KEITH JARRETT / GARY PEACOCK / JACK DeJOHNETTE - Whisper Not (2000) 2xCD / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

For Keith Jarrett, this extremely satisfying concert with the Standards Trio on two CDs is a personal landmark, the first for-the-record sign that he had recovered from the chronic fatigue syndrome that laid him low for three years in the late 1990s. Indeed, by the time this Paris gig took place, he had come all the way back -- his technical facilities intact (a handful of smeared notes aside), his inventiveness bubbling over. Old cohorts Gary Peacock (bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums) are back, too, regenerating their propulsive, swinging, collective E.S.P. at will. Not too much has changed from the pre-illness days, though the focus is very much on classic bebop now -- with Bud Powell getting a good deal of attention with an outstanding "Bouncing With Bud" and a terrific "Hallucinations" that has an atypically funny false ending. Jarrett's bebop runs on "Groovin' High" are astonishing, "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" is appealingly jaunty and carefree, and ballads like "'Round Midnight" and "Prelude to a Kiss" revert to the melodic simplicity that was cultivated during Jarrett's down time. Even though the Standards Trio has been one of the most prolifically recorded groups of its era, only the final encore, "When I Fall in Love," had been recorded before by this group. So even those who think they have enough material by this group will be rightly tempted to invest in this document of Jarrett's resurrection. by Richard S. Ginell  

Tracklist 1 :

1 Bouncing With Bud 7:33

Composed By – Bud Powell

2 Whisper Not 8:06

Composed By – Benny Golson

3 Groovin' High 8:31

Composed By – Dizzy Gillespie

4 Chelsea Bridge 9:47

Composed By – Billy Strayhorn

5 Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams 5:48

Composed By – Billy Moll, Harry Barris, Ted Koehler

6 Round Midnight 6:45

Composed By – Cootie Williams, Thelonious Monk

7 Sandu 7:26

Composed By – Clifford Brown

Tracklist 2 :

1 What Is This Thing Called Love 12:23

Composed By – Cole Porter

2 Conception 8:08

Composed By – George Shearing

3 Prelude To A Kiss 8:16

Composed By – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills

4 Hallucinations 6:36

Composed By – Bud Powell

5 All My Tomorrows 6:23

Composed By – Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn

6 Poinciana 9:11

Composed By – Buddy Bernier, Nat Simon

7 When I Fall In Love 8:06

Composed By – Edward Heyman, Victor Young

Credits:

Double Bass – Gary Peacock

Drums – Jack DeJohnette

Piano – Keith Jarrett

Producer – Manfred Eicher

ECM 1724 / 25

Recorded live July 5, 1999 at Palais des Congrès, Paris [1:53:10]