La Scala (album)
{{Infobox album
| name = La Scala
| type = live
| artist = Keith Jarrett
| cover = La Scala (album).jpg
| alt =
| released = May 1997ECM Records [https://www.ecmrecords.com/catalogue/143038751556 Keith Jarrett: La Scala] accessed May 2020
| recorded = February 13, 1995
| venue = La Scala
Milan, Italy
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 1:18:38
| label = ECM
ECM 1640
| producer = Manfred Eicher
| prev_title = Mysteries: The Impulse Years 1975-1976
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = The Impulse Years: 1973-1974
| next_year = 1997
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Keith Jarrett solo piano
| type = live
| prev_title = Vienna Concert
| prev_year = 1992
| title = La Scala
| year = 1997
| next_title = The Melody at Night, with You
| next_year = 1999
}}
}}
La Scala is a live solo album by American jazz pianist Keith Jarrett recorded at La Scala in Milan on February 13, 1995 and released on ECM in May 1997.
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz
|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book|last1=Cook|first1=Richard|authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist)|last2=Morton|first2=Brian|authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer)|year=2008|title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|edition=9th|publisher=Penguin|page=770|isbn=978-0-141-03401-0}}
| rev3 = Uncut
| rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Carr |first=Roy |author-link=Roy Carr |date=October 1997 |title=Keith Jarrett: La Scala |magazine=Uncut |page=78 |issue=5}}
}}
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."Yanow, S. [http://allmusic.com/album/la-scala-1997-r277298/review Allmusic Review] accessed September 17, 2011
The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz wrote, "Jarrett's improvisations are as long and as densely textured as ever, but there is a modesty and philosophical calm about the music which seems new. The second part of 'La Scala' ... has outbreaks of quiet violence, but nothing that doesn't have its own resolution. The instrument is immaculate, warm and full-voiced."
Track listing
:All music by Keith Jarrett, except as noted.
- "La Scala, Part 1" – 44:54
- "La Scala, Part 2" – 27:42
- "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) – 6:01
Personnel
- Keith Jarrett – piano
= Technical personnel =
- Manfred Eicher – executive producer, remixing engineer
- Jan Erik Kongshaug – remixing engineer
- Michael Hofstetter – cover design
- Mayo Bucher – cover graphic
- Judith Joy Ross – liner photography
References
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