Music : The Koln Concert: 24 January 1975

Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0042281006722
Format: Live
Label: ECM
Manufacturer: ECM
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: ECM
Release Date: July 01, 1988
Studio: ECM
Sales Rank: 1244
810067

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Disc 1:

1. Part I
2. Part IIa
3. Part IIb
4. Part IIc

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
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 flavour of gospel music at times, dance music 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




Rating: - Piano playing at its best
I first heard this record at a friends house. I was completely blown away. I went straight to the first record store and bought it. Since then it became my favorite Jazz album of all times, and has put Keith Jarret, in my opinion, on the top of the world's greatest piano players.
I've been a fan ever since and bought every single live album he has released. They are all amazing, but there's no love like the first one.
No record collection will be complete without it.

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Rating: - THIS is real music!
One cannot express in words the beauty of this music. It is utterly raw, coming straight from the heart, a work of sheer genius. Whilst many pieces of so-called piano jazz easily lend themselves to the background of an occasion, the Koln Concert demands constant attention; with all of its changes in tempo, key, style and melody, the listener is enticed into the music, eagerly awaiting the next delicate keystrokes. Indeed, rather than being required to glean the often precious-few moments of brilliance ... Read More

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Rating: - a work of genius
Is Jarrett playing the piano or is the piano playing Jarrett or is the music playing both of them? This is beyond improvisation. Jarrett is responding to every note, totally in the moment.

by the way - sorry to be pedantic, but it wasn't in the opening of Carnal Knowledge (released in 1971, 4 years earlier than the concert) but in Nicholas Roeg's Bad Timing starring Teresa Russell and Art Garfunkel. That's the first time I heard the Koln Concerto and I couldn't wait till the end of the ... Read More

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Rating: - AWESOME
I am a musician and a teacher in a Special School and I have never been moved so much in the whole of my life as when listening to Part 1 of the Koln concert - it overwhelms me with emotion - wonderful awesome. Oh to the power of music.

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Rating: - Brilliance personified
This is the Keith Jarrett album that made ECM records, and I believe it is now the best selling solo Piano record ever.

The history behind this famous recording is now legendary. Jarrett hadn't slept for 24 hours prior to the concert. The wrong Piano was brought along for the event and couldn't be changed. Jarrett was kept waiting in an Italian Restaurant prior to the concert and had to bolt his food down to be back the auditorium in time.

The recording very nearly never took ... Read More

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