Back Hand

This article is about the music album. For other uses, see Backhand (disambiguation).
Back Hand
Studio album by Keith Jarrett
Released 1974
Recorded October 9 & 10, 1974
Genre Jazz
Length 39:29
Label Impulse!
Keith Jarrett chronology
Death and the Flower
(1974)
Back Hand
(1974)
The Koln Concert
(1975)

Back Hand is the fourth album on the Impulse label by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett. Originally released in 1974 it features performances by Jarrett's 'American Quartet' which included Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian with Guilherme Franco added on percussion.

Aside from its appearance in the The Impulse Years: 1973-1974 boxset, Back Hand has only ever been reissued on compact disc in Japan, packaged in a miniature replica of the original vinyl LP sleeve. It also appeared in Italy, in 2001, as a supplement to "La Repubblica" national newspaper, copyrighted as "Musicom S.R.L."

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4.5 stars stating "The group (with Jarrett occasionally switching to flute and Redman to the bizarre-sounding musette) is in typically exploratory, yet often melodic form on lengthy renditions of four of Jarrett's inside/outside originals.".[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Track listing

  1. "Inflight" - 9:04
  2. "Kuum" - 11:34
  3. "Vapallia" - 7:46
  4. "Back Hand" - 11:05
All compositions by Keith Jarrett

the Italian edition also features a fifth track: Victoria - 5:04 (composed by Jarrett and Motian)

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 16, 2011
  2. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 112. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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