Genre: Jazz
Original Release: 11/1/2005
1. I Loves You Porgy
5:50
2. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
7:10
3. Don't Ever Leave Me
2:47
4. Someone To Watch Over Me
5:05
5. My Wild Irish Rose
5:21
6. Blame It On My Youth / Meditation
7:19
7. Something To Remember You By
7:15
8. Be My Love
5:38
9. Shenandoah
5:52
10. I'm Through With Love
2:56
This is a strangely moving and disturbing document in the long discography of Keith Jarrett: a solo piano album recorded in his rural New Jersey home studio in late 1997 at a time when he was reportedly suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome. In stark contrast to his other solo albums, this one consists of short, simple, straightforward interpretations of ballads, songs in the public domain, and one very pretty original ("Meditation"), all taken at funereal tempi with hardly any virtuoso flourishes. Scattered amidst the assortment of standards like "Someone to Watch Over Me," "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good," and "I Loves You Porgy" are nostalgic throwbacks like the hoary old "My Wild Irish Rose" (he plays the tune absolutely straight) and even the Mario Lanza Read More
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