A Multitude Of Angels

A Multitude of Angels is a 4-CD set of recordings from a series of solo concerts in Italy in October 1996, documenting the conclusion of Keith Jarrett's experiments with long-form improvisation in performances from Modena, Ferrara, Turin, and Genoa. These discs fit into the chronology of Keith Jarrett's many live solo recordings after 1995's 'La Scala'. A Multitude of Angels marks the end of the first period of the solo concerts, documented on ECM recordings from the 'Bremen-Lausanne' set to 'Sun Bear Concerts', an era in which Jarrett's spontaneously developmental, free-flowing music could lead the receptive improviser to many different places. "These were the last concerts I played having no breaks within each set," Jarrett explains in his liner notes. The music is characteristically far-reaching: "Jazz is ever present here, alongside my deep closeness with classical music (modern and ancient, Ives and Bach, etc, etc.)" Besides a booklet, the box also includes a comprehsive discography of all Jarrett's many recordings.