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Nude Ants is a live album by American pianist Keith Jarrett recorded at the Village Vanguard in New York City in May 1979 and released on ECM a year later. The quartet—Jarrett's "European Quartet"—features saxophonist Jan Garbarek and rhythm section Palle Danielsson and Jon Christensen.
The track becomes bogged down into an undisciplined morass of flailing piano, over-pitched saxophone and turgid rhythm. Innocence is an example of the beauty and excitement Jarrett can produce, helped perhaps by the more concise nature of the piece. Garbarek conducts what is virtually a duet with Jarrett to produce what is his best ...
Garbarek shines in “Oasis,” his reed shawm-like and opaque, as he wrenches out some of his most ecstatic high notes on record. Out of this measured catharsis Jarrett waters his colors in a solo tour de force.
Nude Ants. Here’s Jarrett’s European Quartet in full-flight with Garbarek imperious on the title-track. Jarrett’s biographer, the late Ian Carr, said the recordings of this ensemble ranked with the finest in jazz and this album gives you no reason to doubt him. Elegant, yet raw. Subtle, yet explicit.
Music Reviews: Nude Ants (with Jan Garbarek, Jon Christensen, and Palle Danielsson) by Keith Jarrett released in 1980.
Garbarek gained wider recognition through his work with pianist Keith Jarrett's European Quartet which released the albums Belonging (1974), My Song (1977), and the live recordings Personal Mountains (1979), and Nude Ants (1979).
Listen to Nude Ants (with Jan Garbarek, Jon Christensen & Palle Danielsson) by Keith Jarrett on Apple Music. Stream songs including "Chant of the Soil", "Innocence" and more.
