Still Live (Keith Jarrett album)

Still Live was a concert that took place during the ambitious "Standards trio" July 1986 European tour which, according to www.keithjarrett.org, visited 14 cities in 26 days.[3]

While on tour, Mr. Jarrett would still find spare time to record the clavichord album Book of Ways.

• 1 - Verona (Italy)
• 3 - Lugano (Switzerland)
• 6 - Hollabrunn (Austria)
• 8 - Milano (Italy)
• 9 - Cannes (France)
• 11 - Vienne (France)
• 13 - Munich (Germany)
• 16 - Istanbul (Turkey)
• 18 - Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain)
• 19 - London (UK)
• 21 - Molde (Norway)
• 22 - Copenhaguen (Denmark)
• 24 - Montpellier (France)
• 26 - Antibes (France)

As for the 31st Annual Grammy award (1988) the album was nominated in the "Best Jazz Instrumental Performance (Group)" category.[4] So far, up to 2020 there had been no further Keith Jarrett's "Standards trio" nominations.

On his 2002 Records To Die For Lonnie Brownell at Stereophile marks that:

Over the past 30 years, Keith Jarrett has released 46 albums as a leader on the ECM label. Of these, the best are the 12 recorded with his "Standards Trio," and of these, the best is Still Live. Jarrett and Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette flow from Richard Rodgers to Oscar Hammerstein to Harold Arlen to Keith Jarrett to spontaneous free interpretive variation to Charlie Parker and back again, until it no longer matters where Johnny Mercer leaves off and this trio begins, because it is all one tribal dance. On this night in 1986 in Munich's Philharmonic Hall, Jarrett broke through to The Light. After "When I Fall in Love," you wonder that he ever found it necessary to play the piano again.[5]

The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 3 stars and states, "Jarrett treats his brace of pop and jazz standards with unpredictable, often eloquently melodic and structural originality". Regardig some critic's particular observations on Jarrett's idyosincrasies Mr. Ginell adds that "there is a considerable amount of Jarrett vocalizing, though; sometimes he sounds like a tortured animal." [6]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[6]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[7]

1. "My Funny Valentine" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 10:51
2. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) - 10:24
3. "When I Fall in Love" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) - 8:22
4. "The Song Is You" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 17:33
5. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 10:06
6. "Late Lament" (Paul Desmond) - 8:40
7. "You and the Night and the Music/Extension" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz/Keith Jarrett) - 10:44
8. "Intro/Someday My Prince Will Come" (Jarrett/Frank Churchill, Larry Morey) - 8:23
9. "Billie's Bounce" (Charlie Parker) * - 9:06
10. "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) - 4:00

Total effective playing time: 1:33:37 (the album contains 4:36 applause approximately)

* Not included in original LP release of 1986. Included in every CD release including that of 1986.

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

• Martin Wieland - Recording Engineer
• Rose Anne Colavito - Photos
• Barbara Wojirsch - Design
• Manfred Eicher - Production