# Personal Mountains

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Personal Mountains
| type         = live
| artist       = [Keith Jarrett](/source/Keith_Jarrett)
| cover        = Personal Mountains.jpg
| border       = yes
| alt          = 
| released     = May 1989<ref name="ECM_Personal Mountains">ECM Records [https://www.ecmrecords.com/catalogue/143038751291 Keith Jarrett: Personal Mountains] accessed June 2020</ref>
| recorded     = April 1979
| venue        = Tokyo, Japan
| studio       = 
| genre        = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)
| length       = 61:22
| label        = [ECM](/source/ECM_Records)<br>ECM 1382
| producer     = [Manfred Eicher](/source/Manfred_Eicher)
| prev_title   = [Dark Intervals](/source/Dark_Intervals)
| prev_year    = 1988
| next_title   = [Changeless](/source/Changeless_(album))
| next_year    = 1989
| misc         = {{Extra chronology
 | artist     = Keith Jarrett European Quartet
 | type       = live
 | prev_title = [Nude Ants](/source/Nude_Ants)
 | prev_year  = 1980
 | title      = <!-- current --> Personal Mountains
 | year       = <!-- current --> 1989
 | next_title = [Sleeper](/source/Sleeper_(Keith_Jarrett_album))
 | next_year  = 2012
}}
}}
'''''Personal Mountains''''' is a live album by American jazz pianist [Keith Jarrett](/source/Keith_Jarrett) recorded in Tokyo during his April 1979 tour in Japan, and released by [ECM](/source/ECM_Records) ten years later, in 1989.  The quartet—Jarrett's "European Quartet"—features saxophonist [Jan Garbarek](/source/Jan_Garbarek) and rhythm section [Palle Danielsson](/source/Palle_Danielsson) and [Jon Christensen](/source/Jon_Christensen_(musician)).<ref name="ECM_Personal Mountains" />

== April 1979 Tour in Japan ==
'''''Personal Mountains''''' contains tracks from different concerts performed in Tokyo during Jarrett's tour with his "European Quartet" in April 1979. The tour also produced [''Sleeper''](/source/Sleeper_(Keith_Jarrett_album)) (1989).<ref name="Keith Jarrett 1979 live concerts">[https://www.keithjarrett.org/past-concerts/#1979 Keith Jarrett 1979 live concerts] accessed January 2021</ref>

* '''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''' – ''[Sleeper](/source/Sleeper_(Keith_Jarrett_album))'' (1989)
* '''17 – Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo'''
* 18 – Hokkaido Kosei Nenkin Hall, Sapporo
* 20 – Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama
* 21 – Prefectural Culture Center, Ibaraki

==Reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = ''[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)''
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
| rev2 = ''[The Penguin Guide to Jazz](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz)''
| rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book|last1=Cook|first1=Richard|authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist)|last2=Morton|first2=Brian|authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer)|year=2008|title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|edition=9th|publisher=[Penguin](/source/Penguin_Books)|page=769|isbn=978-0-141-03401-0}}</ref>
| rev8 = [Tom Hull](/source/Tom_Hull_(critic))
| rev8Score = B+ ({{Rating-Christgau|hm2}})<ref name="Hull">{{cite web|last=Hull|first=Tom|authorlink=Tom Hull (critic)|date=28 February 2018|url=http://www.tomhull.com/ocston/blog/archives/2608-Streamnotes-February-2018.html|title=Streamnotes|website=Tom Hull – on the Web|accessdate=9 July 2020}}</ref>
}}The [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "Clearly this is one of the peaks of the European quartet's discography."<ref name="Allmusic">Ginell, R. [http://allmusic.com/album/personal-mountains-r141482/review Allmusic Review] accessed September 12, 2011</ref>

==Track listing==
:''All compositions by Keith Jarrett.''

# "Personal Mountains" – 16:02
# "Prism" – 11:15
# "Oasis" – 18:03
# "Innocence" – 7:16
# "Late Night Willie" – 8:46

== Personnel ==

=== European Quartet ===
* Keith Jarrett – piano, percussion
* [Jan Garbarek](/source/Jan_Garbarek) – tenor and soprano saxophones
* [Palle Danielsson](/source/Palle_Danielsson) – double-bass
* [Jon Christensen](/source/Jon_Christensen_(musician)) – drums

=== Technical personnel ===
* [Manfred Eicher](/source/Manfred_Eicher) – producer
* [Jan Erik Kongshaug](/source/Jan_Erik_Kongshaug) – recording engineer
* [Barbara Wojirsch](/source/Barbara_Wojirsch) – layout
* Rose Anne Colavito – drawing

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Keith Jarrett}}
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Category:Jan Garbarek live albums
Category:Keith Jarrett live albums
Category:1989 live albums
Category:ECM Records live albums
Category:Albums produced by Manfred Eicher

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