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Double Bass Favorite Keith Jarrett Trio Album?

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Dec 11, 1999
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What is your favorite Keith Jarrett Trio (w/ Gary Peacock & Jack Dejohnette) Album??? I gravitate towards the older ones like my favorite, Standards in Norway.

I just bought Standards Live from the 80's a couple hours ago from iTunes, but haven't given it a good listen yet.
 
#10
Hey Paul,

Isn't that Ron McClure with Charles LLoyd?

Also, I know about Flip from playing with Baltimore guitarist Walt Namuth. We use to play a bunch of his tunes. Very nice. I believe Walt knew Flip from time spent in San Diego, but I might be wrong about that.

p.s. After my original post, It came to me that that might be Peter Warren in the video clip. I always get those guys mixed up...
 
#11
Man, thanks! Yeah, Ron.....whew, you saved me a sleepless night, because it got real old out, again. Ron had a huge, rich sound and just always played great stuff.
Yeah, I brought Flip up for a year in Aspen in the mid 60's. I took Flip and Vince Guaraldi up skiing. They both went right off the lift together into a snow bank even after I gave them a lecture about keeping their ski tips up. They both came outta the snow bank with ice-cycles hanging from their mustaches.
Great person, player, singer, and composer though he couldn't read one note of music. Sinatra recorded one of his tunes.
Marcus, this was a bit before Buono's Aspen days I think.
Are we OT? :hmm:

EDIT: Yeah ML, all white bass players looked alike during those days.....tall, mustachio, beads.....etc. People used to think I was Monty Budwig and vicey versy.
 
#15
Paul Warburton said:
You guys know of Flip?
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Oh yeah. I played with him a couple of times. One time was really funny; I was on a cruise ship band, where the basic job is to provide nice, safe, comfy Bb music for the mostly elderly patrons. One guy used to have a joke in his stand-up bit.... "It's strange playing on these ships, where the average age is 'deceased'."

So, in port in Honolulu, Flip showed up and we asked him to play one. He sat down and started some really mundane tune, I can't even remember what it was, but he was really behaving himself, playing in true shipboard schmaltz style. I was right next to him, and I could see that he had that look, and I thought "uh-oh". So he very subtly started to deconstruct the tune over about thirty choruses, gradually winding up playing one of the most abstract salsa montunos I've ever heard, just really out, and fantastic. The crowd didn't know whether to clap or grab the portable defibrillator. I remember the cruise director making little nervous circles around the band stand, looking at me (I was bandleader) to cut Flip off. Not a chance.... I just shrugged and said "That's Flip". :cool:
 
#16
Oh yeah, Keith trios, sorry..... :D

There's a live double CD recorded in Japan that I sometimes like to listen to, I think it's called "Always Let Me Go". No "tunes", just improvised from beginning to end. It's a bit unfocused in spots, but there are also sections of really beautiful interplay as well. Pretty intense at times, and unlike any of their other albums.
 
#18
... at the moment it's "at the deer heads inn".
It changes on a weekly basis tho.
Changeless is nice, so are many others.
I do generally prefer Charlie Haden to G. Peacock, so I'd check out earlier albums as well as more recent ones.
I really like The melody at night with you, a solo album.
 

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