Mysteries is an album by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett recorded in two sessions in December 1975. Originally released by Impulse! in 1976, it features performances by Jarrett's 'American Quartet' of saxophonist Dewey Redman, bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Paul Motian, along with percussionist Guilherme Franco. These December, 1975 sessions also produced the album Shades.
The album was included in the 1996 four disc Mysteries: The Impulse Years 1975-1976, a box-set which also included Shades and Jarrett's two final albums for Impulse!, Byablue and Bop-Be.
In October 2011 Shades was reissued with Mysteries in a single disc format titled Mysteries / Shades, as part of the Impulse! 2-on-1 series.
Background: American Quartet's last sessions (Dec. 1975-Oct. 1976) From Neil Tesser's extensive liner notes to the compilation album Mysteries: The Impulse Years 1975-1976:
Reception The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album four stars out of five, but at the same time said:
On the positive camp, writing for jazz.com Ted Gioia gave the track "Everything that Lives Laments" a rating of 95/100 and praised it:Gioia, Ted The Dozens: Essential Keith Jarrett by Ted Gioia at Jazz.com accessed September 2020
Track listing All compositions by Keith Jarrett. "Rotation" – 11:03 "Everything that Lives Laments" – 10:04 "Flame" – 6:10 "Mysteries" – 15:22
Personnel Keith Jarrett – piano, Pakistani flute, wood drums, percussion Dewey Redman – tenor saxophone, maracas, tambourine, Chinese musette, percussion Charlie Haden – bass Paul Motian – drums, percussion Guilherme Franco – percussion
Production Esmond Edwards – producer Tony May – recording engineer Tom Wilkes – art director Kendun Recorders – mixing and mastering Keith Jarrett – cover photograph
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