Keith Jarrett has recorded quite a few albums with his "Standards Trio," which also features bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Jack DeJohnette, and virtually all of their releases are enjoyable. The music that they create is in some ways an update of the type of interplay that took place between Bill Evans and his sidemen, where all three musicians often act as equals (although Jarrett, like Evans, has most of the solo space). An uptempo "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" is a surprising highpoint of this disc but also quite memorable are "All of You,""Old Folks" and "How About You?"; none of the eight performances from the concert appearance are throwaways. Jarrett's vocal sounds are more restrained than usual while his piano playing is in peak form. - Scott Yanow
Tracks
1. All Of You (Porter)
2. Little Girl Blue (Hart, Rodgers, T. B. Harms)
3. Just In Time (Comden, Green, Styne)
4. Old Folks (Robison, Webster)
5. Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing (Fai, Webster)
6. Dedicated To You (Cahn, Chaplin, Zaret)
7. I Hear A Rhapsody (Baker, Fragos, Gasparre)
8. How About You (Freed, Heusen, Lane)
GARY PEACOCK bass
JACK DeJOHNETTE drums
KEITH JARRETT piano
Recorded live at the Konserthus, Oslo October 7, 1989
ECM 1542 / 521717 - 2