Released 1976 Length 74:27 Release date 1976 Label ECM Records | Recorded May, 1976 Artist Keith Jarrett Producer Manfred Eicher Genre Jazz | |
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Staircase
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Staircase is the fourth solo album released on ECM by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett. It features Jarrett performing four solo piano pieces recorded in the studio.
Contents
- Keith jarrett staircase iii cover
- Reception
- Disc one side one
- Disc one side two
- Disc two side one
- Disc two side two
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
Jarrett and producer Manfred Eicher had arrived at Studio Davout in Paris to record a soundtrack to the film Mon couer est rouge. Finishing early with several hours of studio time left and impressed by the quality of the studio's piano, they spontaneously decided to record this album.
Keith jarrett staircase iii cover
Reception
The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4 stars stating "One can always admire Jarrett's lovely tone and flexible touch, yet when he gets stuck for ideas, the repetitions finally begin to grate. Maybe he really needs the stimulus of a live audience in order to get the creative and rhythmic juices flowing when flying solo.".
Disc one, side one
Staircase:
- "Part 1" - 6:57
- "Part 2" - 7:58
- "Part 3" - 1:25
Disc one, side two
Hourglass:
- "Part 1" - 4:42
- "Part 2" - 14:03
Disc two, side one
Sundial:
- "Part 1" - 8:57
- "Part 2" - 4:55
- "Part 3" - 6:27
Disc two, side two
Sand:
- "Part 1" - 6:54
- "Part 2" - 8:48
- "Part 3" - 3:21
Personnel
Keith Jarrett – piano
Songs
1Staircase - Part 16:56
2Staircase - Part 27:58
3Staircase - Part 31:26