| Eyes of the Heart | |
| Type: | live |
| Artist: | Keith Jarrett |
| Cover: | Eyes of the Heart Jarrett.jpg |
| Released: | 25 May 1979[1] |
| Recorded: | May 1976 |
| Venue: | Theater am Kornmarkt Bregenz, Austria |
| Genre: | Post-bop |
| Length: | 50:56 |
| Label: | ECM 1150 |
| Producer: | Manfred Eicher |
| Prev Title: | Bop-Be |
| Prev Year: | 1978 |
| Next Title: | Nude Ants |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
Eyes of The Heart is a live album by American pianist Keith Jarrett recorded at the Theater am Kornmarkt in Bregenz, Austria in May 1976 and released on ECM in 1979—the last release by Jarrett's "American Quartet", featuring saxophonist Dewey Redman and rhythm section Charlie Haden and Paul Motian.
The studio album The Survivors' Suite had been recorded one month earlier.
Although recorded the same year before Byablue (released in 1977) and Bop-Be (released in 1978), Eyes of The Heart was the last album released to feature Jarrett's American quartet.
As part of the public farewell and disbanding of Jarrett's "American Quartet" the CD and vinyl issues contained a few notes addressed to its members:
Writing for AllMusic, Scott Yanow called the album "intriguing", and wrote: "Every recording by this particular group (arguably Jarrett's best working ensemble) is well worth hearing, for they had their own sound and the ability to play both 'inside' and 'outside' simultaneously, and they were continually full of surprises." In an article for Between Sound and Space, Tyran Grillo commented: "Just when I think I've encountered the extent of Jarrett's immeasurable talents, he surprises me with an album like this. It's always a pleasure to hear his peripheral instrumental work, for his talents at the keyboard transfer effortlessly to reed by way of our grateful hearts. Perhaps the title is more than just a metaphor."[2]
All music composed by Keith Jarrett.