Keith Jarrett discography


Over the years, Keith Jarrett has recorded in many different settings: jazz piano trio, classical and baroque music, improvised contemporary music, solo piano, etc. Well known for his tremendous impact on the piano and jazz scene, as a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and first class improviser, Keith Jarrett's original output embraces many different musical styles and spans a period of almost 50 years, comprising a generous production of more than 100 albums.

As leader/co-leader

In chronological order as they were recorded, this general list contains Jarrett's albums as a leader or co-leader excluding those related to the so-called "classical music" field where he plays Bach, Pärt, Mozart, Shostakovich, etc.
Year recordedAlbumNotesLabelYear released
1967Life Between the Exit SignsTrio with Charlie Haden and Paul MotianVortex 1968
1968Restoration RuinSolo on multiple instrumentsVortex 1968
1968Somewhere BeforeLive – Trio with Haden and MotianVortex 1969
1970Gary Burton & Keith JarrettQuintet with vibraphonist Gary BurtonAtlantic1971
1971Ruta and DaityaDuo with Jack DeJohnetteECM1973
1971El Juicio American Quartet with Dewey Redman, Haden & MotianAtlantic1975
1971BirthAmerican Quartet Atlantic1972
1971The Mourning of a StarTrio with Haden & MotianAtlantic1971
1971Facing YouSolo pianoECM1972
1972ExpectationsAmerican Quartet plus Sam Brown and Airto MoreiraColumbia1972
1972Hamburg '72Trio with Haden & Motian; released 2014ECM2014
1973Fort YawuhLive – American Quartet and Danny JohnsonImpulse!1973
1973In the LightWith Willi Freivogel, Ralph Towner and orchestraECM1973
1973Solo Concerts: Bremen/LausanneLive – Solo pianoECM1973
1974Treasure IslandAmerican Quartet and Danny Johnson plus Sam BrownImpulse!1974
1974BelongingEuropean Quartet with Jan Garbarek, Palle Danielsson, and Jon ChristensenECM1974
1974LuminessenceWith Jan Garbarek, string orchestra conducted by Mladen GuteshaECM1975
1974Back HandAmerican Quartet and FrancoImpulse!1975
1974Death and the FlowerAmerican Quartet and Guilherme FrancoImpulse!1975
1975The Köln ConcertLive – Solo pianoECM1975
1975Arbour ZenaWith Garbarek, Haden and orchestra conducted by ECM1976
1975MysteriesAmerican Quartet and FrancoImpulse!1976
1975ShadesAmerican Quartet and FrancoImpulse!1976
1976The Survivors' SuiteAmerican Quartet ECM1977
1976StaircaseSolo PianoECM1977
1976Eyes of the HeartLive – American Quartet ECM1979
1976Hymns/SpheresSolo organECM1976
1976ByablueAmerican Quartet Impulse!1977
1976Bop-BeAmerican Quartet Impulse!1978
1976Sun Bear ConcertsLive – Solo pianoECM1978
1977My SongEuropean Quartet ECM1978
1979SleeperLive – European Quartet ECM2012
1979Personal MountainsLive – European Quartet ECM1989
1979Nude AntsLive – European Quartet ECM1980
1979Invocations/The Moth and the FlameSolo piano, organ, voice & soprano saxophoneECM1981
1980G.I. Gurdjieff: Sacred HymnsSolo pianoECM1980
1980The Celestial HawkLive – with orchestra conducted by Christopher KeeneECM1980
1981ConcertsLive – Solo pianoECM1982
1983Standards, Vol. 1Standards Trio with Gary Peacock & Jack DeJohnetteECM1983
1983Standards, Vol. 2Standards Trio ECM1985
1983ChangesStandards Trio ECM1984
1985SpiritsSolo on various instrumentsECM1986
1985Standards LiveLive – Standards Trio ECM1986
1986Still LiveLive – Standards Trio ECM1986
1986Book of WaysSolo clavichordECM1987
1986No EndSolo – performing on all instrumentsECM2013
1987Dark IntervalsLive – Solo pianoECM1988
1987ChangelessLive – Standards Trio ECM1989
1988Paris ConcertLive – Solo pianoECM1990
1989Standards in NorwayLive – Standards Trio ECM1995
1989TributeLive – Standards Trio ECM1990
1990The CureLive – Standards Trio ECM1991
1991Vienna ConcertLive – Solo pianoECM1992
1991Bye Bye BlackbirdStandards Trio ECM1993
1992At the Deer Head InnLive – Trio ECM1994
1992The Old Country Live – Trio ECM2024
1993Bridge of LightWith orchestra conducted by Thomas CrawfordECM1994
1994Keith Jarrett at the Blue NoteLive – Standards Trio ECM1995
1995La ScalaLive – Solo pianoECM1997
1996Tokyo '96Live – Standards Trio ECM1998
1996A Multitude of AngelsLive – Solo pianoECM2016
1998The Melody at Night, with YouSolo pianoECM1999
1998After the FallLive – Standards Trio ECM2018
1999Whisper NotLive – Standards Trio ECM2000
2000Inside OutLive – Standards Trio ECM2001
2001YesterdaysLive – Standards Trio ECM2009
2001Always Let Me GoLive – Standards Trio ECM2002
2001My Foolish HeartLive – Standards Trio ECM2007
2001The Out-of-TownersLive – Standards Trio ECM2004
2002Up for ItLive – Standards Trio ECM2003
2002RadianceLive – Solo pianoECM2005
2005The [Carnegie Hall Concert |The Carnegie Hall Concert]Live – Solo pianoECM2006
2006La FeniceLive – Solo pianoECM2018
2007JasmineDuo with Charlie HadenECM2010
2007Last DanceDuo with Charlie HadenECM2014
2008Paris / London: TestamentLive – Solo pianoECM2009
2009SomewhereLive – Standards Trio ECM2013
2011RioLive – Solo pianoECM2011
2014CreationLive – Solo piano ECM2015
2016Munich 2016Live – Solo pianoECM2019
2016Budapest ConcertLive – Solo pianoECM2020
2016Bordeaux ConcertLive – Solo pianoECM2022
2016New [Vienna |New Vienna]Live – Solo pianoECM2025

First trio + American Quartet (1967–1976)

Keith Jarrett's recording career as a leader began in 1967 with the company of Charlie Haden on double-bass and Paul Motian on drums. With the addition of Dewey Redman on tenor saxophone in 1971, the trio metamorphosed into a quartet which, according to different sources, didn't start working steadily until 1973. Much later, due to the emergence of a "European" counterpart in 1974, Jarrett's American group was called the "American Quartet".
The band's life lasted until October 1976. A few typically reliable sources, including Ian Carr's biography and Michael Cuscuna liner notes in Silence set its last recording sessions either in 1975 or 1977, which according to Neil Tesser and the detailed credits found in Mysteries: The Impulse Years 1975-1976 is not quite accurate. The full story of the American Quartet's last sessions can be found
here.
Live albums
Recording dateAlbumPersonnelLabelRelease dateVenue / Location
1967-05-04Life Between the Exit SignsFirst TrioVortex1968-04Atlantic Studios, New York City
1968-08-30, -31Somewhere BeforeFirst TrioVortex1969-05 Shelly's Manne-Hole, Hollywood, CA
1971-07-08, -09, -15, -16El Juicio First Trio + D. RedmanAtlantic1975Atlantic Studios, New York City
1971-07-15, -16BirthFirst Trio + D. RedmanAtlantic1972Atlantic Studios, New York City
1971-07-08, -09, -16,
1971-08-23		The Mourning of a StarFirst TrioAtlantic1971Atlantic Studios, New York City
1972-04-05, -06, -27ExpectationsAmerican Quartet + othersColumbia1972-10New York City
1972-06-14Hamburg '72First TrioECM2014-11 NDR Jazz Workshop, Hamburg
1973-02-24Fort YawuhAmerican Quartet + D. JohnsonImpulse!1973 Village Vanguard, New York City
1974-02-27, -28Treasure IslandAmerican Quartet + othersImpulse!1974Generation Sound Studios, New York City
1974-10-09, -10Back HandAmerican Quartet + G. FrancoImpulse!1975Generation Sound Studios, New York City
1974-10-09, -10Death and the FlowerAmerican Quartet + G. FrancoImpulse!1975Generation Sound Studios, New York City
1975-12-10, -12MysteriesAmerican Quartet + G. FrancoImpulse!1976Generation Sound Studios, New York City
1975-12-10, -12ShadesAmerican Quartet + G. FrancoImpulse!1976Generation Sound Studios, New York City
1976-04The Survivors' SuiteAmerican QuartetECM1977-01Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg
1976-05Eyes of the HeartAmerican QuartetECM1979-05 Theater am Kornmarkt, Bregenz
1976-10-14, -16ByablueAmerican QuartetImpulse!1977Generation Sound Studios, New York City
1976-10-14, -16Bop-BeAmerican QuartetImpulse!1978Generation Sound Studios, New York City

Solo piano (1971–2016)

All albums released by ECM.
In 2008, in an interview with Ted Panken, Keith Jarrett would give arguments to his tendency to record live albums:
Recording dateAlbumRelease dateNoteVenue / Location
1971-11-10Facing You1972-03Arne Bendiksen Studio, Oslo
1973-03-20Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne1973-11Live Salle de Spectacles d'Epalinges, Lausanne
1973-07-12Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne1973-11Live Kleiner Sendesaal, Bremen
1975-01-24The Köln Concert1975-11LiveKölner Oper, Cologne
1976-05Staircase1977-05Davout Studio, Paris
1976-11-05Sun Bear Concerts1978-01Live Kaikan Hall, Kyoto
1976-11-08Sun Bear Concerts1978-01Live Sankei Hall, Osaka
1976-11-12Sun Bear Concerts1978-01Live Aichi Auditorium, Nagoya
1976-11-14Sun Bear Concerts1978-01Live Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo
1976-11-18Sun Bear Concerts1978-01Live Hokkaido Kosei Nenkin Hall, Sapporo
1979-11 The Moth and the Flame1981-05Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg
1980-03G.I. Gurdjieff: Sacred Hymns1980-09Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg
1981-05-28Concerts1982-09Live Festspielhaus, Bregenz
1981-06-02Concerts1982-09Live Herkulessaal der Residenz, Munich
1987-04-11Dark Intervals1988-10LiveSuntory Hall, Tokyo
1988-10-17Paris Concert1990-04LiveSalle Pleyel, Paris
1991-07-13Vienna Concert1992-09LiveWiener Staatsoper, Vienna
1995-02-13La Scala1997-05LiveTeatro alla Scala, Milano
1996-10-23A Multitude of Angels2016-11Live Teatro Comunale, Modena
1996-10-25A Multitude of Angels2016-11Live Teatro Comunale, Ferrara
1996-10-28A Multitude of Angels2016-11Live Teatro Regio, Torino
1996-10-30A Multitude of Angels2016-11Live Teatro Carlo Felice, Genova
1998The Melody at Night, with You1999-10Cavelight Studio, New Jersey
2002-10-27Radiance2005-05Live Osaka Festival Hall, Osaka
2002-10-30Radiance2005-05Live Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo
2005-09-26The Carnegie Hall Concert2006-09Live Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, New York City
2006-07-19La Fenice2018-10Live Gran Teatro La Fenice, Venezia
2008-11-26Paris / London: Testament2009-10Live Salle Pleyel, Paris
2008-12-01Paris / London: Testament2009-10Live Royal Festival Hall, London
2011-04-09Rio2011-11Live Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro
2014-04,
2014-05,
2014-06,
2014-07		Creation2015-05LiveTokyo, Toronto, Paris and Rome
2016-07-03Budapest Concert2020-10Live Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest
2016-07-06Bordeaux Concert2020-10Live Auditorium de l'Opéra National de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
2016-07-16Munich 20162019-11Live Philharmonie am Gasteig, Munich

European Quartet (1974–1979)

The band featuring Jan Garbarek, Palle Danielsson and Jon Christensen was known as Keith Jarrett's "European" or "Scandinavian" Quartet or even the "Belonging Band" after their debut album Belonging
All albums released by ECM Records.
Recording dateAlbumRelease dateNotesVenue / Location
1974-04-24, -25Belonging1974-10Arne Bendiksen Studios, Oslo
1977-11My Song1978-06Talent Studios, Oslo
1979-04-16Sleeper2012-07Live Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo
1979-04Personal Mountains1989-05Livedifferent dates and venues in Tokyo
1979-05Nude Ants1980-05Live different dates at the Village Vanguard, New York City

Standards Trio: Jarrett / Peacock / DeJohnette (1983–2014)

Jarrett's so-called "Standards Trio", consisting of Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette, first performed together on Peacock's 1977 album Tales of Another, then re-grouped with Jarrett as the leader in January 1983. The trio performed their last concert in November 2014. All their albums were released by ECM Records.
All albums recorded live in concert except as indicated
Recording dateAlbumRelease dateVenue / Location
1983-01-11, -12Standards, Vol. 11983 Power Station Studios, New York City
1983-01-11, -12Changes1984-09 Power Station Studios, New York City
1983-01-11, -12Standards, Vol. 21985-04 Power Station Studios, New York City
1985-07-02Standards Live1986-01Palais des Congrès, Studios de la Grande Armée, Paris
1986-07-13Still Live1988-03Philharmonic Hall, Munich
1987-10-09, -11, -12, -14Changeless1989-10Different tracks recorded in Lexington, Dallas, Houston and Denver
1989-10-07Standards in Norway1995-04Konserthuset, Oslo
1989-10-15Tribute1990-10Kölner Philharmonie, Cologne
1990-04-21The Cure1991-10The Town Hall, New York City
1991-10-12Bye Bye Blackbird1993-04 Power Station Studios, New York City
1994-06-03, -04, -05Keith Jarrett at the Blue Note1995-10Blue Note Jazz Club, New York City
1996-03-30Tokyo '961998-04Orchard Hall, Tokyo
1998-11-14After the Fall2018-03New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark
1999-07-05Whisper Not2000-10Palais des Congrès, Paris
2000-07-26, -28Inside Out2001-10Royal Festival Hall at the Southbank Centre, London
2001-04-24, -30Yesterdays2009-01Metropolitan Festival Hall and Orchard Hall, Tokyo
2001-04Always Let Me Go2002-10Different dates at Metropolitan Festival Hall and Orchard Hall, Tokyo
2001-07-22My Foolish Heart2007-10Montreux Jazz Festival, Stravinski Auditorium, Montreux
2001-07-28The Out-of-Towners2004-08Bavarian State Opera, Munich
2002-07-16Up for It2003-05Juan-les-Pins
2009-07-11Somewhere2013-05KKL Luzern Concert Hall, Lucerne

Orchestral works

Original works composed, arranged and orchestrated by Keith Jarrett. Some of them involve improvisation and Jarrett does not play in some of them.
Recording dateAlbumLabelRelease dateNotesVenue / Location
1973-02In the LightECM1974-04+ Willi Freivogel, Ralph Towner,
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by M. Gutesha		Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg
1974-04-29, -30LuminessenceECM1975-03+ Jan Garbarek,
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by M. Gutesha		Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg
1975-10Arbour ZenaECM1976-05+ Jan Garbarek, Charlie Haden,
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by M. Gutesha		Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg
1977-06RitualECM1982-02Dennis Russell Davies – solo pianoTonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg
1980-03-22The Celestial Hawk ECM1980-11+ Syracuse Symphony Orchestra conducted by Christopher KeeneCarnegie Hall, New York City
1993-03Bridge of LightECM1994-04+ Fairfield Orchestra conducted by Thomas CrawfordState University of New York, Purchase
1997-08-29Whale Spirit RisingChandos1999I Musici de Montréal
"Elegy for Violin and String Orchestra" composed by Jarrett		La Prairie, Quebec

Miscellaneous works

Recording dateAlbumSettingLabelRelease date
1968-03-12Restoration RuinSolo on multiple instruments + string quartetVortex1968
1971-05Ruta and DaityaDuet with Jack DeJohnette recorded at Sunset Studios, Los Angeles, CAECM1973
1976-09Hymns/SpheresSolo organ improvisations at Ottobeuren Benedictine Abbey ECM1976-11
1980-10InvocationsSolo organ + soprano saxophone improvisations at Ottobeuren Abbey ECM1981-05
1985-05 –
1985-06		SpiritsSolo on multiple instruments ECM1986-09
1986-07Book of WaysSolo clavichord improvisationsECM1987-09
1986No EndSolo on multiple instruments ECM2013-11

Plays "classical" music

Video

Compilations

As sideman

With [The Jazz Messengers]