Staircase (album)
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| Studio album by Keith Jarrett | ||||
| Released | 1976 | |||
| Recorded | May, 1976 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 74:27 | |||
| Label | ECM | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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| Allmusic |   |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |  |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
Staircase is the fourth solo album released on ECM by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett. It features Jarrett performing four solo piano pieces recorded in the studio.
Jarrett and producer Manfred Eicher had arrived at Studio Davout in Paris to record a soundtrack to the film Mon couer est rouge. Finishing early with several hours of studio time left and impressed by the quality of the studio's piano, they spontaneously decided to record this album.
The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4 stars stating "One can always admire Jarrett's lovely tone and flexible touch, yet when he gets stuck for ideas, the repetitions finally begin to grate. Maybe he really needs the stimulus of a live audience in order to get the creative and rhythmic juices flowing when flying solo.".
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Keith Jarrett – piano
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