Das mit „Sleeper“ wusste ich noch nicht. Allerdings gilt „Personal Mountains“ ja gemeinhin nicht als der beste Moment des europäischen Quartetts.
… Sleeper was recorded at Nakano Sun Plaza in Tokyo on 16 April 1979 by Jarrett with his fabled quartet of Jan Garbarek, tenor and soprano saxophones, flute, and percussion; Palle Danielsson double bass; and Jon Christensen drums and percussion. It’s the band that laid down Belonging in 1974, the wondrous My Song in 1977, and Personal Mountains and Nude Ants two years later in 1979.
Personal Mountains was recorded in Tokyo around the same time as Sleeper but over two days, on 16 April when the Sleeper tracks were recorded, and the next day, with Nude Ants then taped in New York at the Village Vanguard the following month. While it took a mere decade for Personal Mountains to be released Sleeper has had to wait considerably longer for its emergence. Spread over two CDs all the songs are by Jarrett …
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