Hymns / Spheres

by Keith Jarrett

Hymns / Spheres cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: November 1976
  • Label: ECM
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:33:39
  • Community rating: 3.73/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded on the massive Trinity organ at the Benedictine Abbey in Ottobeuren, Germany, this completely improvised double album pushes the boundaries of avant-garde and new age music. The pianist manipulates the organ's stops to create surreal, sustained textures and dissonant drones, producing an atmospheric and often deeply unsettling acoustic experience.

Genres

Descriptors: scary, atmospheric, unaccompanied-solo, improvisation, instrumental, minimal, long-form, conceptual, suite

Tracklist

  1. Hymn Of Remembrance (4:10)
  2. Spheres, 1st Movement (7:42)
  3. Spheres, 2nd Movement (13:04)
  4. Spheres, 3rd Movement (10:15)
  5. Spheres, 4th Movement (12:24)
  6. Spheres, 5th Movement (4:39)
  7. Spheres, 6th Movement (11:25)
  8. Spheres, 7th Movement (8:19)
  9. Spheres, 8th Movement (5:20)
  10. Spheres, 9th Movement (12:05)
  11. Hymn Of Release (4:10)

Credits

  • Keith Jarrett Trio - Member
  • George Avakian - Member
  • Charlie Haden - Member
  • Paul Motian - Member

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