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.
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…read more.
Album Data
Released: July 2012
Recorded: April 16th, 1979
Record Label: ECM Records
Location Recorded: Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo, Japan
Producer: Manfred Eicher
Album Length: 1 hr / 46 min / 53 sec
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