El Juicio (The Judgement) (1968)/ Life Between Exit Signs

Koppeling van Jarretts eerste, "Life Between The Exit Signs" (1968) aan opnamen uit dezelfde tijd, doch pas in 1975 uitgebracht ("El Juico"). Waarschijnlijk wist de platenmaatschappij niet wat men aanmoest met die weirde sessies waarop de musici, naast Jarrett Charlie Haden (b), Dewey Redman (ts) en Paul Motian (d) allen dubbelen op steel drums en allerlei andere percussie. In 1975, na "The Köln Concert", lagen de kaarten anders. Op "Life..." spelen dezelfden behalve Redman. "On "Life..." Haden rumbles, throbs, and drones, marvelously lost in bass reverie. With brushes alone, Motian's sonic palette includes frantic, flapping, prehistoric birds caught in drain pipes and 60-pound bags of sand pelting into banks of fresh snow. Jarrett uses influences from Bill Evans to Cecil Taylor. On "El Juicio", the group becomes a freewheeling version of Ornette Coleman's quartet, with Jarrett playing soprano sax, flute, and percussion as much as piano. He and Redman engage in furious duets on soprano and tenor." (Allmusic)