Sleeper: Tokyo, April 16th, 1979

by Palle Danielsson, Keith Jarrett, Jon Christensen, Jan Garbarek, Keith Jarrett Quartet

Overview

The double album Sleeper contains a previously unreleased live concert by Keith Jarrett's European quartet from the '70s, recorded at Tokyo's Nakano Sun Plaza on April 16, 1979. Together with saxophonist Jan Garbarek, bassist Palle Danielsson, and drummer Jon Christensen, Jarrett performs seven of his own compositions: "Personal Mountains," "Innocence," "So Tender," "Oasis," "Chant of the Soil," "Prism," and "New Dance" -- the latter song being the shortest here at seven minutes, while "Oasis" clocks in at over 28 minutes! As a companion piece to the live albums Nude Ants and Personal Mountains (both recorded the same year, even though the latter album was only released in 1989), Sleeper offers another noteworthy document of the creative interplay between these four musicians. ~ Christian Genzel

Product Details

Release Date:	06/14/2024
Label:	Universal Japan
UPC:	4988031635674
Rank:	148321

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Keith Jarrett   Primary Artist,Piano,Percussion
Keith Jarrett Quartet   Primary Artist
Jan Garbarek   Primary Artist,Flute,Percussion,Sax (Tenor),Sax (Soprano)
Jon Christensen   Primary Artist,Percussion,Drums
Palle Danielsson   Primary Artist,Double Bass

Technical Credits

Manfred Eicher   Mixing,Producer
Keith Jarrett   Composer
Jan Erik Kongshaug   Engineer,Mixing
Sascha Kleis   Design
Terje Mosnes   Photography
Toshinari Koinuma   Producer