Radiance (album)

Radiance
Live album by
ReleasedMay 2005[1]
RecordedOctober 27 and 30, 2002[2]
VenueFestival Hall, Osaka (Japan)
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Main Hall), Tokyo (Japan)
Length2:19:36
LabelECM
ECM 1960/61
Keith Jarrett chronology
The Out-of-Towners
(2004)
Radiance
(2005)
The Carnegie Hall Concert
(2006)
Keith Jarrett solo piano chronology
The Melody at Night, with You
(1999)
Radiance
(2005)
The Carnegie Hall Concert
(2006)

Radiance is a double-album by American pianist Keith Jarrett recorded in October 2002 in Japan at two different concerts—Osaka (October 27) and Tokyo (October 30)—and released by ECM in May 2005.[1] In April 2006, a video recording of the live performance at Tokyo concert was released as Tokyo Solo.[3]

After dismissing the idea of performing lengthy improvised solos (see A Multitude of Angels), Radiance marked a new beginning in Jarrett's approach to solo piano concerts and this would be assessed in future solo recordings. According to keithjarrett.org, the documented 2002 Osaka and Tokyo concerts were only his third and fourth solo performances since temporarily retiring due to chronic fatigue syndrome; the other two had taken place in Tokyo in September 1999.[4]

  1. ^ a b ECM Records Keith Jarrett: Radiance accessed May 2020
  2. ^ Keith Jarrett discography Keith Jarrett discography, accessed May 2020
  3. ^ "Tokyo Solo". ECM. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  4. ^ keithjarrett.org Keith Jarrett past concerts 2002 accessed May 2020