[1] In 1988 Jarrett toured Europe two times (June, October) offering 6 solo concerts.

Richard Lehnert at Stereophile gave the album the "Recording of November 1990" award, stating:This is Jarrett's most satisfying solo outing since 1982's Concerts....

The gorgeously deep, lush recording is, of course, closely multi-miked, with perhaps even some added reverb.

But producer Manfred Eicher does this sort of thing at least as well as did John Culshaw, and probably better than anyone working today.

[6]The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell states, "Jarrett pulls further away from the old rousing (and thoroughly American) gospel, blues and folk roots of earlier concerts toward a more abstract concept.... [His] virtuosic abilities are never in doubt, and he rarely flaunts his technique for its own sake, but one senses that the inspiration level is down; one doesn't come out of the CD all charged up as with many earlier solo concerts.