Silence songs The 1992 CD reissue of the Keith Jarrett "American" Quartet's last recording session combines most of the contents of the LPs Byablue and Bop-Be, omitting "Yahllah" and "Konya" from the former and "Pyramids Moving" from the latter. Silence album (Tellingly, in keeping with conservative '90s tastes -- never mind the time-limit excuse -- the deleted tracks are the ones which have an experimental Middle Eastern flavor. Silence CD music ) Still, this partial sampling of the session indicates that the quartet went out on a high note, still exciting and inventive, the old interplay very much in action, unrepentantly acoustic in an electric era. Silence music CDs Like the LP of the same name, "Byablue" brackets the CD with a group version at the beginning and a solo piano benediction at the close, which under these conditions becomes an emotional elegy for the soon-to-be defunct quartet by its leader. Silence songs. - Richard S. Ginell
Tracks
01. Byablue (Paul Motian)
02. Rainbow (Margot Jarrett)
03. Trieste (Paul Motian)
04. Fantasm (Paul Motian)
05. Mushi Mushi (Dewey Redman)
06. Silence (Charlie Heden)
07. Bop-Be (Keith Jarrett)
08. Gotta Get Some Sleep (Dewey Redman)
09. Blackberry Winter (Alec Wilder)
10. Pocket Full Of Cherry (Charlie Haden)
11. Byablue. Solo Piano Version (Paul Motian)
KEITH JARRETT piano, soprano sax (on 10)
DEWEY REDMAN tenor saxophone
CHARLIE HADEN bass
PAUL MOTIAN drums
Recorded on September 9, 1977 at Generation Sound. New York City
GRP / Impulse! GRP 11172
02. Rainbow (Margot Jarrett)
03. Trieste (Paul Motian)
04. Fantasm (Paul Motian)
05. Mushi Mushi (Dewey Redman)
06. Silence (Charlie Heden)
07. Bop-Be (Keith Jarrett)
08. Gotta Get Some Sleep (Dewey Redman)
09. Blackberry Winter (Alec Wilder)
10. Pocket Full Of Cherry (Charlie Haden)
11. Byablue. Solo Piano Version (Paul Motian)
KEITH JARRETT piano, soprano sax (on 10)
DEWEY REDMAN tenor saxophone
CHARLIE HADEN bass
PAUL MOTIAN drums
Recorded on September 9, 1977 at Generation Sound. New York City
GRP / Impulse! GRP 11172