Keith Jarrett

I put "At The Blue Note" in the title but it didn't show up. That's the box set I'm referring to.

Live At The BlueNote on ECM is my favorite Keith Jarrett cds (box). It is one of the best sounding live recordings in my colloction.However, it is the music that keeps me going back to thiese discs time and time again.
Some standouts to check out.
Disc 3 Autumn Leaves and You Don't Know What Love Is
Disc 4 I Fall in Love to Easily/The Fire Within(a personal fave)
Disc 5 On Green Dolphin Street
Disc 6 Desert Sun
I think I am going to put it on now....

Regards,

If you have a turntable, check out his "Standards" string of releases playing with Jack DeJohnette on drums and Gary Peacock on bass. All the releases features very tasty playing and are well recorded. I was pleasantly surprised how excellent their work on all these jazz standards were after being familiar with only his early solo and "progressive" works. In short, an overlooked and underappreciated group in this classic jazz configuration. They're worth your attention. (My favorite is their live recording record.)

Check out some of the earlier recordings with the "European Quartet", in particular "personal mountains" and "my song". Mostly original compositions that I prefer of the "standards" recorded with the "American Trio".

Live at the Blue Note is astonishing in every way. I tend to prefer the trio on the slower tempo songs--My Romance, In the Wee Small Hours, Skylark, etc... Skylark in particular is the KJ at his very best. Anyway, I can't think of a 6 cd set with as many superb songs.

As for the recording quality, you may know that KJ teamed up early on with ECM and Manfred Eicher, and it's a match made in heaven. The flavor of individual recordings can differ slightly, but they're all full and rich. I would also highly recommend the KJ Trio Live DVDs--three of them to date, dating from the 80s and 90s.