The recorded output from this venerable trio is so voluminous that I was frankly surprised to see another chapter added. But the Jarrett (piano)/Peacock (bass)/DeJohnette (drums) trio never gets old to these ears. They glide through an array of standards — “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes,” “Stella By Starlight,” “You’ve Changed” and six others — with a sprightly kick on the uptempo numbers and lovely introspection on the ballads. The threesome doesn’t attempt anything to daring — they stick to the pretty notes — but collectively they plumb plenty of mood and emotion from each number. The disc was recorded at a concert in Tokyo in 2001. (ECM)
This article appears in Jan 14-20, 2009.