Ruta and Daitya

Ruta and Daitya is a studio album recorded by Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette in 1971 and released by ECM Records in 1973.[1] Featuring seven duet pieces, it is one of Jarrett's rare performances on electric keyboards.

Ruta and Daitya
Studio album by
Keith Jarrett & Jack DeJohnette
Released1973
RecordedMay 1971[1]
StudioSunset Studios, Los Angeles (USA)
GenreJazz
Length47:37
LabelECM Records
[ECM 1021]
ProducerManfred Eicher
Keith Jarrett chronology
Expectations
(1972)		 Ruta and Daitya
(1973)		 Fort Yawuh
(1973)
Jack DeJohnette chronology
Take Off Your Body
(1972)		 Ruta and Daitya
(1973)		 Life Is Round
(1973)
Alternative Cover

Production

In his biography Keith Jarrett: The Man And His Music, Ian Carr states that "early in 1971, when the Miles Davis group was doing a few days at Shelly's Manne Hole in Los Angeles, a friend from the Sunset Studios there offered Jarrett and DeJohnette some free studio time to record as a duo. They took drums and percussion and the electric piano and organ from the club and made a tape (..)" and that after the Facing You recording session Jarrett gave Manfred Eicher the tapes of the duo recording to be mixed and produce the album.[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 3 stars, stating, "this is a valuable, underrated transition album that provides perhaps the last glimpse of the electric Keith Jarrett as he embarked on his notorious (and ultimately triumphant) anti-electric crusade".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[5]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[6]
Tom HullB+ ((2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention))[7]

Track listing
All compositions by Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette except as indicated
  1. "Overture/Communion" - 6:00
  2. "Ruta and Daitya" - 11:14
  3. "All We Got" - 2:00
  4. "Sounds of Peru/Submergence/Awakening" - 6:31
  5. "Algeria" - 5:47
  6. "You Know, You Know" (Jarrett) - 7:44
  7. "Pastel Morning" (Jarrett) - 2:04

Personnel

Production

  • Manfred Eicher - producer
  • Kurt Rapp - engineer (mixing)
  • Martin Wieland - engineer (mixing)
  • Barbara Wojirsch - cover design and layout

References
  1. "Ruta and Daitya". ECM Records. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  2. Carr, Ian. Keith Jarrett: The Man and His Music (New York: Da Capo, 1992), ISBN 9780306804786 p.56, 61.
  3. "Keith Jarrett: Ruta and Daitya". allmusic.com.
  4. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 771. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 60. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  7. Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
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