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Title: Visionary Jarrett Masterpiece
Review: Wynton Marsalis, the current Stalin of the Jazz world has systematically disparged jazz of the 1970's, Jazz that opened new vistas, or used non-traditional instrumentation. Would that Marsalis had the same breadth of vision as Keith Jarrett. Arbour Zena, an orchestral work released in 1976, embodies the aesthetic that Jarrett was to carry forward in the decades to come; cool but not disengaged, experimental, but not inaccessible, complex, but not eschewing lyricism. There is a masterful talent and a visionary mind behind this work; the coupling of Garbarek's artic saxophone with the warmer strings, Jarrett's stunning piano work place it among the better works of the time.From the first statement of quivering strings on Runes, to the nearly triumphant Solara March, Arbour Zena is a sustained and cohesive vision that nourishes the mind and replenishes idealism. If this is bad Jazz, then I am a fool.
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