34 years before the appearance of "Jasmine", this wonderful collection of standards that have grossed Keith Jarrett and his old driving man Charlie Haden and in the deep intimacy between the piano Jarrett and Haden's bass is expressed in incredible density and beauty were, it already once a recording of only these two musicians together. For the album "Closeness" came in January and March 1976 together with four jazz greats Charlie Haden to record each song a duet. The legend Ornette Coleman on alto saxophone, Alice Coltrane at the harp, the drummer Paul Motian (also a longtime musical companion Haden) and Keith Jarrett just delivered the respective Co-instrument to Haden's always very weighty präsentem Bass. Although often, the talk is of allegedly original eight duets, which should be at that time appeared on double-LP, this can be verified anywhere. If you have as an error perpetuated in power? The number "Ellen David" (as the other three of Haden written) is of great delicacy and captures the elegance of the "Jasmine" pieces beforehand. Piano and bass circle alternately and each other a simple basic theme. The result is a really great number. The duet with Coleman is named after its initials. That this is a very flexible, excessive play, should not be surprising, but Coleman is one of the main protagonists of free jazz. Convincing is the number - but do not fall in spite of a long (pure) bass solos - at least to my ears. On the longest with just twelve and a half minutes piece "For Turiya" the little getting used to, not always harmonious combination is presented from harp and bass. The piece is still an overall nice sound journey, albeit with sometimes a bit rough sound grounds. Is "For A Free Portugal" with Paul Motian, as the title says, a tribute to the democratic since the Carnation Revolution of 1974 in Portugal. The number is an announcement of a concert Haden anno 1971. switched in Cascais, which at that time earned him an arrest. There is a plenty of experimental, loose threads, interspersed with Angolan revolution sounds piece, the nature of any more convincing numbers of the album "Conception Vessel" not unlike another Haden- / Motian-cooperation of 1972nd Two of the four securities represent on "closeness" So the beauty of sound, the other two rather raw Charlie Haden. A very interesting disc not so convincing certainly, but overall for me.
