Tokyo '96

Tokyo '96 is a live album by American pianist Keith Jarrett's "Standards Trio" featuring Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette recorded in concert in March, 1996 at the Bunkamura Orchard Hall in Shibuya, Tokyo (Japan) and released on the ECM label in 1998.[1] Filmed footage of the concert was originally released as Trio Concert 1996 (by Image Entertainment in VHS and DVD formats).

Tokyo '96
Live album by Keith Jarrett
Released	1998, April [1]
Recorded	1996, March 30
Venue	Bunkamura Orchard Hall, Tokyo (Japan)
Genre	Jazz
Length	78:59
Label	ECM [ECM 1666]
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Keith Jarrett chronology
La Scala (1995) Tokyo '96 (1998) A Multitude of Angels (1996)
Jarrett / Peacock / DeJohnette chronology
Keith Jarrett at the Blue Note (1994) Tokyo '96 (1996) After the Fall (1998)

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Standards Trio in 2008, ECM Records acquired rights to the filmed performance and released a double-DVD set called Live In Japan 93/96, which featured Trio Concert 1996 and another Trio film, Live at Open Theater East.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4½ stars and states, "the standards trio lives up to its formidable track record of consistency and then some. Jarrett and perennial cohorts Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette are, if anything, even sharper, swinging harder and more attuned to each other than ever".[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]

Track listing

1. "It Could Happen to You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 11:38
2. "Never Let Me Go" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) - 7:02
3. "Billie's Bounce" (Charlie Parker) - 8:07
4. "Summer Night" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) - 7:37
5. "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) - 10:20
6. "Mona Lisa" (Evans, Livingston) - 3:16
7. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) - 7:58
8. "Last Night When We Were Young/Caribbean Sky" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg/Keith Jarrett) - 9:55
9. "John's Abbey" (Bud Powell) - 5:50
10. "My Funny Valentine/Song" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers/Jarrett) - 7:16

Personnel

• Keith Jarrett – piano
• Gary Peacock - bass
• Jack DeJohnette - drums

Technical personnel

• Toshio Yamanaka - Recording Engineer
• Kuni Shinuhara - Photography
• Michael Hofstetter - Cover Design
• Manfred Eicher - Production

References

1. ECM Records Jarrett / Peacock / DeJohnette: Tokyo '96, accessed May 2020
2. Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review. Retrieved March 31, 2010.
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 772. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.