Playfulness and experimentation

That is certainly not music for a relaxing evening or for a bit feel-good jazz in between. Jarrett and his colleagues call the listener here all his attention now and you really have to intellectually engage in this kind of music, so as not to be annoyed by the occasional wild, partly expressive play of three. Especially the pieces "Paradox", "tsunami" and "Relay" are sometimes abundant exhausting. They are reminiscent of the shots with Jarrett's American Quartet for the Impulse! Label.
Nevertheless, the double CD, the recordings of two concerts from 2001 in Tokyo is (once again!) That overall a great listening experience. This is mainly due to the three pieces "Tributaries", a dark, mysterious, yet very descriptive title with grim-driving drums, "The River", a very short but successful pure piano piece, and "Facing East" that a extended drum intro the typical structure of trio-pieces breaks with piano introduction. In opener "Hearts in Space" and "Waves" you notice the trio pure experimentation on, because here are every few minutes repeatedly heralded new phases, sometimes rather free jazz, sometimes swing - by a continuous theme can be no talk ,
"Always Let Me Go" takes its place on the (shorter) list of Trio releases, on the non-standard, but free improvisations and original compositions can be heard. An "Changeless" the double glazing does not come close, but a four Sterner is all.