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Title: What Do We Mean By Mean?
Review: That old Monty Python line comes to mind when I listen to Radiance. I have been a Jarrett fan since the Koln days and had eagerly anticipated (and feared)this release. I put it away after one listen and then went back after several months. No change, unfortunately.In recent years Mr. Jarrett has taken to exploring the far fringes of diatonic, chromatic and every other ic of harmony. I'm not sure to what end but it seems more for self gratification than to offer his fans and jazz fans something a bit more palatible than Radiance. Being challenged by jazz music is worthwhile and listeners of Cecil Taylor and Andrew Hill can certainly feel rewarded by music that is both eclectic and appealing. But on Radiance, Jarrett finds combinations of silence and atonality that seem to speak only to him and the "art critics" who will forever praise everything he issues. And while I can't stomach the retro jazz genre in general, I wish that Keith Jarrett would get a bit nostalgic for Koln.
