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In the late 70's, Keith Jarrett kept two wonderful bands alive and in play at the same time. One was a quartet that included this trio of Jerrett, Charlie Haden, and Paul Motian with saxophonist Dewey Redman added and a European Quartet with Jan Garbarek, Jon Christensen, and Palle Danielsson.
At the time, folks argued about which band was the better. Both bands had a very different feel.
I don't know the name of this piece, but this band played with such intuition they could have made it up on the spot.
Matchin' my mood to perfection ...
Again .. thanks for reading my mind and finding these gems. Ta!
I think you're right about the improvisation here. Grateful that I were to have to listen again and behold a clue for a name that might appear before my ears.
Back in my uni days, not having a Keith Jarrett album in your collection was considered an opprobrium. Beyond this strange social discrimination, there's the music. And this improvised ballad is a proof of Jarrett's inspiring powers.
Opprobrium...cool word! Inspiring indeed. I grin when I see pianists really getting into it.. so intent on it that moans and motions happen. I love it. My Pops used to jam Koln on the Hi-Fi - shook the house with Jarrett's pedal thumps and lovely, emotional groans. So you assuredly don't catch some structure on a standard melody there anywhere?