American Keith Jarrett is a gifted jazz musician and perhaps one of the most influential as a pianist of recent decades. His classically trained virtuosity and talent for improvisation blossomed on his best-known album The Köln Concert from 1974. Grunting and humming he makes his way on the piano from scratch, resulting in equally energetic and lyrical improvisations. He also made the European jazz
… label ECM big with it and Creation is released, another album full of live improvisations. Jarrett has now reached his 70s and has suffered from chronic fatigue syndrome since the 1990s. He can no longer afford his 1974 Cologne marathon, Creation was recorded during four performances in four cities. His playing has lost nothing of its lyricism, while more rustic and meditative musical musings fully benefit his playing. By making a virtue of necessity, Creation became a beautiful piano album again. (MR)more
