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...Jarrett trips up here by choosing to pick on Marsalis, a well-respected professional. Moreover, Marsalis' records are convincing in the way that Jarrett swears they are not. "Soul Gestures in a Southern Blue," for instance, is remarkable notably for the intensity of feeling it inspires...
Besides, if his Koln Concert is any evidence, Jarrett finds meaning and authenticity only in a surfeit of emotion and moodiness. The album, a recording of one of his improvisational concerts, is a real soul-twister, one part tear-jerker, one part elevator fodder, and one part art. Jarrett oozes presence on the album, as he grunts along with the music over and over and over again...
...friends of mine introduced me to Jarrett the year after I graduated from high school. I was taking a year off, studying in New York, and needless to say, I was very emotional. At the time, Jarrett seemed irreducible, beyond classification, and too true for words. I listened to the Koln concert that entire spring--while walking, studying and having serious conversations...
...time passes, one cannot help but grow out of Jarret's music. Such raw emotion is on the one hand too close to melodrama, and on the other, too close to madness. The Koln concert began to sound less and less convincing, lacking in artistic and critical intelligence. If Jarrett were not so frightened of imitation, and his recent classical recordings hint that he is not, he might find a new sort of authenticity in tradition...
...good Jarrett, the usable Jarrett, is the cagey restless artist who warns us of marketing as a waste of energy. This is fine, if somewhat imprudent, advice, and we would do well to listen up. Unfortunately, there is a worthless side to the man as well, the Jarrett who counsels us to beef up our presence. In fact, this bad Jarrett comes dangerously close to contradicting his better self; after all, his presence, (and we take his grunting as evidence of it) is not all that different from self-promotion...