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I didn't know Keith Jarrett before that album, and I have to admit that I felt in love with the smooth & brilliant piano.No hesitations on this album if you like (and even if you don't). The title is a very good suggestion to the use you can make of this brilliant music. smooth piano jazz. 'The Melody at Night, with you' is an excellent album, a real pleasure to listen to. I was attracted by all the positive reviews on that one, and i wasn't disappointed.
I'm sorry Keith.but you are listed as the engineer on the album and Cavelight Studios appears to be YOUR outfit. It will hurt your ears.and no.there is nothing wrong with my particular cd player. I have high end tube equipment and professional speakers.and in fact own a wonderful Steinway myself.so I know quality.and I know the shame that such glorious music and composition should have been done on a piano this poor. If you really want to see how great Jarrett is.just go to YouTube and see his LIVE rendition of Porgy.it's one of the greatest performances I have seen or heard in my life. Your wife, you, and the public,.deserved to have your greatness memorialized better than this rabid disappointment. What a shocking disappointment. Its why I ran to buy this cd. The piano he used on the album is shockingly poor.
Jazz standards often motivate great players to reach their biggest creative peaks and, I believe, this is a fine example of that truth.On some other CDs I've heard Jarrett playing with more energy, but I'm not sure anyone, including him, can play more subtly than on this particular album.Since others have admirably described the restrained virtuosity of "The Melody at Night, With You", I'll stop and just recommend it to jazz fans of different persuasions. This album, for me, is quite irresistible; I can very well imagine jazz fans who would never agree about an album fawning over the shear beauty of this CD.
Jarrett's work, and wanted to hear his solo work. I have tried to like Bill Evan's solo album "Alone", but i can't do it. Give people an MP3 library to pick and choose from, you should do ALL the standards- in the style of this wonderful CD.I downloaded this CD off iTunes a couple nights ago, as I have recently developed an interest in Mr. If you like piano music; thoughtful, peaceful, introspective playing.you will love this cd. Sit back down at your home studio piano, and start recording.
listen to what he does with the LEFT HAND. If you know anything about solo piano- its the LEFT HAND. There is nothing wrong with emphasizing a beautiful melody as it is written, nothing wrong with keeping the jazz phrasing minimal, but effective. The music is very understandable, especially for folks, like me, who enjoy jazz stylings but don't worship at its altar of endless, loosely structured, improvisational orgies. wasn't sophisticated enough for him. these are 5-6 minute versions of great songs, beautifully arranged and performed perfectly. It was pretty much perfect.The moron on iTunes who did the review of the album gave it a negative spin. This CD.
you could do dozens of standards, just like this, and they would be wildly successful. he doesn't seem to know where to go with it, and he loses you in the process. it is wonderful, and it ain't easy either. I sat on a plane last night looking out the window at a western sky at sunset that was about as lovely as I've seen, listening to this album. Please ignore him, hopefully he's found something in life more constructive to do.
Beautiful album. I own many of his albums, but I have to say, this is my best. Listening to this album will take you back to the places you where you were listening to or to the moments, or to that feelings, or the person you were with. It's like magic, or even like drugs.
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