submitted on Sat, 05/10/2008 - 06:20 in Jazz Group by Mike_Longo 
Despite Keith Jarrett's ongoing success as a solo improviser and standards interpreter, many bemoan his decision to stop writing in the mid-1970s. Improvisation may be spontaneous composition but, with his 1970s American and Scandinavian Quartets, the pianist created a songbook that remains influential to this day. George Schuller's Round 'Bout Now (Playscape, 2004) was a thoroughly personal tribute to Miles Davis' transitional period of 1967-1969. Returning with Circle Wide for Like Before, Somewhat After, the drummer fashions an equally distinctive homage to Jarrett's American Quartet. Alongside six Jarrett compositions, two Schuller pieces are so in touch with the spirit of Jarrett's music that they could easily have been a part of the American Quartet's repertoire...
Source: allaboutjazz
Author: John Kelman
