Bye Bye Blackbird

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette

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When Miles Davis died in 1991, three of his former sidemen – Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette – headed to New York’s Power Station studio to play some music in his memory. These included pieces associate with Davis plus the celebratory improvisation “For Miles”.
 
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Featured Artists Recorded

October 1991, Power Station, New York

Original Release Date

01.04.1993

  • 1Bye Bye Blackbird
    (Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon)
    11:11
  • 2You Won't Forget Me
    (Fred Spielman, Kermit Goell)
    10:42
  • 3Butch And Butch
    (Oliver Nelson)
    06:37
  • 4Summer Night
    (Harry Warren, Al Dubin)
    06:38
  • 5For Miles
    (Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette, Keith Jarrett)
    18:39
  • 6Straight No Chaser
    (Thelonious Monk)
    06:44
  • 7I Thought About You
    (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer)
    04:01
  • 8Blackbird, Bye Bye
    (Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette, Keith Jarrett)
    03:00
Ce Keith Jarrett en trio a quelque chose de très spiécial: il a été enregistré quinze jours après la mort du seul homme qui avait réussi à lui faire jouer des claviers électriques.. Sans doute profondément ému, comme devaient l´être tous ceux qui, comme lui, avait approché de si près l´astre Miles -, le pianiste ouvre en grand les vannes créatives, sans parler de ses deux alter ego, Gary Peacock et Jack DeJohnette. (…) On ne rit plus quand Jarrett et les siens tutoient le sublime dans le bien nommé For Miles- 18 minutes et 44 secondes d´émotions, à fleur d´ivoire et d´ébène, de cordes et de peaux.
Jazz Magazine
 
An empathetic tribute to the late Miles Davis. (…) The trio reflect on „the sound which came from silence“ with Davis favorites such as „Straight no chaser“ and „I thought about you“, around the yearning joint composition, „For Miles“. Quite apart from its value as a testament to a chapter in jazz history, Bye Bye Blackbird gives a seductive view of Jarrett outside the introspection of the solo performance.
Garry Booth, Financial Times