Arbour Zena
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Arbour Zena |
| type | album |
| artist | Keith Jarrett |
| cover | Arbour Zena.jpg |
| released | |
| recorded | October 1975 |
| studio | Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, West Germany |
| genre | |
| length | 53:01 |
| label | ECM |
| producer | Manfred Eicher |
| chronology | Keith Jarrett |
| prev_title | Back Hand |
| prev_year | 1975 |
| next_title | Mysteries |
| next_year | 1976 |
| misc | {{Extra chronology |
| artist | Keith Jarrett orchestral works |
| type | studio |
| prev_title | Luminessence |
| prev_year | 1975 |
| title | Arbour Zena |
| year | 1976 |
| next_title | The Celestial Hawk |
| next_year | 1980 |
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| name = Arbour Zena | type = album | artist = Keith Jarrett | cover = Arbour Zena.jpg | released = | recorded = October 1975 | studio = Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, West Germany | genre = | length = 53:01 | label = ECM | producer = Manfred Eicher | chronology = Keith Jarrett | prev_title = Back Hand | prev_year = 1975 | next_title = Mysteries | next_year = 1976 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = Keith Jarrett orchestral works | type = studio | prev_title = Luminessence | prev_year = 1975 | title = Arbour Zena | year = 1976 | next_title = The Celestial Hawk | next_year = 1980
Arbour Zena is an orchestral work composed by American jazz pianist Keith Jarrett which was recorded in October 1975 and released by ECM the following year. The trio features saxophonist Jan Garbarek and bassist Charlie Haden backed by members of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mladen Guteša.
Reception
| rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = | rev2 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music | rev2score = | rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz | rev3score = | rev4 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | rev4Score = {{Cite book |editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=J. | year = 1985 | title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone | location = USA | isbn = 0-394-72643-X | pages = 112 | rev8 = Tom Hull | rev8Score = B− Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 3 stars and said, "although this music can be attractive in small doses, the lack of tempo or texture contrasts over long stretches of time—particularly the nearly 28-minute "Mirrors"—can be annoying if you're not in the right blissful mood."
Reviewing the album for the website All About Jazz, John Kelman said:Jarrett had already released music more aligned with the classical sphere on 1974's In the Light, which contained works for string quartet and brass quintet, a fughata for harpsichord and more; but it was with Arbour Zena—reuniting the pianist with the string section Stuttgart's Südfunk Symphony Orchestra and conductor Mladen Gutesha (who'd performed ''In the Light'''s "Metamorphosis")—that Jarrett found the magic nexus between composition and improvisation, both through his own contributions on piano and with the participation of Haden and saxophonist Jan Garbarek, also making the record an even broader marriage of his European and American concerns.
Track listing
| headline = Side A | extra_column = Dedicated to | all_writing = Keith Jarrett | title1 = Runes | extra1 = The unknown | length1 = 15:26 | title2 = Solara March | extra2 = Pablo Casals and the sun | length2 = 9:44 | headline = Side B | extra_column = Dedicated to | title1 = Mirrors | extra1 = Jarrett's teachers | length1 = 27:50 | total_length = 53:01
Personnel
- Keith Jarrett – piano
- Jan Garbarek – tenor and soprano saxophones
- Charlie Haden – upright bass
- Members of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mladen Guteša – strings
Technical personnel
- Martin Wieland – recording engineer
- Manfred Eicher – producer
- Rolf Liese – cover graphic
- Dieter Bonhorst – layout
References
References
- "Arbour Zena".
- (2011). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". Omnibus Press.
- (2008). "The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings". [[Penguin Books.
- Hull, Tom. (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes".
- Ginell, R. S. [{{AllMusic
- Jazz, All About. (28 February 2014). "Keith Jarrett: Keith Jarrett: Arbour Zena".
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