Changes (Jarrett album)


Changes is a jazz album recorded by Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette and Gary Peacock in January 1983 during the same sessions that produced the two legendary volumes called Standards that launched the later known as Standards Trio. It was released by ECM Records in September 1984.
In 2008 the three albums were collected into a boxed set, .

Background

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette had originally worked together on a 1977 album headline by Peacock, Tales of Another, coming back together in 1983 when producer Manfred Eicher proposed a trio album to Jarrett. The three joined in a studio in Manhattan, New York for a roughly 2-day session during which they recorded enough material for three albums, the two Standards volumes and Changes without rehearsing or pre-planning the playlist.
The track "Prism" had been part of the repertoire of Jarrett's "European quartet"; a 1979 recording of the quartet playing that song was eventually released on the 1989 album Personal Mountains.

Original notes

The austere and minimalist designs of Jarrett albums' layouts on ECM are sometimes filled with notes, poems, quotes or even long stories. In the original 1984 ECM LP and CD issues this Rilke poem can be found :

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "Unlike the other two Keith Jarrett trio recordings from January 1983, this collaboration with bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Jack DeJohnette does not feature standards. The trio performs the 30-minute "Flying" and a 6-minute "Prism," both of them Jarrett originals. "Flying," which has several sections, keeps one's interest throughout while the more concise "Prism" has a beautiful melody. It is a nice change to hear Jarrett interacting with a trio of superb players.".

Track listing

All music by Keith Jarrett
  1. "Flying Part 1" - 16:06
  2. "Flying Part 2" - 13:38
  3. "Prism" - 6:31

    Personnel