Paris Concert (Keith Jarrett album)

In 1988 Jarrett toured Europe two times (June, October) offering 6 solo concerts.^[5] Paris Concert was recorded during the second 1988 European mini-tour.

• June 16 – Istanbul (Turkey) during Istanbul International Jazz Festival
• June 20 – Patras (Greece) during Patras International Festival.
• June 23 – Palermo (Italy)
• October 17 – Paris (France)
• October 22 – Brussels (Belgium) during the Belga Jazz Festival
• October 24 – Madrid (Spain) during Festival de Jazz de Madrid

Richard Lehnert at Stereophile gave the album the "Recording of November 1990" award, stating:

This is Jarrett's most satisfying solo outing since 1982's Concerts.... The gorgeously deep, lush recording is, of course, closely multi-miked, with perhaps even some added reverb. But producer Manfred Eicher does this sort of thing at least as well as did John Culshaw, and probably better than anyone working today. I have no complaints, even if the piano is 12' wide.^[6]

The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell states, "Jarrett pulls further away from the old rousing (and thoroughly American) gospel, blues and folk roots of earlier concerts toward a more abstract concept.... [His] virtuosic abilities are never in doubt, and he rarely flaunts his technique for its own sake, but one senses that the inspiration level is down; one doesn't come out of the CD all charged up as with many earlier solo concerts."^[3]

All music by Keith Jarrett except as noted.

1. "October 17, 1988" – 38:23
2. "The Wind" (Russ Freeman, Jerry Gladstone) – 6:32
3. "Blues" – 5:22

• Keith Jarrett – piano