Tribute (Keith Jarrett album)

Tribute
Tribute
Live album by the Keith Jarrett Trio
Released	October 1990
Recorded	October 15, 1989
Venue	Kölner Philharmonie; Köln, West Germany
Genre	Jazz
Length	1:55:05
Label	ECM; ECM 1420/21
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Keith Jarrett chronology
Jarrett / Peacock / DeJohnette chronology

Tribute is a live double album by the Keith Jarrett Trio recorded at the Kölner Philharmonie on October 15, 1989 and released on ECM a year later. The trio—Jarrett's "Standards Trio"—features rhythm section Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette.^[1]

October 1989 tour[edit]

Tribute was recorded in concert during the "Standards trio" October 1989 European tour, in which the Keith Jarrett trio performed fourteen concerts:^[2]

October 1 – Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels (Belgium)
October 3 – Berwaldhallen, Stockholm (Sweden)
October 5 – Koncertsalen i Tivoli, Copenhagen (Denmark)
October 7 – Konserthuset, Oslo (Norway) recorded and released as Standards in Norway [ECM 1542]
October 9 – Royal Festival Hall, London (England)
October 11 – Graf-Zeppelin-Haus, Friedrichshafen (Germany)
October 15 – Kölner Philharmonie, Cologne (Germany)
October 16 – Philharmonie Gasteig, Munich (Germany)
October 18 – Musikhalle, Hamburg (Germany)
October 19 – Kongreßalle Killesberg, Stuttgart (Germany)
October 21 – Alte Oper, Frankfurt (Germany)
October 23 – Palais de la Musique, Strasbourg (France)
October 25 – Arsenal, Metz (France)
October 28 – Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris (France)

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[4]

The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4½ stars and states, "While the Standards Trio rarely takes anything for granted, transforming everything in its path, the results are not quite as inventive here as on other releases".^[3]

Track listing[edit]

"Lover Man" [dedicated to Lee Konitz] (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) – 13:14
"I Hear a Rhapsody" [dedicated to Jim Hall] (Jack Baker, George Fragos, Dick Gasparre) – 11:19
"Little Girl Blue" [dedicated to Nancy Wilson] (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 6:05
"Solar" [dedicated to Bill Evans] (Miles Davis) – 9:32
"Sun Prayer" (Keith Jarrett) – 14:15
"Just in Time" [dedicated to Sonny Rollins] (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) – 10:07
"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" [dedicated to Coleman Hawkins] (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) – 8:26
"All of You" [dedicated to Miles Davis] (Cole Porter) – 8:08
"Ballad of the Sad Young Men" [dedicated to Anita O'Day] (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) – 7:02
"All the Things You Are" [dedicated to Charlie Parker] (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 8:57
"It's Easy to Remember" [dedicated to John Coltrane] (Hart, Rodgers) – 7:08
"U Dance" (Jarrett) – 10:46

Personnel[edit]

Keith Jarrett Trio[edit]

Keith Jarrett – piano
Gary Peacock – bass
Jack DeJohnette – drums

Technical personnel[edit]

Manfred Eicher – producer
Jan Erik Kongshaug, O. Fries – recording engineer
Barbara Wojirsch – cover design

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ECM Records Jarrett / Peacock / DeJohnette: Tribute, accessed May 2020
^ Keith Jarrett 1989 live concerts accessed May 14, 2020
^ ^a ^b Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed March 29, 2010
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 769. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[ECM-1] ECM Records Jarrett / Peacock / DeJohnette: Tribute, accessed May 2020

[Keith_Jarrett_1989_live_concerts-2] Keith Jarrett 1989 live concerts accessed May 14, 2020

[Allmusic-3] Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed March 29, 2010

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 769. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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Discography
Studio albums	Life Between the Exit Signs (1968) Restoration Ruin (1968) Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett (1971) The Mourning of a Star (1971) Facing You (1972) Birth (1972) Expectations (1972) Ruta and Daitya (1973) Belonging (1974) Treasure Island (1974) In the Light (1974) El Juicio (The Judgement) (1975) Back Hand (1975) Death and the Flower (1975) Mysteries (1976) Shades (1976) Arbour Zena (1976) Hymns/Spheres (1976) Staircase (1977) Byablue (1977) The Survivors' Suite (1977) My Song (1978) Bop-Be (1978) The Celestial Hawk (1980) G.I. Gurdjieff: Sacred Hymns (1980) Invocations/The Moth and the Flame (1981) Standards, Vol. 1 (1983) Changes (1984) Standards, Vol. 2 (1985) Spirits (1986) Book of Ways (1987) Bridge of Light (1994) The Melody at Night, with You (1999) Jasmine (2010) No End (2013) Last Dance (2014)
Live albums	Somewhere Before (1969) Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne (1973) Fort Yawuh (1973) The Köln Concert (1975) Sun Bear Concerts (1978) Eyes of the Heart (1979) Nude Ants (1980) Concerts (1982) Standards Live (1986) Still Live (1988) Dark Intervals (1988) Personal Mountains (1989) Changeless (1989) Paris Concert (1990) Tribute (1990) The Cure (1991) Vienna Concert (1992) At the Deer Head Inn (1994) Standards in Norway (1995) Keith Jarrett at the Blue Note (1995) La Scala (1997) Tokyo '96 (1998) Whisper Not (2000) Inside Out (2001) Always Let Me Go (2002) Up for It (2003) The Out-of-Towners (2004) Radiance (2005) The Carnegie Hall Concert (2006) My Foolish Heart (2007) Yesterdays (2009) Paris / London: Testament (2009) Rio (2011) Sleeper (2012) Somewhere (2013) Hamburg '72 (2014) Creation (2015) A Multitude of Angels (2016) After the Fall (2018) La Fenice (2018) Munich 2016 (2019) Budapest Concert (2020) Bordeaux Concert (2022)
Compilation albums	Mysteries: The Impulse Years 1975-1976 (1996) The Impulse Years: 1973-1974 (1997)

v t e Jack DeJohnette
Studio albums	The DeJohnette Complex (1969) Have You Heard (1970) Sorcery (1974) Cosmic Chicken (1975) Untitled (1976) Pictures (1976) New Rags (1977) New Directions [with John Abercrombie, Lester Bowie and Eddie Gómez] (1978) New Directions in Europe (1980) The Jack DeJohnette Piano Album (1985) Zebra [with Lester Bowie] (1989) In Our Style [with David Murray] (1986) Parallel Realities [Trio with Pat Metheny and Herbie Hancock] (1990) Music for the Fifth World [with Vernon Reid and John Scofield] (1992) Dancing with Nature Spirits [with Michael Cain and Steve Gorn] (1995) Oneness (1997) Music in the Key of Om (2005) The Elephant Sleeps But Still Remembers (2006) Peace Time (2008) Music We Are (2009) Sound Travels (2012) Made in Chicago (2015) In Movement (2016) Return (2016) Hudson (2017)
Special Edition	Special Edition [with Arthur Blythe and David Murray] (1979) Tin Can Alley [with Chico Freeman, John Purcell and Peter Warren] (1980) Inflation Blues [with Baikida Carroll] (1982) Album Album [with John Purcell and David Murray] (1984) Irresistible Forces [with Greg Osby, Gary Thomas, Lonnie Plaxico, Mick Goodrick and Naná Vasconcelos] (1987) Audio-Visualscapes (1988) Earthwalk (1991) Extra Special Edition [with Bobby McFerrin] (1994)
Gateway	Gateway (1976) Gateway 2 (1978) Homecoming (1995) In the Moment (1996)
Trio Beyond	Saudades (2006)
with Keith Jarrett	Ruta and Daitya (1973) Standards Live (1986) Still Live (1988) Tribute (1990) Keith Jarrett at the Blue Note (1995) Tokyo '96 (1998) Whisper Not (2000) Inside Out (2001) The Out-of-Towners (2004) Yesterdays (2009) Somewhere (2013)
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