KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Speaking of Music: Keith Jarrett, 1986, 2 of 2
Analog Audio
Event Type
Interview and MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
SOM.1986.01.23.BProgram Series
Speaking of MusicProgram Length
145 minPart
2 of 2Dates
1986-06-12 | broadcast| 1986-01-23 | created
Description
Charles Amirkhanian interviews the great jazz pianist, Keith Jarrett, before a live audience on January 23, 1986, as part of the San Francisco Exploratorium’s Speaking of Music series. Keith Jarrett had recently suffered from a self-described “breakdown” and was reevaluating many things in his life in May of 1985 when he began making a series of overdubbed improvised music pieces which were especially satisfying to him, as they are for most everybody else who hears them. (These recordings were eventually released on the album “Spirits”, from ECM.) In this program he plays a number of selections from those tapes as well as snippets of his more classical compositions. Jarrett also fields questions from the large audience at the Palace of Fine Arts Theater in San Francisco, the topics of which range from the philosophical to the practical aspects of his art. He is very open and candid in his answers, and outspoken in his ideas about music and life. (from KPFA Folio)Genres
Jazz20th century classical
Musical Selections
Elegy, for violin and string orchestra [excerpt] (8:21) / Keith Jarrett -- The Well-Tempered Clavier [excerpt] (2:51) / Johann Sebastian Bach -- [unidentified work for percussion, guitar (?), and chanting] (5:28)Performers
Keith Jarrett, harpsichord ; percussion and guitar (Well-Tempered ; unidentified)Subjects
Jazz20th century classical
Violin with string orchestra
Harpsichord music
Percussion and guitar music
Acknowledgment
Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by Save America’s Treasures, a program of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.Related places
San Francisco (Calif.) (was recorded at)Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
Amirkhanian, CharlesJarrett, Keith
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750