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At the Deer Head Inn is a live album by American pianist Keith Jarrett with Gary Peacock and Paul Motian recorded in concert in September 1992 in Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania at the Deer Head Inn and released by ECM Records in 1994.[1] The album was recorded at a venue where Jarrett performed very early in his career and was the first to feature Motian since Bop-Be in 1976.

At the Deer Head Inn
Live album by Keith Jarrett
Released	1994, April [1]
Recorded	1992, September 16
Venue	Deer Head Inn, Delaware Water Gap, PA (USA)
Genre	Jazz
Length	66:27
Label	ECM Records [ECM 1531]
Producer	Bill Goodwin
Keith Jarrett chronology
Bye Bye Blackbird (1991) At the Deer Head Inn (1994) Bridge of Light (1993)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and states: "The inventive interpretations give listeners plenty of surprises and variety, making this a very enjoyable outing".[2]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz wrote: "Motian brings a lighter and more flowing pulse to the music than DeJohnette... 'Bye Bye Blackbird'... glides along without wires or other obvious support for more than ten minutes, a beautiful airborne performance... As so often, Peacock is more forceful and less complex out of the studio... It seems unlikely that Jarrett will ever need to go back to bar-room gigs, but here he's demonstrated his ability to work a small audience with powerful, unpretentious jazz."[3]

Track listing

1. "Solar" (Miles Davis) - 11:21
2. "Basin Street Blues" (Spencer Williams) - 9:09
3. "Chandra" (Jaki Byard) - 9:21
4. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) - 12:55
5. "You and the Night and the Music" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 5:41
6. "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson) - 10:13
7. "It's Easy to Remember" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 7:47

Personnel

• Keith Jarrett – Piano
• Gary Peacock - Double bass
• Paul Motian - Drums

Technical Personnel

• Kent Heckman - Recording Engineer
• David W. Coulter - Photo
• Barbara Wojirsch - Cover Design
• Bill Goodwin - Production

References

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