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The Koeln Concert | 
 enlarge | Artist: Keith Jarrett
Label: Ecm Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  120 reviews
Sales Rank: 106
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 4.7 x 0.4
MPN: 810067
UPC: 042281006722
EAN: 0042281006722
ASIN: B0000262WI
Release Date: November 16, 1999
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| Tracks:
| • | Part I | | • | Part II a | | • | Part II b | | • | Part II c |
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Amazon.com essential recording
A musical chameleon, pianist Keith Jarrett was at his finest when he recorded these sustained solo improvisations in a German concert hall in 1975, the first lasting 26 minutes, the second 40. Melodies and rhythmic figures arise fluidly from his fingers as he moves from one idea to another, while his strong left hand is often used for repeated motifs that generate a rolling hypnotic power. This couples with strongly consonant harmonies to impart the flavor of gospel music at times, dance musics and Debussy at others. Above all, it's Jarrett's ability to knit all of his moods and wanderings into an almost seamless tapestry of warm and tuneful ideas that gives this music its enduring appeal. --Stuart Broomer
Album Description
Limited edition Japanese pressing of the 1975 album comes packaged in an LP sleeve. ECM. 2005.
Album Details
Japanese Special Edition of this Classic Original Album Re-released on CD and Packaged in a 12 X 12 Inch Album Sized LP Replica Sleeve with all the Original Artwork and Tracks. Recorded in 1975.
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 Overwhelming experience September 29, 2008
The Koeln concert is an overwhelming experience to listen to; every time again. With only the piano Keith Jarret touches your heart with the enourmous feeling he puts into every single sound. Don't play it as background music; is is too good for that!
Jarrett's Classical Roots September 9, 2008
Those who buy this album expecting to hear a swinging jazz pianist will be very surprised. While jazz improvisation is obviously very prominent on this recording, the entire concert has a distinctly classical mood. Absolutely beautiful.
After about 25 years July 21, 2008
..After about 25 years I've come back around to listen to the Kohln concert. It still matches the visions in my brain. What a wonderful experience -even after Bill Evens...
A "must-have" for the avid Jazz listener. July 14, 2008
Having been exposed to Jazz as a child and coming from three musical families I am very sensitive to music and Jarrett's perfomance moved me in a way only Billy Strayhorn (on piano) and Lester Young (on saxophone) had done so before in a duet of Duke Ellington's "Soltitude."
This is an essential "must-have" for the avid Jazz listener. ^..^~
 Probably the most approachable Jarrett there is May 15, 2008
The artistry on this work is unmistakeable Jarrett and I daresay that it has never been duplicated, by KJ or anyone else, since. How in the heck one guy can keep one song going for a half hour (or more) I'll simply never know. But what really drives this recording is the sound. The piano is just not quite right, and the upper and lower registers sound like two completely different instruments. Indeed, in the first song, the bass is so pronounced and so oddly sounding, it had me looking at the liner notes to see who the bass player was. (No wonder Keith doesn't drive down into the low notes like he does on his more recent work.) Just the same, Keith works within the limitations of the instrument to evoke the musicality and feelings that he has in his brain and heart, and he makes them come out and soar over the instrument's shortcomings and limitations. That really impressed me. Another thing I like about this recording is that Keith's "Keith-isms", the shouting, whooping, moaning, and exclaiming that he is so well-known for, are just a bit more subdued on this work and as they follow the music closely, and are being covered up with a sort of tinkly piano, they don't distract from the music very much at all. That is not to say this is an average piece of music. It's a masterpiece, for sure. And although Jarrett may be popular and have sold beaucoups records and CD's, most music and jazz aficionados will admit he is not for everybody. This work, however, can probably find a welcome spot on any jazz enthusiast's shelf.
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