''A Multitude of Angels'' is a four-disc live box set of solo piano performances by

Keith Jarrett Keith Jarrett (born May 8, 1945) is an American pianist and composer. Jarrett started his career with Art Blakey and later moved on to play with Charles Lloyd (jazz musician), Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis. Since the early 1970s, he has also be ...

recorded in Italy over a week in October 1996 and released on

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twenty years later.

Music and recording

The music comes from four concerts recorded in Italy: in Modena, Ferrara, Torino, and Genova, on October 23, 25, 28, and 30, 1996, respectively. Jarrett recorded the concerts himself on a DAT machine. Each consists of one performance without breaks; these were among the last times that Jarrett took this approach to performance. After the concerts, he withdrew from playing in public, because of

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Release and reception

''A Multitude of Angels'' was released by ECM Records on November 4, 2016.ECM Record
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accessed May 26, 2020 John Fordham of ''

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'' commented that, "Jarrett has always favoured exhaustive documentation, but the intensity, variety, and astonishing technical command of these performances might well persuade devoted fans and intrigued improv enthusiasts alike of his view that these were landmark moments." John Garratt of ''

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'' wrote that, "The four-disc box set ''A Multitude of Angels'' is the new turning point in Jarrett's career where he pushed himself too hard. His temporary illness is our gain.... ttells the music world what Keith Jarrett fans already knew—that the man could be an endless fountain of music, a one-man jam-band that only needed 88 keys to balance the Law of Fate with the Law of Accident (according to his liner notes). Since that's the case, this box will not alter anyone's perception of Jarrett or change his reputation overall."

Track listing

References

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