Hymns/Spheres

Hymns/Spheres
Studio album by Keith Jarrett
Released	1976
Recorded	September 1976 at the Benedictine Abbey in Ottobeuren, Germany
Genre	Post-bop
Length	92:58
Label	ECM
Keith Jarrett chronology
Eyes of the Heart (1976) Hymns/Spheres (1976) Sun Bear Concerts (1976)

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Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

Hymns/Spheres is an album by American pianist Keith Jarrett released in 1976 by the ECM record label, recorded at the Benedictine Abbey in Ottobeuren, Germany. This solo album consists of improvisations on the massive Karl Joseph Riepp "Trinity" Baroque pipe organ.

The original double vinyl album was not reissued on compact disc until 2013. There is also a CD (Spheres, ECM 1302) with a selection of tracks: Spheres (1st, 4th, 7th, 9th Movement).

The 3rd movement was used in the movie Sorcerer.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Hymn of Remembrance" (Jarrett) – 4:02
2. "Spheres (1st Movement)" (Jarrett) – 7:40
3. "Spheres (2nd Movement)" (Jarrett) – 12:59
4. "Spheres (3rd Movement)" (Jarrett) – 10:13
5. "Spheres (4th Movement)" (Jarrett) – 12:20
6. "Spheres (5th Movement)" (Jarrett) – 4:34
7. "Spheres (6th Movement)" (Jarrett) – 11:25
8. "Spheres (7th Movement)" (Jarrett) – 8:16
9. "Spheres (8th Movement)" (Jarrett) – 5:18
10. "Spheres (9th Movement)" (Jarrett) – 12:06
11. "Hymn of Release" (Jarrett) – 4:05

Personnel

• Keith Jarrett – pipe organ

References

1. Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Hymns/Spheres - Keith Jarrett | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
2. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 112. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
3. "SORCERER (1977)". Library of Congress. Retrieved 12 April 2014.

External links

• Hymns/Spheres at Discogs (list of releases)