Standards, Vol. 1

From 1983, the Keith JarrettKeith Jarrettキース・ジャレット Standards Trio played as if standards were already inside them. The skeletal familiarity freed them to focus entirely on what was happening in the moment.

The electric bass on Bitches Brew (1970) belongs to an outsider: Harvey Brooks came out of rock session work, not jazz, and was doubled with Dave Holland on the date. The weight under Jack DeJohnette's drums is half the work of a hand hired from another world.