In a review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek stated: ' Jasmine is a collection of love songs most are standards played by two stellar improvisers. I hope you can hear it the way we did.' Reception These are great love songs played by players who are trying, mostly, to keep the message intact. It's either real life, or it's a cartoon. This is spontaneous music made on the spot without any preparation save our dedication throughout our lives that we won't accept a substitute: it's either the real thing or it's nothing. We had not played in over thirty years, but something magical happened and I then invited Charlie and his wife to the house to do some playing for a few days with no assurance that we'd have anything (including sound) that we'd want to release.' He continued: ' Jasmine is a night-blooming flower with a beautiful fragrance and I hope you can hear what went into this, as there is no way to do anything as touching as this by rehearsing it until it dies. We did not rehearse per se, but went over chords when necessary. It has very dry sound and we didn't want to have the recording sound like anything but exactly what we were hearing while we played.

In the album liner notes, Jarrett wrote: 'This recording was done in my small studio. Additional tracks from the same session, including alternate takes of 'Where Can I Go Without You' and 'Goodbye', were released in 2014 on Last Dance. The album was recorded in March 2007 at Jarrett's home studio in Oxford Township, New Jersey during the recording of a documentary about Haden. Jasmine is a 2010 duet album by American pianist Keith Jarrett and bassist Charlie Haden. Cavelight Studio (Keith Jarrett's home studio, Oxford Township)

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