Somewhere Before

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title: "Somewhere Before" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["keith-jarrett-live-albums", "1969-live-albums", "atlantic-records-live-albums", "albums-produced-by-george-avakian", "albums-recorded-at-shelly's-manne-hole", "vortex-records-live-albums"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somewhere_Before" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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FieldValue
nameSomewhere Before
typelive
artistKeith Jarrett
coverSomewhere Before.jpg
releasedMay 1969
recordedAugust 30–31, 1968
venueShelly's Manne-Hole in Hollywood, California (USA)
genreJazz
length38:30
labelVortex Records
producerGeorge Avakian
prev_titleRestoration Ruin
prev_year1968
next_titleGary Burton & Keith Jarrett
next_year1971
misc{{Extra chronology
artistKeith Jarrett American Group (first trio)
typelive
prev_titleLife Between the Exit Signs
prev_year1967
titleSomewhere Before
year1969
next_titleThe Mourning of a Star
next_year1971
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| name = Somewhere Before | type = live | artist = Keith Jarrett | cover = Somewhere Before.jpg | alt = | released = May 1969 | recorded = August 30–31, 1968 | venue = Shelly's Manne-Hole in Hollywood, California (USA) | studio = | genre = Jazz | length = 38:30 | label = Vortex Records | producer = George Avakian | prev_title = Restoration Ruin | prev_year = 1968 | next_title = Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett | next_year = 1971 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = Keith Jarrett American Group (first trio) | type = live | prev_title = Life Between the Exit Signs | prev_year = 1967 | title = Somewhere Before | year = 1969 | next_title = The Mourning of a Star | next_year = 1971

Somewhere Before is a live album by pianist Keith Jarrett recorded on August 30 and 31, 1968, at Shelly's Manne-Hole in Hollywood, California with his first trio, composed of Charlie Haden (bass) and Paul Motian (drums).

Reception

| rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = |rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz |rev2score = |rev3 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | rev3Score = {{Cite book |editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=J. | author-link = | year = 1985 | title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone | location = USA | isbn = 0-394-72643-X | pages = 112

Track listing

:All compositions by Keith Jarrett except as indicated

  1. "My Back Pages" (Bob Dylan) - 5:24
  2. "Pretty Ballad" - 3:30
  3. "Moving Soon" - 4:24
  4. "Somewhere Before" - 6:50
  5. "New Rag" - 5:40
  6. "A Moment for Tears" - 3:07
  7. "Pouts' Over" (And the Day's Not Through) - 4:35
  8. "Dedicated to You" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, Hy Zaret) - 5:00
  9. "Old Rag" - 2:37

Personnel

References

References

  1. [https://books.google.com/books?id=jigEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Somewhere+Before+jarrett&pg=PA53 ''Billboard'' May 3, 1969]
  2. (2008). "The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings". [[Penguin Books.
  3. Ginell, R. [http://allmusic.com/album/somewhere-before-r141488/review Allmusic Review] accessed September 17, 2011
  4. (2006). "The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings". [[Penguin Books]].
  5. Iverson, Ethan. "Shades of Jazz (Keith Jarrett, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian, Dewey Redman)".

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