Sleeper (Keith Jarrett album)

Sleeper
Live album by Keith Jarrett
Released	2012, July
Recorded	1979, April 16
Venue	Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo (Japan)
Genre	Jazz
Length	1:46:53
Label	ECM Records [ECM 2290/91]
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Keith Jarrett chronology
My Song (1977) Sleeper (2012) Personal Mountains (1979)
Keith Jarrett European Quartet chronology
My Song (1977) Sleeper (1979) Personal Mountains (1979)

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Sleeper is a double album by Keith Jarrett's "European Quartet" recorded on April 16, 1979 in Tokyo. It was released on ECM Records 33 years later, in 2012, as ECM 2290/2291.

April 1979 Tour in Japan

Sleeper was recorded in Japan during a tour in which, according to www.keithjarrett.org, Jarrett's "European Quartet" performed 13 times in 20 days. Below is the list of the dates and venues:

• 2 - Kosei Nenkin Hall, Tokyo
• 4 - Civic Hall, Fukuoka
• 5 - Yubin-Chokin Hall, Hiroshima
• 6 - Kosei Nenkin Hall, Osaka
• 9 - International House, Kobe
• 10 - Kaikan Hall 1, Kyoto
• 12 - Aichi Auditorium, Nagoya
• 13 - Kosei Nenkin Hall, Tokyo
• 16 - Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo
• 17 - Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo
• 18 - Hokkaido Kosei Nenkin Hall, Sapporo
• 20 - Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama
• 21 - Prefectural Culture Center, Ibaraki

Some of the music played in Tokyo (different dates other than April 16) is collected in the album Personal Mountains

Track listing

All compositions by Keith Jarrett

CD 1

1. "Personal Mountains" - 21:12
2. "Innocence" - 10:47
3. "So Tender" - 13:27

CD 2

1. "Oasis" - 28:13
2. "Chant of the Soil" - 14:52
3. "Prism" - 11:15
4. "New Dance" - 7:07

Personnel

• Keith Jarrett - piano, percussion
• Jan Garbarek - tenor and soprano saxophones, flute, percussion
• Palle Danielsson - double bass
• Jon Christensen - drums, percussion

Technical Personnel

• Jan Erik Kongshaug - recording engineer
• Terje Mosnes - photos
• Sascha Kleis - design
• Toshinari Koinuma - concert production
• Manfred Eicher - production