It Might As Well Be Spring
On Sunday (3/19/06), I had the opportunity to attend SFJAZZ’s Keith Jarrett solo piano concert at San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House. I’ve loved his recordings for what seems like forever, and have taken every opportunity to attend the SFJZAZZ performances by Keith, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette.
Nevertheless, I didn’t get tickets for the solo concert. $100 for orchestra seats was part of it, but mostly I prefer working bands to solo performers. Still, when friends called with extra tickets, it was impossible to say no.
The first set consisted of six totally improvised pieces. After a bow to the audience, Keith sits at the piano and lets his fingers figure out what they’re going to play, without preconceived ideas. Arpeggios, scale runs or random notes. Where’s he going? It’s hard to tell.
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