Splitting his time between the electric and acoustic pianos and a bit of organ, teams up with drummer/percussionist in a series of experimental duets, his only electric session for ECM. The all-acoustic title number ranges all over the lot, from tootling on a bamboo (?) flute to the energizing barrelhouse gospel riffs that would bloom in the solo concerts. Tellingly, there is little in this collaboration that predicts what and would do in their of the '80s; rather, it anticipates the exotic Third World side of American quartet immediately in the future and adds a finishing flourish to his jazz-rock period. Indeed, the most memorably percolating playing by both musicians turns up in the electric numbers, where utilizes the distinctively funky, wah-wah, fuzz-tone approach on electric piano that he developed with. As such, this is a valuable, underrated transition album that provides perhaps the last glimpse of the electric as he embarked on his notorious (and ultimately triumphant) anti-electric crusade.
Keith Jarrett in the magazine. The Qobuz Minute: Christmas Special 2014. This week's Qobuz Minute is a special Christmas edition, including: the new Qobuz apps for iOS and Android, the best of 2014, and the Qobuz team's favourite albums of the year.
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