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I'm not really fond of solo jazz works but this one is pretty damn good and even though I've only rated it a 3.5/5 I do consider it a classic for solo piano jazz. Most of the time I'm left breathless listening to this while other times I just want to skip to a better part of the track, but I never do. I have to be in a certain mood to listen to a record like this one and for the most part it just ends up being background music for me, which isn't really a bad thing. I prefer jazz that I can listen to in my car and when I can do that then, to me, it's awesome!
I do like the fact that Keith isn't really trying to play anything typical in this, as far as jazz goes. It's live improv all the way and I hope none of the notes were written down. When I listen to this I think of Charles Mingus right away and I imagen he might have played something similar if he had been more of a piano player in his career. Even though it's not a perfect album to me it is a great example of jazz turned into modern classical music...and sometimes all at once.
