No End (album)
| No End | ||||
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| Studio album by Keith Jarrett | ||||
| Released | November 15, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 1986 at Cavelight Studio | |||
| Genre | Jazz, Jazz-Rock, Jazz-Funk, Avant-Garde | |||
| Length | 1:32:53 | |||
| Label | ECM | |||
| Producer | Keith Jarrett (record producer, 1986); Manfred Eicher (executive producer, 2013) | |||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 49/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
No End is a one-man-band[3] instrumental album by American pianist and composer Keith Jarrett, where he performs all the parts through overdubbing between "two Tandberg cassette recorders". Due to its way of recording and musical style it can be seen as part of his experimental circle (which is neither jazz nor classical music), along with the early folk rock Restoration Ruin (1968) or the tribal Spirits (1985).
As usual with his solo albums, Jarrett improvised all tracks, but unusually, he mainly used electric guitars (including a "deep red Gibson solid-body"), Fender bass guitar, tablas, drums and assorted percussion; he also includes some voice (wordless chanting on tracks "V" and "XVI"), and his primary instrument, piano (although on track "X" only).
The recording was done during 1986 at Cavelight Studio, Jarrett's home studio in New Jersey, but released in 2013, with Jarrett concluding his liner notes on, "How could I have left it in a drawer all these years?"
Tracklist
All music composed by Keith Jarrett.
| Disc 1 | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "I" | 7:22 |
| 2. | "II" | 3:37 |
| 3. | "III" | 5:39 |
| 4. | "IV" | 5:25 |
| 5. | "V" | 3:39 |
| 6. | "VI" | 5:36 |
| 7. | "VII" | 4:06 |
| 8. | "VIII" | 3:57 |
| 9. | "IX" | 4:47 |
| 10. | "X" | 2:33 |
Total length: |
46:47 | |
| Disc 2 | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "XI" | 4:05 |
| 2. | "XII" | 6:14 |
| 3. | "XIII" | 3:48 |
| 4. | "XIV" | 4:55 |
| 5. | "XV" | 4:28 |
| 6. | "XVI" | 2:46 |
| 7. | "XVII" | 3:40 |
| 8. | "XVIII" | 5:48 |
| 9. | "XIX" | 7:12 |
| 10. | "XX" | 3:04 |
Total length: |
46:06 | |
References
- ↑ "Metacritic Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
- ↑ Jurek, Thom. "AllMusic Review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
- ↑ Jarrett calls it "Solo/Band" on the backcover.