La Scala (album)
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| Live album by Keith Jarrett | ||||
| Released | June 3, 1997 | |||
| Recorded |
February 13, 1995 Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 78:37 | |||
| Label |
ECM ECM 1640 | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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La Scala is a live solo piano album by American pianist Keith Jarrett which was released on the ECM label in 1997. It was recorded in concert on February 13, 1995 at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy.
Reception
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.".[1]
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [2] |
Track listing
- "La Scala, Part 1" - 44:54
- "La Scala, Part 2" - 27:42
- "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - 6:01
- All compositions by Keith Jarrett except as indicated.
Personnel
- Keith Jarrett – piano
Musicological notes
Probably not without a sense of irony to the setting of this recording, Part 1 climaxes into a sheer citation of the famous aria Nessun Dorma from the opera Turandot by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini.
References
- 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 17, 2011
- ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 770. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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