Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette: Tokyo 1996

Rating:
Summary: Another excellent presentation by The Keith Jarrett Trio
Review: If you enjoyed the "Live at the Open Theater East" DVD, I think you'll also like this one very much. I found the music here to be a little more introspective, and full of lyricism and beautiful melodies. I liked everything, but my favorites are "Never Let Me Go", a wonderful version of "Summer Night", then a fantastic "Autumn Leaves" with a brief final improvisation based on "Speak Low", "Last Night When We Were Young" which evolves into "Caribbean Sky", and "My Funny Valentine" with a final part based on "A Song". The video images are very good and capture interesting expressions and attitudes from the artists, the sound track is also excellent, but not as relevant as in the above mentioned "Live at..." DVD, which was outstanding. In this new DVD the sound mix is more conventional, the drums are behind the other two instruments, and not on a same level as in the previous one. The sound of the piano is not as good here, perhaps due to the number and quality of the microphones used, perhaps in part due to the instrument itself. Considering the small number of good Jazz DVDs available so far, I don't hesitate to recommend this one.