Home → Keith Jarrett → Ritual
Ritual
Classical · 2014 · 2 tracks · 32m

Ritual

Keith Jarrett

A rare composed work by a jazz giant. Thirty minutes of austere, mournful piano that trades improvisational fire for structural patience and classical grace.

Find on Amazon

It's Keith Jarrett's brain but someone else's hands, and it's much colder than you'd expect.

A disciplined, architectural stillness that feels like a cold room slowly warming in the sun.

Tracklist · 2 Tracks · 32m
01
Ritual
18:46
02
Ritual
13:28
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition into the second half where the mournful opening gives way to a more rhythmic, pulsing ostinato
The way the pianist holds the final notes of the first movement, letting the decay of the strings become the melody
Moments of sudden, crystalline clarity where the repetitive left-hand pattern creates a hypnotic bed for the right hand's sparse lyricism

Cassette uses generative AI to enrich its catalog. How we use AI →