Expectations [LP] - VINYL
Overview
This was the first real indication to the world that Keith Jarrett was an ambitious, multi-talented threat to be reckoned with, an explosion of polystylistic music that sprawled over two LPs (now squeezed onto a single CD). Using his classic quartet ({|Dewey Redman|}, {|Charlie Haden|}, {|Paul Motian|}) as a base, Jarrett occasionally adds the biting rock-edged electric guitar of {|Sam Brown|} and always-intriguing percussionist {|Airto Moreira|}, and indulges in some pleasant string and brass arrangements of his own, along with some grinding organ smears and acceptable soprano sax. Jarrett again turns his early rampant eclecticism loose -- from earthy gospel-tinged soul-jazz to the freewheeling atonal avant-garde -- yet this time he does it with an exuberance and expansiveness that puts his previous solo work in the shade. Common Mama, a spicy Latin workout with brass punctuations, Take Me Back, driving soul jazz with streaks of electric jazz-rock, and the lengthy, nearly free Nomads are the most invigorating tracks.
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