La Scala (album)

La Scala
Live album by
Keith Jarrett
ReleasedMay 1997[1]
RecordedFebruary 13, 1995
VenueLa Scala
Milan, Italy
Length1:18:38
LabelECM
ECM 1640
ProducerManfred Eicher
Keith Jarrett chronology
Mysteries: The Impulse Years 1975-1976
(1996) 		La Scala
(1997) 		The Impulse Years: 1973-1974
(1997)
Keith Jarrett solo piano chronology
Vienna Concert
(1992) 		La Scala
(1997) 		The Melody at Night, with You
(1999)

La Scala is a live solo album by American jazz pianist Keith Jarrett recorded at La Scala in Milan on February 13, 1995 and released on ECM in May 1997.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]
Uncut[4]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "The music overall develops slowly but always holds one's interest, reinforcing one's viewpoint of Keith Jarrett as one of the top pianists of the 1980s and '90s."[2]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz wrote, "Jarrett's improvisations are as long and as densely textured as ever, but there is a modesty and philosophical calm about the music which seems new. The second part of 'La Scala' ... has outbreaks of quiet violence, but nothing that doesn't have its own resolution. The instrument is immaculate, warm and full-voiced."[3]

Track listing

All music by Keith Jarrett, except as noted.
  1. "La Scala, Part 1" – 44:54
  2. "La Scala, Part 2" – 27:42
  3. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) – 6:01

Personnel

  • Keith Jarrett – piano

Technical personnel

References

  1. ^ a b ECM Records Keith Jarrett: La Scala accessed May 2020
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 17, 2011
  3. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 770. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ Carr, Roy (October 1997). "Keith Jarrett: La Scala". Uncut. No. 5. p. 78.