Restoration Ruin

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Restoration Ruin
Studio album by
Keith Jarrett
Released1968[1]
RecordedMarch 12, 1968[2]
StudioAtlantic, New York City, US
GenreFolk rock
Length29:33
LabelVortex Records
ProducerGeorge Avakian
Keith Jarrett chronology
Life Between the Exit Signs
(1968) 		Restoration Ruin
(1968) 		Somewhere Before
(1969)

Restoration Ruin is an album by

recorder, bass guitar, drums, tambourine and sistrum), and sings his own lyrics. Recorded and released on the Atlantic Records subsidiary Vortex in 1968,[3] the album remains unique in Jarrett's catalogue, displaying a sound largely influenced by folk and progressive rock. It can be seen as the first part of an experimental period which explored neither traditional jazz nor classical music. Here Jarrett overdubs himself on various instruments, similar to the tribal Spirits (1985) or especially the free funk No End (2013, recorded in 1986). "Sioux City Sue New" was released as a 45 rpm single, backed with "You're Fortunate."[4] In 1999, Collectables Records reissued the album paired with the Art Ensemble of Chicago's Bap-Tizum.[5]

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In his quite enthusiastic Jarrett's biography Ian Carr states that:

As a bit of juvenilia, this is an impressive achievement in terms of instrumental competence, but as art it is disastrous. Although Jarrett has perfect pitch, he could not at this point sing very well at all and the lyrics -written by him- are often ludicrously banal. George Avakian, the producer of this album, says that it was Jarrett's idea, not his, and comments: 'I was so embarrassed about it and that's one of the reasons Nesuhi [Ertegun] didn't want to keep Keith -because he hated that album.'[9]

The

Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings commented: "The pieces are all very short, sometimes almost perfunctory, but there is no mistaking Jarrett's gifts and, as an exercise in instrumental eclecticism, it is a much more appealing and convincing performance than the later Spirits."[10]

Track listing

All compositions by Keith Jarrett
  1. "Restoration Ruin" – 2:20
  2. "All Right" – 2:47
  3. "For You and Me" – 2:40
  4. "Have a Real Time" – 2:51
  5. "Sioux City Sue New" – 2:50
  6. "You're Fortunate" – 2:21
  7. "Fire and Rain" – 2:50
  8. "Now He Knows Better" – 2:58
  9. "Wonders" – 4:02
  10. "Where Are You Going?" – 3:53

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Discogs Keith Jarrett: Restoration Ruin accessed June 2020
  2. ^ Keith Jarrett discography Restoration Ruin accessed June 2020
  3. ^ Keith Jarrett discography accessed April 5, 2010
  4. ^ 45cat
  5. ^ Unterberger, Richie. "Keith Jarrett/The Art Ensemble of Chicago: Restoration Ruin/Bap-Tizum". AllMusic. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  6. ^ a b Unterberger, R. Allmusic Review accessed April 5, 2010
  7. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0
    .
  8. ISBN 9780857125958
    . Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  9. ISBN 9780306804786
    p. 44-45.
  10. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2006). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin Books. p. 696.
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