Review Summary: This is where it’s at.
The trio refrain from the typical piano-leads/rhythm-section-marks-time dynamic - not that
Jarrett doesn't point the way, but Peacock and DeJohnette have incredible freedom to explore
the possibilities suggested by the tunes. At times they play the tunes, at others they take
them apart before your ears and reassemble them in ways you've never imagined. "How Long Has
This Been Going On," nine minutes long, never even states the theme until 8:43 into the song
- it's like the sun breaking through fog.
For me, the high points are the pieces that reach toward that sense of sustained discovery
that Jarrett explored in his solo concerts through the 70's - Jarrett originals such as
"Muezzin" and "The Fire Within," and Charlie Parker's "Now's the Time." These build upon
simple repetition, then bloom, fold in upon themselves, and flow in different directions as
first one player, then another guides the song through all the things the songs are, or can
be.
