Fort Yawuh

Fort Yawuh is the first album released on the Impulse Records label by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett. Originally released in 1973, it features a live performance recorded at the Village Vanguard on February 24, 1973, by Jarrett, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian, and Danny Johnson.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Qa'id Jacobs awarded the album 4 stars stating "Fans of Jarrett's avant-garde liberalism will find "De Drums" to be the track most unlike the other four selections on this album. "Still Life, Still Life" is more like a ballad in that it's very slow, but it still maintains the structural freedom featured in the "Fort Yawuh," "(If the) Mysfits (Wear It)," and "Roads Traveled, Roads Veiled."".^[1]

Track listing

1. "(If the) Misfits (Wear It)" - 13:15
2. "Fort Yawuh" - 18:22
3. "De Drums" - 12:10
4. "Still Life, Still Life" - 8:38
5. "Roads Traveled, Roads Veiled" - 20:36 bonus track not on original LP

All compositions by Keith Jarrett

• Recorded at the Village Vanguard on February 24, 1973

Personnel

• Keith Jarrett - piano, soprano saxophone, tambourine
• Dewey Redman - tenor saxophone, musette, maracas
• Charlie Haden - bass
• Paul Motian - drums, percussion
• Danny Johnson - percussion

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