Changeless
Live album by
the Keith Jarrett Trio
ReleasedOctober 1989[1]
RecordedOctober 9, 11, 12 & 14, 1987
GenreJazz
Length49:04
LabelECM
ECM 1392
ProducerManfred Eicher
Keith Jarrett chronology
Personal Mountains
(1989) 		Changeless
(1989) 		Paris Concert
(1990)
Jarrett / Peacock / DeJohnette chronology
Still Live
(1988) 		Changeless
(1989) 		Tribute
(1990)

Changeless is a live album by the Keith Jarrett Trio recorded at various venues over a week in October 1987 and released on ECM two years later.[1] The trio—Jarrett's "Standards Trio"—features rhythm section Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette.

October 1987 tour

Changeless is a compilation of tracks recorded during the "Standards trio" October 1987 North American tour in which, according to www.keithjarrett.org, offered 14 recitals in 28 days:[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[4]

The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4 stars and states, "This is a triumph, for Jarrett has successfully brought the organically evolving patterns of his solo concerts into the group format ... a genuine collective musical experience."[3]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz wrote that Changeless contains "original material which is deeply subversive (though also respectfully aware) of the whole tradition of jazz as a system of improvisation on 'the changes'... On Changeless, there are no chord progressions at all; the trio improvises each section in a single key, somewhat in the manner of an Indian raga. The results are impressive and thought-provoking, like everything Jarrett has attempted."[4]

Jarrett biographer Wolfgang Sandner comment of Changeless: "Jarrett had, at last, combined his free-playing techniques with his trio style."[5]

Track listing

All music by Keith Jarrett

  1. "Dancing" (Denver) – 9:01
  2. "Endless" (Dallas) – 15:32
  3. "Lifeline" (Lexington) – 11:32
  4. "Ecstacy" (Houston) – 12:59

Personnel

Keith Jarrett Trio

Technical personnel

References

  1. ^ a b ECM Records Jarrett / Peacock / DeJohnette: Changeless accessed May 2020
  2. ^ Keith Jarrett 1987 live concerts accessed May 13, 2020
  3. ^ a b Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed March 23, 2010
  4. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 769. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ Sandner, Wolfgang (2020). Keith Jarrett: A Biography. Translated by Jarrett, Chris. Equinox. p. 140.
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