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ReviewIan Carr clearly writes about Jarrett from the heart, but with the insights of a professional musician that lend an insight into what lay behind the impulse to create that gives, me anyway, an introduction to the staggeringly broad range of Jarret's music. I do have veryu broad tastes but I have to admit to being put off a some of Keith Jarrett's music in the past, not because it was too far away from anything else that I like but because it just simply confounded my expectations of what I was going to hear.
It is true to say that Carr's praise seems a bit over the top in places but this music is never played with anything other than full commitment. Once the listener "gets" music like Jarrett's then it does become something almost magical. The best defense Carr has about the strength of his praise of Jarrett's work of course is that so many people, especially critics, have so unfairly damned his work over the years. Keith Jarrett has pushed the boundies of his music to the limit over and over… Read More
