Jarrett and Haden are back together again 31 years after the break-up of Keith Jarrett's great 'American quartet'.

On Jasmine, pianist Jarrett and bassist Charlie Haden are reunited for an album of standards, played with deep feeling. The album features such classics as "Body and Soul", "For All We Know", "Where Can I Go Without You" and "Don't Ever Leave Me", as well as a rare Jarrett cover of a contemporary pop song--"One Day I'll Fly Away" (which Keith first heard Nicole Kidman sing in the film 'Moulin Rouge'). Certain to be a big hit with jazz fans, Jasmine's release coincides with Jarrett's 65th birthday.

Intimate, spontaneous and warm, the album was recorded at Jarrett's home and has affinities, in its unaffected directness, with Keith's The Melody At Night With You. As Keith Jarrett says in his liner notes: "This is spontaneous music made on the spot without any preparation...These are great love songs played by players who are trying, mostly, to keep the message intact."

Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden go back a long way. Jarrett formed his first trio in 1966, while still a member of Charles Lloyd's group, and Haden was his first choice as bassist. In trio with Paul Motian they played together until 1971, when Dewey Redman was added on saxophones to complete the group now referred to as Jarrett's 'American quartet'. This ensemble recorded the classic albums The Survivors Suite and Eyes of the Heart. After the quartet finished in 1976, the musicians went on to many other remarkable projects, but they did not play together again until 2007, when Keith invited Charlie to stay at his house. They recorded for four days that March - playing mostly standards from the Great American Songbook.