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Carnegie Hall Concert | 
| Artist: Keith Jarrett
Label: Ecm
Category: Music
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 44527
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 000736202
UPC: 602498562246
EAN: 0602498562246
ASIN: B000H4VXGE
Release Date: September 25, 2006
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Carnegie Hall Concert Part I | | • | Carnegie Hall Concert Part II | | • | Carnegie Hall Concert Part III | | • | Carnegie Hall Concert Part IV | | • | Carnegie Hall Concert Part V | | • | Carnegie Hall Concert Part V | | • | Carnegie Hall Concert Part V | | • | Carnegie Hall Concert Part V | | • | Carnegie Hall Concert Part V |
Disc 2
| • | Good America | | • | Paint My Heart Red | | • | My Song | | • | True Blues | | • | Time On My Hands |
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| Customer Reviews:
Accomplished but conservative November 11, 2006
16 out of 18 found this review helpful
On "Lil' Beethoven" Sparks inverted the tired old gag: "practice" alone won't get you to Carnegie Hall, and certainly not playing like Keith Jarrett, who brings a bristling armoury of techniques to woo (for a change) an American audience, and pretty much has them eating out of his hands after the first track.
After the dazzling "Radiance" double set, one might have expected this pair of CDs to be equally adventurous but - perhaps awed by the legendary venue and anxious to put on a show there - Jarrett reins in experimental flights of fancy and returns to musical ground that was long ago for him conquered territory. The rolling left-hand ostinati here are well established elements of his style, and while they at times attain the brilliance of his earlier work (noticeably on the exhilarating and inventive Part IX) they are unlikely to win a fresh audience. Similarly, the oriental flourishes in the right hand on Part X are so familiar now to Jarrett fans as to have become a cliche of his style. On other tracks, lyrical intensity, meditative solemnity and frozen "religiosity" are as effective as ever, but the brevity and familiarity of much that is on offer means that new listeners are more likely to be wowed than Jarrett's long-standing fans.
Despite my reservations, I would be tempted to give this the automatic, mandatory five stars were it not for the audience. It's lucky that no one pressed the record button as Jarrett adjusted his piano stool, because this odious and insensitive New York audience probably erupted into whoops and hollering for that as well. I suspect that the tedious jubilation of the Carnegie Hall faithful is one reason why Jarrett plays it safe on this recording: why take risks when the standing ovation is guaranteed from the first minute? You'll want the remote close at hand to mute the applause that provides an irritating close to every track.
This album is not the musical equal of such classic Jarrett solo-concerts as Paris, Vienna or La Scala, and personally I prefer the ambition of "Radiance" (although it will not be to the taste of all Jarrett fans). Despite this, I would recommend this set warmly to anyone who simply wants to hear what the fuss is all about, since it features just about every trick in the book.
 Emperor's new clothes October 12, 2006
11 out of 15 found this review helpful
If anyone says to you "if you like Jarrett you'll like this", I'm sorry but for me it doesn't work like that.
Koln or Sun Bear Concerts this ain't, nor yet is it 'The Melody at Night'. Time was you could reliably gamble the price of a Jarrett live CD and be rewarded with an exhilarating attention-grabbing white-knuckle ride though uncharted waters of melodic and rhythmic complexity, or select a KJ jazz standards album and rely on it to do what it says on the tin so to speak. As the previous reviewer commented this performance does have its moments - I think I counted three.
I'm afraid Keith is losing the plot. With two exceptions the improvs could be by one of thousands of old beboppers who discovered their avant style a little too late in life - all well and good but not at ECM prices! And the standards at the end are far too b-movie 'moms apple pie' for my liking.
After Radiance disappointed I thought 'one more chance' but I'm afraid KJ has blown it. My advice to anyone exploring the Jarrett catalogue after enjoying a mid-period record would be to travel backwards in time rather than come up-to-date.
I feel for Keith too, I worry that as I approach 60 I shall become mediocre. Still, never having flown so high, I don't have as far to fall.
 Great September 26, 2006
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is a solo Piano concert from last year (2005).
As you would expect with Jarrett there are great moments throughout the two CD's and the multiple encores that follow are fabulous.
The only downside to this set is that the audience applause seems to be unedited so its neccessary sometimes to skip to the next track rather than sit through (sometimes) minutes of applause - unless of course you want to join in!
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