Cork Jazz Festival reviews: ECM links bear fruit at Triskel
The Cork venue's well-established connection to the legendary label resulted in three wonderful performances at Guinness Cork Jazz Festival
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The Cork venue's well-established connection to the legendary label resulted in three wonderful performances at Guinness Cork Jazz Festival
The artists are ready! The audiences are ready! The venues! are ready! Don O’Mahony reports on the wonderful Guinness Cork Jazz Festival atmosphere ...
At 83, the prolific guitarist/composer continues to write and record vital, involving pieces.
C.P.E. Bach: Württemberg Sonatas (6), Wq. 49 Keith Jarrett, piano ECM New Series 2790/91 (1994/2023). Manfred Eicher, prod.; Peter Laenger, eng. Performance ***** Sonics ***** Jazz pianist Keith Jarrett developed an interest in classical music midcareer, performing music by J.S. Bach and Shostakovichwhose linear styles he presumably found congenial. From the booklet: "I heard the Württemberg Sonatas recorded by harpsichordists, and I felt there was space for a piano version." He recorded them in 1994. This is their first release.
A Wuthering Heights opera by the man who scored Psycho and The Birds is well worth a listen, while the American piano great makes CPE his own