Expectations is a 1971 recording by pianist

Piano

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, saxophonist

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 and composer Keith Jarrett

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, released on Columbia Records

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. The recording features, in addition to Jarrett, tenor saxophonist Dewey Redman

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, bassist Charlie Haden

Charlie Haden

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, drummer Paul Motian

Paul Motian

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, guitarist Sam Brown

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-History:Sam T. Brown's playing style was unusual in that he performed in a generally jazz-rock format, while performing in Keith Jarrett's ensembles that sometimes veered close to a free jazz style...

, percussionist Airto Moreira

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, and a brass section and a string section whose members are not credited in the album information; produced by George Avakian

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.

Expectations was the only recording Jarrett made under his own name on Columbia Records. Jarrett had been a member of Miles Davis

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' band, which recorded for Columbia, until shortly before making Expectations; the label subsequently signed him to his own contract, but subsequently broke the contract by dropping Jarrett after the record's release.

Track listing

1. "Vision" – 0:51
2. "Common Mama" – 8:14
3. "The Magician in You" – 6:55
4. "Roussillon" – 5:25
5. "Expectations" – 4:29
6. "Take Me Back" – 9:33
7. "The Circular Letter (for J.K.)" – 5:04
8. "Nomads" – 17:23
9. "Sundance" – 4:31
10. "Bring Back the Time When (If)" – 9:53
11. "There Is a Road (God's River)" – 5:32

All compositions by Keith Jarrett

Recorded NYC in Apr 5, 1972 - Apr 27, 1972

Released Oct 1972

Personnel

• Keith Jarrett
  Keith Jarrett
  Keith Jarrett is an American pianist and composer who performs both jazz and classical music.Jarrett started his career with Art Blakey, moving on to play with Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis. Since the early 1970s he has enjoyed a great deal of success in jazz, jazz fusion, and classical music; as...
  
  : piano, organ, soprano saxophone, tambourine, percussion, arrangements
• Dewey Redman
  Dewey Redman
  Dewey Redman was an American jazz saxophonist, known for performing free jazz as a bandleader, and with Ornette Coleman and Keith Jarrett....
  
  : tenor saxophone, percussion
• Sam Brown
  Sam Brown (guitarist)
  -History:Sam T. Brown's playing style was unusual in that he performed in a generally jazz-rock format, while performing in Keith Jarrett's ensembles that sometimes veered close to a free jazz style...
  
  : guitar
• Charlie Haden
  Charlie Haden
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  : bass
• Paul Motian
  Paul Motian
  Stephen Paul Motian was an American jazz drummer, percussionist and composer of Armenian extraction.He first came to prominence in the late 1950s in the piano trio of Bill Evans, and later led several groups...
  
  : drums
• Airto Moreira
  Airto Moreira
  Airto Moreira is a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. Airto is married to jazz singer Flora Purim, and their daughter Diana Moreira is also a singer. He currently resides in Los Angeles.-Biography:...
  
  : percussion
• Unidentified strings
• Unidentified brass

(Moreira and Motian both play drums on "The Circular Letter" and "Sundance")