Not long ago there was a short discussion here on the magnificent Keith Jarrett. For those who indicated at the time that they knew who he was, and knew his music, I cannot recommend the new solo album "Radiance" strongly enough.
It has so many moments of pure, ecstatic creative flow that it has not left my CD player since I bought it. Tracks 15 and 17 are among the best improvizations he has ever done, which, considering the artist, is really saying something. To be that open to the Tao, to be that trusting, to just walk out onto a stage and sit down and be open to the absolute expressing itself through you, as music, however it chooses to express itself tonight, is one of the highest callings I can imagine. It is spiritual teaching, without the need for words. >From the liner notes: "Months before I went to Japan, I had the idea that, since my career had had a lot to do with transforming energy into something new each time, this time I wanted the transformation to include the actual format itself. Most listeners of my past solo concerts will be momentarily (at least) shocked at the initial absence of melodic -- or even motivic -- content, the material seemingly un-motivated by any concept at all. This was not an accident (or it was a planned one). I didn't want any premature resolutions. How we arrive at profound thoughts has a lot to do with what we *aren't* thinking beforehand, and I had in mind letting some of the music *happen* to me without sitting there deep in thought. I wanted my hands (especially the left hand) to tell me things. This is part of the process I wished to experiment with. Transformative moments are very rare, or they seem so due to our inattention. It takes so many processes to coincide *just so* for us to arrive at a transformative moment (if we're watching). But maybe this is wrong, and they happen constantly, though *we* are absent. The listener has to bear with me here. The whole thing is risky, but I've taken you places before and I'm not aiming to disappoint." He doesn't. Every note is improvised. It's a lesson in trust -- in oneself, in the universe, and in the essentially harmonic nature of that universe -- that has to be experienced to be believed. Unc To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
