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Death and the Flower
Jazz · 1975 · 3 tracks

Death and the Flower

Keith Jarrett

A masterwork of the American Quartet. Twenty-two minutes of spiritual jazz that begins in a forest of bells and flutes before blooming into a high-stakes piano suite.

1975 · MCA Records

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A profound, organic meditation on life and mortality that balances fragility with intense collective fire.

Tracklist · 3 Tracks
01
Death and the Flower
22:45
02
Prayer
10:08
03
Great Bird
8:41
Moments Worth Listening For
the first six minutes of the title track where the piano is absent in favor of a delicate web of bells and wood flute
charlie haden's bass entry on the title track which pulses with the organic weight of a slow heartbeat
the transition from atmospheric group meditation into the intense post-bop fire of the album's second half
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Death and the Flower sound next to the rest of Keith Jarrett's catalogue?

Death Mortality+4.0σ

The writing leans far further into death mortality than the rest of the catalogue.

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