''Concerts'' is a triple solo piano album by Keith Jarrett recorded in concert on May 28, 1981 at the

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in Bregenz, Austria and on June 2, 1981 at the

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. It was originally released in September 1982 by

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as a 3-LP set (ECM 1227-29) Discog
Keith Jarrett: Concerts (ECM 1227-1229)
accessed May 2020 and also as a single LP including only the Bregenz performance (ECM 1228).Discog
Keith Jarrett: Concerts, Bregenz (ECM 1228)
accessed May 2020 It was not until 2013 that, for the first time, ECM released a full 3-CD reissue containing both concerts.

Reception

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review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 3 stars and states, "This set is not to be confused with the earlier, more consistently inspired '' Solo Concerts'' triple album which made Jarrett a star, yet the pianist was far from tapped out in these performances. Jarrett is often in his best lyrically funky form... this is far more interesting and elevated music-making than that of the New Age navel-gazing imitators cropping up in Jarrett's wake in the early '80s".Ginell, R. S.

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accessed April 6, 2010

Track listing

:''All compositions by Keith Jarrett'' # "Part I" - 21:54 # "Part II" - 12:04 # "Untitled" - 9:30 # "Heartland" - 6:03 # "Part I" - 23:22 # "Part II - 23:32 # "Part III" - 26:29 # "Part IV" - 11:38 # "Mon Coeur Est Rouge" - 7:11 # "Heartland" - 6:11 *Recorded in concert in Bregenz, Austria on May 28, 1981 (tracks 1-4) and Munich, West Germany on June 2, 1981 (tracks 5-10).

Personnel

* Keith Jarrett –

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Production *

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- producer * Martin Wieland - recording engineer * Sascha Kleis - cover design and layout

References

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