Sleeper (Keith Jarrett album)
Sleeper is a double album by Keith Jarrett's "European Quartet" recorded on April 16, 1979 in Tokyo. It was released on ECM Records 33 years later, in 2012,[2] as ECM 2290/2291.[3]
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| Released | 2012, July [1] | |||
| Recorded | 1979, April 16 | |||
| Venue | Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo (Japan) | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 1:46:53 | |||
| Label | ECM Records [ECM 2290/91] | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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April 1979 Tour in Japan
Sleeper was recorded in Japan during a tour in which, according to www.keithjarrett.org, Jarrett's "European Quartet" performed 13 times in 20 days.[4] Below is the list of the dates and venues:
- 2 - Kosei Nenkin Hall, Tokyo
- 4 - Civic Hall, Fukuoka
- 5 - Yubin-Chokin Hall, Hiroshima
- 6 - Kosei Nenkin Hall, Osaka
- 9 - International House, Kobe
- 10 - Kaikan Hall 1, Kyoto
- 12 - Aichi Auditorium, Nagoya
- 13 - Kosei Nenkin Hall, Tokyo
- 16 - Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo
- 17 - Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo
- 18 - Hokkaido Kosei Nenkin Hall, Sapporo
- 20 - Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama
- 21 - Prefectural Culture Center, Ibaraki
Some of the music played in Tokyo (different dates other than April 16) is collected in the album Personal Mountains
Track listing
- All compositions by Keith Jarrett
CD 1
- "Personal Mountains" - 21:12
- "Innocence" - 10:47
- "So Tender" - 13:27
CD 2
- "Oasis" - 28:13
- "Chant of the Soil" - 14:52
- "Prism" - 11:15
- "New Dance" - 7:07
Personnel
- Keith Jarrett - piano, percussion
- Jan Garbarek - tenor and soprano saxophones, flute, percussion
- Palle Danielsson - double bass
- Jon Christensen - drums, percussion
Technical Personnel
- Jan Erik Kongshaug - recording engineer
- Terje Mosnes - photos
- Sascha Kleis - design
- Toshinari Koinuma - concert production
- Manfred Eicher - production
References
- ECM Records Keith Jarrett: Sleeper accessed June 2020
- Fordham, John (13 December 2012). "Best jazz albums of 2012". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- At Discogs
- Keith Jarrett 1979 live concerts accessed January 2021
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