# CD review: Keith Jarrett – Book of Ways – The 2 – CD 1986 – 2023: Video, CD cover

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2023/03/10/cd-review-keith-jarrett-book-of-ways-the-2-cd-1986-2023-video-cd-cover/
- Published: 2023-03-10T00:04:57+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**Book of Ways was recorded on the 14th of July 1986 in Ludwigsburg. Rather amazing
is the great variety of sound and rhythm – Keith Jarrett played alternately one 
or two instruments simultaneously.**

Beyond unmistakeable echoes of lute music and Japanese koto, the whole range of 
modes of expression the clavichord is capable of is being fathomed out. All this
has been supported by studio techniques, which recorded the sound of the instrument
with rarely heard intensity.

“To my knowledge, this recording is unique in several ways,” Jarrett noted in 2002
about Book of Ways. “We had three clavichords in the studio, two of which were angled
together so that I could play them both simultaneously, and the third off to the
side. Also we miked the instruments very closely so that the full range of dynamics
could be used (clavichords are very quiet and cannot be heard more than a few feet
away). The two CDs were made on an off day between concerts with my Trio, and no
material was organized beforehand. Everything was spontaneous. The recording was
done in four hours.”

The reissue 2-CD comes in a new packaging with high quality paper sleeves and gold
embossed lettering.

![Book Of Ways - ECM Records](https://i0.wp.com/ecm-server.de/audio/06025775/0602577514807/
Cover_1000.webp?w=640&ssl=1)

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