Released 1976 Length 42:39 Artist Keith Jarrett Producer Esmond Edwards Genre Jazz | Recorded December 10, 1975 Mysteries
(1975) Arbour Zena
(1975) Release date 1976 Label MCA Records | |
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Mysteries keith jarrett
Mysteries is the fourth album on the Impulse label by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett. Originally released in 1976, it features performances by Jarrett's 'American Quartet', which included Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian with Guilherme Franco added on percussion.
Contents
In October 2011, Shades was reissued with Mysteries in a single disc format titled Mysteries / Shades, as part of the Impulse! 2-on-1 series. Both albums were the product of the same recording sessions.
The album was included in the 1996 four disc Mysteries - Impulse Years 1975-76, a box-set which also featured Jarrett's two final albums for Impulse, Byablue and Bop-Be.
Reception
The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album four stars and said, "The Coltrane-ish 15-minute title track has passages of meditative beauty and others of listless torpor. For completists only."
Writing for jazz.com, Ted Gioia gave the track "Everything That Lives Laments" a rating of 95/100 and praised it: "The opening section, played in a free tempo, takes on a funereal stateliness. The ensemble plays with great control and sensitivity, but the quality of sound Haden extracts from his bass deserves special mention. Then, shortly after the two-minute mark, the combo settles into a lilting groove over a quirky six-bar chord pattern, where what sounds like the start of the turnaround (because the listener is expecting an eight bar structure) is actually the return to the top of the form — a clever device that is very effectively employed here... this recording testifies that his American combo ranked among the finest jazz groups of the mid-1970s."
Track listing
All compositions by Keith Jarrett.- "Rotation" – 11:03
- "Everything That Lives Laments" – 10:04
- "Flame" – 6:10
- "Mysteries" – 15:22
Musicians
Production
Songs
1Rotation11:01
2Everything That Lives Laments10:03
3Flame6:09