Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Meaning Of The Blues Bobby Troup/Lea Worth
2. All The Things You Are Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein
3. It Never Entered My Mind Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart
4. The Masquerade Is Over Allie Wrubel/Herbert Magidson
5. God Bless The Child Arthur Herzog/Billie Holiday

Disc 2:

1. So Tender Keith Jarrett
2. Moon And Sand Alec Wilder/William Engvick/Mortimer Palitz
3. In Love In Vain Jerome Kern/Leo Robin
4. Never Let Me Go Raymond Evans / Jay Livingston
5. If I Should Lose You Ralph Rainger/Leo Robin
6. I Fall In Love Too Easily Sammy Cahn/Julie Styne

Disc 3:

1. Flying Part 1 Keith Jarrett
2. Flying Part 2 Keith Jarrett
3. Prism Keith Jarrett

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #54392 in Music
• Released on: 2008-01-22
• Number of discs: 3
• Format: Box set

Album Description
Setting Standards brings together three classic recordings; Standards Vol. 1, Standards Vol. 2 and Changes. Music brought to life in a sustained burst of creativity in 1983 at New York's Power Station. Presented now for the first time in a specially priced 3-CD box set. Having wrapped up two volumes of standards, the trio then moved on to improvisational areas resulting in the album, Changes. Three top flight albums recorded in one day! Not only that, the musicians had mapped out the area - from the Great American Songbook to free play - that they would continue to explore for the next quarter-century, making them perhaps the most widely-admired jazz group in the world today. This re-release celebrates 25 years of the "Standards Trio" It includes historical session photos by Deborah Feingold and updated liner notes by Peter Rüedi.

Boston Globe
"There really is no debating the identity of the greatest piano trio in the history of jazz"

Customer Reviews

Come on!
The claim from the first reviewer of this product that this release is all about money is frankly ridiculous. Anyone who already has the original CDs or even LPs--and I imagine that the sales were fairly low compared to more recent releases--can hang onto them, and all the fans who haven't heard the astonishing beginning of this sublime trio should absolutely get their hands on this newly packaged edition.

A Classic Package
Since the very first time I listened Keith Jarrett's Trio, with the amazing 'The Cure' I haven't been able to stop. This package contains 3 of their fundamental albums and to have them is a must.
Who may refuse to be touched for the delicate and deep melody of 'Meaning of the Blues'?. Try, at least once.

A Marvel to Behold
Not only did ECM recently release a new album by Jarrett, Peacock, and DeJohnette (My Foolish Heart), but also they have released a remastered three-CD set comprising the first three releases from the "standards" trio, all of which were recorded at the Power Station in New York back in January 1983: Standards, Vol. 1; Standards, Vol. 2, and Changes. Many jazz lovers doubtless already own these albums on LP or CD, but for those who do not, here is the chance to immerse themselves in some of the finest piano trio recordings ever released.

Eschewing the tightrope act of his solo concerts, Jarrett put together a trio to play standards in an improvisational style. Somehow, these three musicians really clicked musically, and were able to record these three fine albums in their first studio sessions together. The first two releases, as you might guess from their titles, consist almost entirely of standards, while Changes contains three compositions by Jarrett that are a bit more freewheeling in style but still quite enjoyable and easy to get caught up in.

Truly, these three musicians are masters of their instruments; moreover, working together they achieve a level of creative musical energy that is a marvel to behold. Twenty-five years have passed since they first came together to record their perspective on venerable jazz standards such as "The Meaning of the Blues," "All the Things You Are," "God Bless the Child," and "I Fall in Love Too Easily," plus some originals by Jarrett, and these performances still sound every bit as fresh, powerful, and persuasive as they did when they were first released.

Between the recent release titled My Foolish Heart and Setting Standards, over the past few months I have had five Keith Jarrett CDs full of amazing music that has brought many, many smiles to my face and made my fingers quiver as I found myself playing air piano, air bass, and air drums while listening to these three amazing gentlemen ply their craft and magnify their art. If you have any young acquaintances or old friends that you would like to introduce to the glories of jazz, either or both of these releases would make a perfect gift.