''Birth'' is an album 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 1971 and released the next year. On five dates in July and August 1971 Jarrett went into the studio with his trio (

Charlie Haden Charles Edward Haden (August 6, 1937 – July 11, 2014) was an American jazz double bass player, bandleader, composer and educator whose career spanned more than fifty years. Haden helped to revolutionize the harmonic concept of bass playin ...

and

Paul Motian Stephen Paul Motian (March 25, 1931 – November 22, 2011) was an American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer of Armenian descent. He played an important role in freeing jazz drummers from strict time-keeping duties. Motian first came t ...

) augmented with

Dewey Redman Walter Dewey Redman (May 17, 1931 – September 2, 2006) was an American saxophonist who performed free jazz as a bandleader with Ornette Coleman and Keith Jarrett. Redman mainly played tenor saxophone, though he occasionally also played alto s ...

on tenor saxophone and produced enough material for three albums, '' The Mourning of a Star'' (released in 1971), '' El Juicio (The Judgement)'' (released in 1975) and ''Birth''. These albums marked the emergence of what would later be called Jarrett's "American quartet."

Reception

The

Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Mus ...

review by

Scott Yanow Scott Yanow (born 1954) is an American jazz reviewer, historian, and author. Life and career Yanow was born in New York City and grew up near Los Angeles. Beginning in 1974, Yanow was a regular reviewer of many jazz styles and was the jazz e ...

awarded the album 3 stars, stating, "Not everything works, and there are some wandering moments, but the music always holds one's interest; one can easily see the potential that would soon be realized by this intriguing ensemble.".Yanow, S
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accessed Assessed 17, 2011

Track listing

:''All compositions by Keith Jarrett'' # "Birth" - 6:13 # "Mortgage on My Soul" - 5:38 # "Spirit" - 8:38 # "Markings" - 0:37 # "Forget Your Memories (And They'll Remember You)" - 6:57 # "Remorse" - 11:22

Personnel

- piano, soprano saxophone, recorder, banjo, steel drums, vocals *

- tenor saxophone, Chinese musette, bells, clarinet, percussion, vocals *

- double-bass, congas, steel drums, clapper *

- drums, steel drums, bells, percussion

References

1971 albums Keith Jarrett albums Albums produced by George Avakian Atlantic Records albums {{1970s-jazz-album-stub