In July 1971. recordings with Keith Jarrett and his bandmates found in New York's Atlantic studio to eight days from whose material ultimately emerged three albums: The plates "Birth" and "El Juicio (The Judgement)" with the order saxophonist Dewey Redman supplemented (and later "American Quartet" called) as well as the trio album "The Mourning Of A Star" of the trio with Charlie Haden and Paul Motian (without Redman). There have been creative days his time in the hot New York summer, because the compositions (almost entirely from the pen Keith Jarrett) and their interpretations by the musicians have mainly, say ... come boldly. In the case of pieces of "Birth" Specifically, this means: The disk has failed. Of the five members (the number "Markings" during 36 seconds consists of only a piano accompanying saxophone run and can hardly be viewed as a separate song) are three downright ghastly and at least two should be interesting. In "Spirit" dominated the Chinese Musette, who reclaims Redman extremely strange sounds, and the Recorder of Jarrett; plus joins a miserable grunt and groan (of Redman?), so the number is similar to a soundscape of a C-Horror film. It was only towards the end of the workout, a great piano line. Also "Forget Your Memories (And They'll Remember You)" is likely to forget that without subject, without thread, without concept. The steel drums, congas and other percussion instruments as accompaniment Sax and Jarrett Banjo in more than 11 minute long "Remorse" there can indeed be a sound experiment, a decent jazz number is it but still not emerged. The opening track, the title track "Birth", on the other hand is reasonably smooth and beautiful to hear. Redman may sax including playing softly and the piano passages here are left wonderfully. The most unusual piece is safe "Mortgage On My Soul (Wah-Wah)", whose character the title suggests. It sounds like cast together in an experimental cuisine, in the Miles Davis, German Krautrockers the early 1970s and Jimi Hendrix were swinging the wooden spoon. Very strange, but he has what, this peculiar title! Nevertheless, the two numbers can not outweigh what has the rest of the disc. "Birth" is, all in all, to endure, only with a lot of patience.
