred Eicher]]
| genre =
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| length = 128:13
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| Last album = ''[[In the Light (Keith Jarrett album)|In the Light]]''<br>(1973)
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| label = [[ECM Records|ECM]] 1035–37 ST
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| This album = '''''Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne'''''<br>(1973)
| producer = [[Manfred Eicher]]
| Next album = ''[[Treasure Island (album)|Treasure Island]]''<br>(1974)
| prev_title = [[Fort Yawuh]]
| prev_year = 1973
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| next_title = [[In the Light (Keith Jarrett album)|In the Light]]
| next_year = 1974
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = [[Keith Jarrett]] solo piano
| type = live
| prev_title = [[Facing You]]
| prev_year = 1972
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| title = Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne
| year = 1973
| next_title = [[The Köln Concert]]
| next_year = 1975
}}
}}
}}

'''''Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne''''' is a live solo triple album by [[jazz]] pianist [[Keith Jarrett]] recorded at the Salle de Spectacles d'Epalinges in [[Lausanne|Lausanne, Switzerland]] and the Kleiner Sendesall in [[Bremen, Germany]] on March 20 and July 12, 1973, respectively and released on [[ECM (record label)|ECM]] November that same year—Jarrett's debut solo live album for the label.<ref>{{cite book |last=Elsdon |first=Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HhEWDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA22 |title=Keith Jarrett's The Koln Concert |publisher=Oxford UP |year=2013 |isbn=9780199779253 |location=Oxford |page=22}}</ref>


== Background ==
'''''Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne''''' is a recording released through [[ECM (record label)|ECM]] by [[jazz]] pianist [[Keith Jarrett]] performing solo [[improvisation]]s recorded in [[Bremen (city)|Bremen]] (July) and [[Lausanne]] (March) in 1973; in between, Jarrett played in the US with his American quartet.<Ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HhEWDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA22|title=Keith Jarrett's The Koln Concert|first=Peter|last=Elsdon|publisher=Oxford UP|location=Oxford|year=2013|isbn=9780199779253|page=22}}</ref> Originally released as a 3-LP album, it was the first of Jarrett's live solo performances to be released on ECM, following his studio-based debut solo recording ''[[Facing You]]'' (1971), and preceding his record-breaking ''[[The Köln Concert|Köln Concert]]'' (1975).<ref>[http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1000/1035.php?cat=%2FArtists%2FJarrett+Keith%23%23Keith+Jarrett&we_start=72&lvredir=712 ECM catalogue] accessed December 1, 2008.</ref>
Jarrett played in the US with his American quartet between the two European solo concerts.


== Critical reception==
==Reception==
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The [[Allmusic]] review by [[Scott Yanow]] awarded the album 5 stars stating "Despite the length, the music never loses one's interest, making this an essential recording for all jazz collections.".<ref name="Allmusic">Yanow, S. [http://allmusic.com/album/solo-concerts-bremen-and-lausanne-r160033/review Allmusic Review] accessed September 9, 2011</ref>
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|rev1score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
|rev2 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
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| rev1Score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
|rev2score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="PF">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2011 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=9780857125958 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=cowboy&pg=RA3-PA2005-IA45 |access-date=1 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
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|rev2 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide]]''
|rev3 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]]''
| rev2Score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name=RSJRG> {{Cite book
|rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz|The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]] |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=768}}</ref>
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| last = Swenson
|rev4 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| first = J. (Editor)
|rev4score = 9.2/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Richardson |first=Keith |title=Keith Jarrett: ''Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne'' Album Review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/keith-jarrett-solo-concerts-bremen-lausanne/ |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=August 13, 2023 |access-date=August 13, 2023}}</ref>
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|rev5 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide]]''
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|rev5score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name=RSJRG>{{Cite book
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|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| year = 1985
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
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| location = USA
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 112
| page = 112}}</ref>
}}</ref>
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In 1974, ''[[DownBeat]]'' ranked the album as the best jazz recording of the year<ref>{{cite book |last=Sandner |first=Wolfgang |translator-last=Jarrett |translator-first=Chris |title=Keith Jarrett: A Biography |publisher=Equinox |year=2020 | pages=93 }}</ref>
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}} According to [[Mikal Gilmore]] in ''Night Beat'', "with Bremen-Lausanne and the subsequent ''Köln Concert'', Jarrett found his niche, freely mixing gospel, impressionist, and atonal flights into a consonant whole".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nRvdiFp7syEC&pg=PT213|page=213|title=Night Beat: A Shadow History of Rock & Roll|first=Mikal|last=Gilmore|publisher+Knopf Doubleday|year=2000|isbn=9780385500296}}</ref>

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The [[AllMusic]] review by [[Scott Yanow]] awarded the album 5 stars, stating, "Despite the length, the music never loses one's interest, making this an essential recording for all jazz collections".<ref name="Allmusic">Yanow, S. [http://allmusic.com/album/solo-concerts-bremen-and-lausanne-r160033/review Allmusic Review] accessed September 9, 2011</ref>

[[Ted Gioia]] calls it Jarrett's "masterpiece"; "two titanic improvised performances".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofjazz00gioia|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofjazz00gioia/page/340 340]|title=The History of Jazz|first=Ted|last=Gioia|edition=2|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2011|isbn=9780199830589}}</ref>

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According to [[Mikal Gilmore]] in ''Night Beat'', "with Bremen-Lausanne and the subsequent ''Köln Concert'', Jarrett found his niche, freely mixing gospel, impressionist, and atonal flights into a consonant whole".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nRvdiFp7syEC&pg=PT213|page=213|title=Night Beat: A Shadow History of Rock & Roll|first=Mikal|last=Gilmore|publisher=Knopf Doubleday|year=2000|isbn=9780385500296}}</ref>

Bill Dobbins notes that the (short) encore on the third side, a boogie-woogie inflected [[ostinato]], owes much to [[Duke Ellington|Duke Ellington's]] ''New World A-Comin'''.<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CKSuDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA128|pages=108–56|title=Duke Ellington Studies|editor1-first=John|editor1-last=Howland|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2017|isbn=9780521764049|chapter='Nobody Was Looking': The Unparalleled Jazz Piano Legacy of Duke Ellington|first=Bill|last=Dobbins}}</ref>

Writing for the now defunct jazz magazine ''Jazz.com'' in December 2007, [[Ted Gioia]] rated the track "Bremen, Germany, July 12, 1973, Part I" 100/100, stating:<ref name="JazzCom">Gioia, Ted (December 2007) [https://web.archive.org/web/20120922130249/http://www.jazz.com/dozens/the-dozens-essential-keith-jarrett The Dozens: Essential Keith Jarrett by Ted Gioia at Jazz.com] accessed September 2020</ref><blockquote>Jazz musicians have always emphasized improvisation in their work. But few have taken this reliance on spontaneous creation to the lengths Keith Jarrett has assayed in his solo concerts. He pioneered the (still rare) concept of an entirely improvised piano recital, wholly inspired by the muse of the moment. But if the concept is exciting, Jarrett's execution of this ambitious idea is even more impressive. The ECM recording of Jarrett's 1973 Bremen concert represented the first attempt to capture this type of work on tape and present it on record. This disk may not have sold as well as The Köln Concert from 1975 or matched the scope of Jarrett's massive Sun Bear Concerts (originally released on ten LPs) from 1976, but for sheer musicality and inventiveness it is hard to top the recital in Bremen. Here is piano music that is rich in complexity, subtle in detail, and completely free of cliché. One of my desert island disks.</blockquote>In 2023, ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''{{'}}s Mark Richardson described it as a "career-defining jazz masterpiece" and wrote that the "structural coherence of these lengthy improvisations across two one-hour sets is astonishing" and "where Jarrett's improvisational skill and talent might suggest music described as 'effortless,' some of the beauty of his solo piano work is that you can hear the exertion."<ref name="PF" />

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== Track listing ==


=== Original release – ECM 1035–37 ST<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Jarrett - Solo Concerts: Bremen / Lausanne |date=1973 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/7011637-Keith-Jarrett-Solo-Concerts-Bremen-Lausanne |access-date=2023-12-11 |language=en}}</ref> ===
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==Track listing==
;'''Vinyl pressing'''
{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| headline = Side one
| headline = Side I
| all_writing = Keith Jarrett
| all_writing = Keith Jarrett
| title1 = Bremen, July 12, 1973 Part I
| title1 = Bremen, July 12, 1973, Part I
| length1 = 18:11
| length1 = 18:11
}}
}}


{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| headline = Side two
| headline = Side II
| title1 = Bremen, July 12, 1973 Part IIa
| title1 = Bremen, July 12, 1973, Part II a
| length1 = 19:40
| length1 = 19:40
}}
}}


{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| headline = Side three
| headline = Side III
| title1 = Bremen, July 12, 1973 Part IIb
| title1 = Bremen, July 12, 1973, Part II b
| length1 = 26:15
| length1 = 26:15
}}
}}


{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| headline = Side four
| headline = Side IV
| title1 = Lausanne, March 20, 1973 Part Ia
| title1 = Lausanne, March 20, 1973, Part I a
| length1 = 22:50
| length1 = 22:50
}}
}}


{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| headline = Side five
| headline = Side V
| title1 = Lausanne, March 20, 1973 Part Ib
| title1 = Lausanne, March 20, 1973, Part I b
| length1 = 7:20
| length1 = 7:20
| title2 = Lausanne, March 20, 1973 Part IIa
| title2 = Lausanne, March 20, 1973, Part II a
| length2 = 12:34
| length2 = 12:34
}}
}}


{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| headline = Side six
| headline = Side VI
| title1 = Lausanne, March 20, 1973 Part IIb
| title1 = Lausanne, March 20, 1973, Part II b
| length1 = 22:35
| length1 = 22:35
}}
}}


=== CD reissue – ECM 1035–37 ===
;'''CD pressing'''
{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| headline = Disc one
| headline = Disc one
| all_writing = Keith Jarrett
| all_writing = Keith Jarrett
| title1 = Bremen, July 12, 1973 Part I
| title1 = Bremen, July 12, 1973, Part I
| length1 = 18:11
| length1 = 18:11
| title2 = Bremen, July 12, 1973 Part II
| title2 = Bremen, July 12, 1973, Part II
| length2 = 45:09
| length2 = 45:09
}}
}}


{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| headline = Disc two
| headline = Disc two
| title1 = Lausanne, March 20, 1973
| title1 = Lausanne, March 20, 1973
| length1 = 64:53
| length1 = 64:53
}}
}}

:''Recorded in concert in Bremen on July 12, and in Lausanne on March 20, 1973.''


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
* Keith Jarrett – [[piano]]
* Keith Jarrett – piano

=== Technical personnel ===
* [[Manfred Eicher]], Keith Jarrett – producer
* Pierre Grandjean, Alan Kobel – recording engineer (Lausanne)
* Rolf Rockstroh – recording engineer (Bremen)
* Kurt Rapp, Martin Wieland – remix engineers
* [[Barbara and Burkhart Wojirsch]] – cover design and layout
* Roberto Masotti, A. Raggenbass, Jochen Mönch – photography


== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
{{Keith Jarrett}}
{{Keith Jarrett}}
{{Authority control}}

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Latest revision as of 05:05, 21 July 2024

Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne
Live album by
Keith Jarrett
ReleasedNovember 1973[1]
RecordedMarch 20 and July 12, 1973
VenueSalle de Spectacles d'Epalinges (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Kleiner Sendesaal (Bremen, Germany)
Length128:13
LabelECM 1035–37 ST
ProducerManfred Eicher
Keith Jarrett chronology
Fort Yawuh
(1973) 		Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne
(1973) 		In the Light
(1974)
Keith Jarrett solo piano chronology
Facing You
(1972) 		Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne
(1973) 		The Köln Concert
(1975)

Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne is a live solo triple album by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett recorded at the Salle de Spectacles d'Epalinges in Lausanne, Switzerland and the Kleiner Sendesall in Bremen, Germany on March 20 and July 12, 1973, respectively and released on ECM November that same year—Jarrett's debut solo live album for the label.[2]

Background

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Jarrett played in the US with his American quartet between the two European solo concerts.

Critical reception

[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]
Pitchfork9.2/10[6]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[7]

In 1974, DownBeat ranked the album as the best jazz recording of the year[8]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 5 stars, stating, "Despite the length, the music never loses one's interest, making this an essential recording for all jazz collections".[3]

Ted Gioia calls it Jarrett's "masterpiece"; "two titanic improvised performances".[9]

According to Mikal Gilmore in Night Beat, "with Bremen-Lausanne and the subsequent Köln Concert, Jarrett found his niche, freely mixing gospel, impressionist, and atonal flights into a consonant whole".[10]

Bill Dobbins notes that the (short) encore on the third side, a boogie-woogie inflected ostinato, owes much to Duke Ellington's New World A-Comin'.[11]

Writing for the now defunct jazz magazine Jazz.com in December 2007, Ted Gioia rated the track "Bremen, Germany, July 12, 1973, Part I" 100/100, stating:[12]

Jazz musicians have always emphasized improvisation in their work. But few have taken this reliance on spontaneous creation to the lengths Keith Jarrett has assayed in his solo concerts. He pioneered the (still rare) concept of an entirely improvised piano recital, wholly inspired by the muse of the moment. But if the concept is exciting, Jarrett's execution of this ambitious idea is even more impressive. The ECM recording of Jarrett's 1973 Bremen concert represented the first attempt to capture this type of work on tape and present it on record. This disk may not have sold as well as The Köln Concert from 1975 or matched the scope of Jarrett's massive Sun Bear Concerts (originally released on ten LPs) from 1976, but for sheer musicality and inventiveness it is hard to top the recital in Bremen. Here is piano music that is rich in complexity, subtle in detail, and completely free of cliché. One of my desert island disks.

In 2023, Pitchfork's Mark Richardson described it as a "career-defining jazz masterpiece" and wrote that the "structural coherence of these lengthy improvisations across two one-hour sets is astonishing" and "where Jarrett's improvisational skill and talent might suggest music described as 'effortless,' some of the beauty of his solo piano work is that you can hear the exertion."[4]

Track listing

[edit]

Original release – ECM 1035–37 ST[13]

[edit]

All tracks are written by Keith Jarrett

Side I
No.TitleLength
1."Bremen, July 12, 1973, Part I"18:11
Side II
No.TitleLength
1."Bremen, July 12, 1973, Part II a"19:40
Side III
No.TitleLength
1."Bremen, July 12, 1973, Part II b"26:15
Side IV
No.TitleLength
1."Lausanne, March 20, 1973, Part I a"22:50
Side V
No.TitleLength
1."Lausanne, March 20, 1973, Part I b"7:20
2."Lausanne, March 20, 1973, Part II a"12:34
Side VI
No.TitleLength
1."Lausanne, March 20, 1973, Part II b"22:35

CD reissue – ECM 1035–37

[edit]

All tracks are written by Keith Jarrett

Disc one
No.TitleLength
1."Bremen, July 12, 1973, Part I"18:11
2."Bremen, July 12, 1973, Part II"45:09
Disc two
No.TitleLength
1."Lausanne, March 20, 1973"64:53

Personnel

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  • Keith Jarrett – piano

Technical personnel

[edit]
  • Manfred Eicher, Keith Jarrett – producer
  • Pierre Grandjean, Alan Kobel – recording engineer (Lausanne)
  • Rolf Rockstroh – recording engineer (Bremen)
  • Kurt Rapp, Martin Wieland – remix engineers
  • Barbara and Burkhart Wojirsch – cover design and layout
  • Roberto Masotti, A. Raggenbass, Jochen Mönch – photography

References

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  1. ^ ECM Records Keith Jarrett: Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne accessed May 2020
  2. ^ Elsdon, Peter (2013). Keith Jarrett's The Koln Concert. Oxford: Oxford UP. p. 22. ISBN 9780199779253.
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 9, 2011
  4. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 768. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. ^ Richardson, Keith (August 13, 2023). "Keith Jarrett: Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
  7. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 112. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  8. ^ Sandner, Wolfgang (2020). Keith Jarrett: A Biography. Translated by Jarrett, Chris. Equinox. p. 93.
  9. ^ Gioia, Ted (2011). The History of Jazz (2 ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 340. ISBN 9780199830589.
  10. ^ Gilmore, Mikal (2000). Night Beat: A Shadow History of Rock & Roll. Knopf Doubleday. p. 213. ISBN 9780385500296.
  11. ^ Dobbins, Bill (2017). "'Nobody Was Looking': The Unparalleled Jazz Piano Legacy of Duke Ellington". In Howland, John (ed.). Duke Ellington Studies. Cambridge University Press. pp. 108–56. ISBN 9780521764049.
  12. ^ Gioia, Ted (December 2007) The Dozens: Essential Keith Jarrett by Ted Gioia at Jazz.com accessed September 2020
  13. ^ Keith Jarrett - Solo Concerts: Bremen / Lausanne, 1973, retrieved 2023-12-11
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