Dark Intervals

Dark Intervals was recorded during the Japan leg of Jarrett's 1987 solo tour playing nine concerts in the U.S., Japan and Brazil.[https://www.keithjarrett.org/past-concerts/#1987 Keith Jarrett 1987 live concerts] accessed May 13, 2020

• March 7 - New York City (USA)
• March 27 - New York City (USA)
• April 5 - San Francisco (USA)
• April 11 - Tokyo (Japan)
• April 12 - Tokyo (Japan)
• April 14 - Tokyo (Japan) [Jarrett performing standards; DVD edition in NTSC format only]
• May 24 - Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
• May 28 - Sao Paulo (Brazil)
• May 31 - Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

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| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

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}}Down Beat author Josef Woodard, on his introductory notes to a 1989 Jarrett interview, states that:

Dark Intervals, particularly, is a testament to Jarrett’s recent objective of broadening his scope while paring down to the essence of music—and being. So, while he plots courses in parallel universes—planning to record Bach’s Goldberg Variations on harpsichord and new works by Lou Harrison and Alan Hohvaness in the classical world, and reviving jazz standards in his trio—Jarrett is also searching for new meaning in a basic E minor chord. He’s thinking about the river’s source as well as its effects.Woodard, J. [https://downbeat.com/microsites/ecm-jarrett/post_6-jarrett-in-search-of.html "Keith Jarrett: In search of the perfect E minor chord"], DownBeat, February 1989, accessed May 2020.

This album of often profound beauty, had it been released by anyone else, would call for much more acclaim; as it is, it's just another Jarrett solo masterpiece in the tradition of Staircase and The Moth and the Flame.

The CD's DDD sound is some of the most natural solo piano sound I've heard (assuming you listen with your ears nearly touching the soundboard), entirely without harshness or glare. But, good as the CD is, the LP is better in the usual ways—deeper, rounder, more full, with greater three-dimensionality."Lehnert, R. (March 1989) [https://www.stereophile.com/content/recording-march-1989-idark-intervalsi "Recording of March 1989: Dark Intervals"], Stereophile, accessed May 13, 2020

:All compositions by Keith Jarrett

1. "Opening" - 12:53
2. "Hymn" - 4:58
3. "Americana" - 7:12
4. "Entrance" - 2:55
5. "Parallels" - 4:58
6. "Fire Dance" - 6:51
7. "Ritual Prayer" - 7:12
8. "Recitative" - 11:17

• Keith Jarrett – piano

• Manfred Eicher – producer
• Kimion Oikawa – recording engineer
• Barbara Wojirsch – cover design and layout
• Christian Vogt – cover photography

The original liner notes state:

Touch is only possible at the edge of spaces.

Light is only precious during dark intervals.

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• {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r158299|label=Dark Intervals}}
• [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7LUSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4fkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5534,1419013&dq=keith-jarrett+dark-intervals&hl=en "Keith Jarrett's doing more with less" - Spokane Chronicle]
• [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/jarrettkeith-rarum/ "Selected Recordings: Rarum I" - Pop Matters]
• [https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/05/arts/pianists-playing-to-a-different-drummer.html "Pianists Playing to a Different Drummer" - New York Times]
• [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.4minuti.it%2FshowPage.php%3Ftemplate%3Dnews%26id%3D11071%26masterPage%3Darticolo.htm "Keith Jarrett: The Art of the plan at the Palazzo Te in Mantua" - 4 Minuti]
• [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.welt.de%2Fdie-welt%2Fkultur%2Farticle4840291%2FAuch-Goetter-haben-Probleme.html "Even gods have problems" - Welt Online]
• [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.weltwoche.ch%2Fausgaben%2F2005-19%2Fartikel-2005-19-nach-koeln.html "After Cologne" - Die Weltwoche]

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