Description
Recorded at the Bordeaux National Opera House, in July 2016, Bordeaux Concert marks Keith Jarrett‘s final solo performance in France. The improvised suite came from a prolific European tour which has produced three ECM releases to date. There is little doubt that the label will continue to extract Jarrett’s live performances in the post-2018 period, which has left him unable to play. Bordeaux Concert demonstrates that, even as Jarrett aged and cultivated his repertoire, he never let intellect overpower spontaneity.
Bordeaux Concert, like all the pianist’s solo outings, is a voyage of discovery. In comparison to Jarrett’s other 2016 ECM tour releases, Munich 2016 (2019) and Budapest Concert (2020), Bordeaux Concert stands apart in its exquisiteness.
The extensiveness of Jarrett’s spontaneous creations continues to be a marvel. Even in the shorter-form pieces that he favored in his later performances, he succeeded in mingling styles, from gospel to classical, blues, jazz, and free improvisation.
