JARRETT KEITH/LA FENICE

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THIS RECORDING OF KEITH JARRETTS EXTRAORDINARY SOLO PERFORMANCE AT GRAN TEATRO LA FENICE IN VENICE IN JULY 2006 FINDS JARRETT ENTERING ONE OF ITALYS MOST FAMOUS CLASSICAL VENUES AND CHANNELING THE FLOW OF INSPIRATION TO SHAPE SOMETHING NEW. IN THIS CASE A SUITE OF EIGHT SPONTANEOUSLY CREATED PIECES REFERENCING EVERYTHING FROM THE BLUES TO ATONALITY TO HEART-RENDING BALLADS. RELEASE OF LA FENICE IS TIMELY: THE 62ND INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC OF THE BIENNALE DI VENEZIA HAS HONOURED KEITH JARRETT WITH ITS GOLDEN LION FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT. ITS THE FIRST TIME THAT A JAZZ MUSICIAN HAS RECEIVED THIS AWARD WHICH HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN GIVEN TO CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS INCLUDING IN RECENT DECADES LUCIANO BERIO PIERRE BOULEZ GYRGY KURTG HELMUT LACHENMANN SOFIA GUBAIDULINA AND STEVE REICH.