In Front

Keith Jarrett · 1971

Context

"In Front" opens Facing You, Keith Jarrett's first album for ECM, recorded solo on 10 November 1971 at Arne Bendiksen Studio in Oslo and released in March 1972. The piece runs a little over ten minutes; a funky ostinato enters before the fourth minute, and Kenny Werner notes new harmonies as well as a shift toward a style close to boogie-woogie.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to ECM and European jazz. Among the origins and influences of ECM and European jazz: Free jazz, Modal, French jazz, Polish jazz, Free improvisation and European free.

By the same artist

• The Windup (1974)
• Spiral Dance (1974)
• Blossom (1974)
• 'Long as You Know You're Living Yours (1974)
• Belonging (1974)
• Solstice (1974)

Sources

• EN: Facing You

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