Performer: Keith Jarrett
Title: Staircase
Country: US
Style: Contemporary Jazz
Rating: 4.3
Votes: 579
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Staircase is the fourth solo album released on ECM by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett. It features Jarrett performing four solo piano pieces recorded in the studio. Jarrett and producer Manfred Eicher had arrived at Studio Davout in Paris to record a soundtrack to Michèle Rosier's film Mon cœur est rouge (Paint My Heart Red). Finishing early with several hours of studio time left and impressed by the quality of the studio's piano, they spontaneously decided to record this album.
As such, it is paradoxically his weakest solo piano album of the '70s and also the most influential, for here is the blueprint for sensitive meandering that the New Age piano crowd took off upon in the 1980s. A studio session, Staircase is actually only one of four separately titled improvisations on this double album (now on one CD) - the others are "Hourglass," "Sundial" and "Sand" - but their overall moods of repose are so similar that it hardly matters what they are called
Composed By, Piano – Keith Jarrett. Design – B. Wojirsch. Engineer – Roger Roche. Photography By – Franco Fontana. Producer – Manfred Eicher. Recorded May 1976 at Davout Studio, Paris. Staircase (2xCD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, Pap). ECM Records, ECM Records. UCCE-9015/6, ECM 1090/91. Staircase (2xLP, Album).
More albums from Keith Jarrett: Solo Concerts: Bremen, Lausanne by Keith Jarrett. Creation by Keith Jarrett. A Multitude Of Angels by Keith Jarrett. Lousadzak (Dawn Of Light), Op. 48 (1945) For Piano And Orchestra, Symphony No. 2, O. 32 (Mysterious Mountain) by Keith Jarrett. El Juicio (The Judgement) by Keith Jarrett. Spheres by Keith Jarrett. Invocations, The Moth And The Flame by Keith Jarrett. Hymns Spheres by Keith Jarrett. View all albums . Staircase. 3. Staircase Part 3. 4. Hourglass Part 1. 5. Hourglass Part 2.
Exclusive discount for Prime members. Sample this album Artist (Sample). 1. 30. Staircase Part 1. 6:52. 2. Staircase Part 2. 7:53. 1:18. This solo piano album by Jarrett is quite a contrast to earlier work such as Bremen/Lausanne. That set I can only best describe as "waterfalls of sound". This album, in contrast, is quite austere, not a lot of ornate piano passages in it. The melodies also strike me as much more introspective. Also, I would say that it has more classical influence than his earlier solo works.
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Is Staircase the best album by Keith Jarrett? BestEverAlbums. com brings together thousands of 'greatest ever album' charts and calculates an overall ranking. KEITH JARRETT - SUNDIAL 2 CD NEW+ Condition: Brand New. Time left: 2d 8h 37m 16s. Ships to: Worldwide. Keith Jarrett - Staircase Hourglass Sundial Sand Condition: Brand New. Time left: 3d 2h 20s.
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Staircase is the fourth solo album released on ECM by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett Jarrett and producer Manfred Eicher had arrived at Studio Davout in Paris to record a soundtrack to Michèle Rosier's film Mon cœur est rouge (Paint My Heart Red)
Staircase | ||
A1 | Part 1 | 6:51 |
A2 | Part 2 | 7:54 |
A3 | Part 3 | 1:17 |
Hourglas | ||
B1 | Part 1 | 4:39 |
B2 | Part 2 | 13:50 |
Sundial | ||
C1 | Part 1 | 8:54 |
C2 | Part 2 | 4:53 |
C3 | Part 3 | 6:19 |
Sand | ||
D1 | Part 1 | 6:50 |
D2 | Part 2 | 8:46 |
D3 | Part 3 | 3:20 |
Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
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ECM 2-1090 | Keith Jarrett | Staircase (2xLP, Album) | ECM Records | ECM 2-1090 | US | 1977 |
ECM 1090/91 | Keith Jarrett | Staircase (2xCD, Album) | ECM Records | ECM 1090/91 | Germany | 2000 |
UCCE-9015/6, ECM 1090/91 | Keith Jarrett | Staircase (2xCD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, Pap) | ECM Records, ECM Records | UCCE-9015/6, ECM 1090/91 | Japan | 2001 |
ECM 2-1090 | Keith Jarrett | Staircase (2xLP, Album) | ECM Records | ECM 2-1090 | Canada | 1977 |
ECM 2-1090, 2625-033 | Keith Jarrett | Staircase (2xLP, Album, RP, Pit) | ECM Records, ECM Records | ECM 2-1090, 2625-033 | US | Unknown |