Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert - Part I (1/4)

[@yellolab09]

I was just coming to Boston to dance with a modern company when Jarrett was leaving Berklee School. Our company musicians' hair was on fire from the impact of Keith Jarrett's brief time there. This 'album', along with Belonging and Solo Concerts inspired much of our choreography. Just glimpsing the Koln album cover, and listening, transports me to that Fibonacci experience again and again. And although my 74 year old legs now have neuropathy I can't help but dance my heart out as best as I can.

[@emptymycup]

❤

[@dittagecoeco2738]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️

[@bobh28630]

His magnificence is even with one's days getting shorter, Keith's playing allows imagination to soar and whirl in shades of new light.

[@angelalongo1]

Alpha lipoic acid can work wonders for neuropathy

[@angelalongo1]

In Chinese herbal prescriptions that build blood like ba chen wan

[@danflueras7598]

if you listen closely , light comes out of every note. amazing creation. this is extremely musical. absolutely stunning. the ups and lows , the story telling , absolutely amazing.

[@tuulahayes4190]

I was given this album, vinyl for my 30th Birthday! Presently I am listening it via KZbin eating breakfast in Helsinki! 2023 love it so much!

[@alankuntz6494]

you must be about 77 , 78 now.

[@enricocapriglione1074]

hyvä paiva minun ystävä

[@kristine6996]

Enjoy ✨ Enjoy ✨ Enjoy

[@DrKevGuitar]

Hands up if you came here after watching the David Hartley video! 🙂

[@MICHAELSMITH-fl7du]

Yep😊

[@DavidDudley-yy2ui]

had to, great story

[@anirutvideo]

I did! And I plan to use both videos (this one and Hartley's) to teach my interpretation students that, as interpreters, we have to be resilient, ready for ANY circumstance. We have to EMBRACE whatever is available and make the best use out of it, even make use of the faulty parts, to create masterpiece works.

[@DR-oy4hv]

I'd never heard of this album or artist before. Gen Xer and been into jazz for years, but somehow this dodged me. I'm really enjoying this.

[@starrisk]

A beautiful mix of circumstances created this.... Without any of the factors, this might not have existed

[@MrFkai]

The best concert of all time for me. Keith Jarrett was possessed by a strong emotion ..

[@luigicirame]

Of course, he was actually suffering a bad back ache during the whole concert…

[@quogir1]

this not too improbable

[@micknamens8659]

Before the concert he was in a nice restaurant with the then 17 years young lady who organized the concert. So maybe he played the concert despite the "broken" piano just for her. 😊

[@quogir1]

@@micknamens8659 we hope so .

[@FENicholson]

He was in back pain, exhausted from traveling by car, hungry, and playing on a broken piano. All improvised. Incredible!

[@ThierryPianoSolo]

It was not broken. You hear not a broken piano here ;)

[@FENicholson]

The pedals were broken. You can hear how he used the sounds. The tunings are off because of problems with the harp. This was not the piano that was to be used. He didn't want to use it. But decided at the last minute to go ahead. The concert was about 11 at night.

[@oriel9347]

@@ThierryPianoSolo 🤫

[@ThierryPianoSolo]

​@@FENicholson Keith is well know to be extremely exigent about the quality of pianos... There are a lot of fun anecdotes about that. Yes it was not the "good" piano. But in an interview, Keith said about the piano from the Koln : "I did not like the piano"... He never said it was broken. There are a lot of exagerations and myths about this concert.

[@FENicholson]

​@@ThierryPianoSoloMost sources online state that the Bösendorfer baby grand. The piano was old, out of tune, and unplayable, with a stuck pedal, broken octaves, and unresponsive black notes.

[@amyloidosissurvivor863]

I collect music and play. This is one of my top five favorite pieces in thousands of albums I have.....first purchased in late 1975 or early 1976, so emotional for me

[@zaziezebra7782]

1975 -2024 music that won't never get old. universal melody of emotional universe

[@trevorbsmith716]

Just curious... what are the other four pieces? One of my favorite recordings is Bill Evans' Sunday at the Village Vanguard 🥲

[@normanhall8435]

I have listened to this concert at least one hundred times. It is like listening to Beethoven. I am moved to tears. Like Ludvig, Keith is talking to the universe or God or whatever you want to call IT.

[@enricocapriglione1074]

It moves me, and when I listen to it, I think"Yes, there's still hope for humanity"

[@giovannifortunato6118]

Questo pianista è di una sensibilità raffinata, unica, inconfondibile. E' penetrante e struggente. L'alternarsi di alti e bassi, il prolungare o accorciare ogni nota, i tempi e gli stacchi, le variazioni del tema intorno a cui costruisce semplicemente l'infinito, fanno di questo immenso pianista jazz il più grande in assoluto di tutti i tempi. Un genio.

[@hfjjor3681]

Yes. It’s like I’ve entered into Keith’s ecstasy with him, and I am in heaven.

[@godpapa610]

私も100回以上、聴いています。 私は日本人ですがあなたと感性がとても近いと感じます。 この曲から、『悩みを突き抜けて歓喜に至れ』と言うメッセージを感じます。

[@josephhlebica5507]

Apt that you compare Beethoven since LVB was history's first concert pianist. The piano-forte was as new at that time as synthesizers we're in the 1950s-'60s. And LVB was literally an experimental improvisor in concert. Orchestras were flummoxed when he'd go off chart during play and create his music in vivo, untranscribed.

[@paulstein4164]

Since 1975 it has been one of my favorite jazz piano concerts...He overcame tremendous obstacles to make this concert possible that impassioned his master piano performance..!!

[@malikba8048]

I'm 62 ans I've been listening to it since I was 20. And I hope his music will never leave me

[@Liz-lr1ch]

This wears well. 40 years since I first heard it and it still delights

[@johnbarker8504]

I first heard it in Bogotá, Colombia in a bookshop called Buch Baum around the same time. 😊🥲

[@franciscoromero5001]

Es exacto, 1983

[@alankuntz6494]

more like 48 years now.

[@morlopes]

Heard it first in 1975 ( I was 13 then ). Ruptured the tape cassette... got another one.. and then another. When at last I was able, bought the LP, And when it was no longer audible bought another; recorded it on tape cassettes so I wouldn't spend time without it. When it came out on CD, of course, bought one. It became wasted from too much use on my auto. Bought another, My son got it scratched when he was very little... he now has a masters degree on piano. He also loves this album....

[@quogir1]

Peace go with you brother

[@klepetar]

same for me but it was acdc.. back in black. album.. cassette.. and 3 remixed versions of the cd.. first cd version was terrible

[@bresilien13]

No luck anyway. But the whole thing is to have it. I would have liked to see this concert live... 🙂

[@KrimoErra]

10 years later for me but also Cassette-record-mp3

[@mariehansen4456]

Thank you Mr. Jarrett ! This is a wonderfull gift ! I wish you all the best !

[@godpapa610]

私が学生の時に初めて聴いて、その美しさと情緒の深さに感動をしました。 あれから40年がたちますが今だに聴いていて飽きることはありません！ なんと普遍的な音楽でしょうか？ 感謝しかありません。

[@ВікторРашевський]

Слухаючи цей шедевр розумієш, світ прекрасний.

[@dittagecoeco2738]

❤

[@ME.5]

Si!

[@philippejantzen1088]

Merci camarade que le seigneur Dieu te protège,que ton pays est beau ,et les gens gentils,je suis français voilà

[@Alun49]

That the entire performance was completely improvised, and played on a broken piano is absolutely mind blowing. I did not realise that he incorporated the faults on the piano into the performance, turning the damaged foot peddle for instance, into a percussive element of the music. Keith Jarrett is perhaps the greatest living improvisor in music today. His playing moves beyond jazz and enters in to a transcendent musical landscape that will hold listeners in awe for generations to come.

[@robertpendzick9250]

Blessed is this piano, saved, tuned, and immortalized. Brought to life by a genius.

[@peterblacklin9174]

This is a demonstration of the artist becoming part of the instrument. This is beyond playing. Brilliant.

[@DeeJacobs-s1l]

Flying into Frankfurt in 1976 as the Sun was coming up, I put on the earphones selecting jazz, and this is what I heard. It’s my most treasured album that I possess. Bless you Mr Jarrett. Thank you for enriching my life. ❤

[@apedreus]

I bought this album in 1976 in a department store in Baltimore, knowing nothing at all about jazz or Keith Jarrett. I was deeply into black and white photography at the time, and loved the cover. I listened to the record many times, not really understanding anything about the playing or the history of it. For reasons that are still a mystery, it just lit up something in me. Now, almost 50 years later, it still has the same effect - I have listened to it hundreds of times. This and Coltrane's A Love Supreme are to me the pinnacle of spiritual music, coming from somewhere else in the universe, channeled by geniuses.

[@kathlinedufresnoy6705]

Moi aussi, meme circonstance au hasard dans un magasin. C est toujours le même miracle musical et emotionnel.

[@apedreus]

@@kathlinedufresnoy6705 Miracle is the right word - perfect.

[@germanspagnoli2556]

No es un milagro Pisamos un lugar q nos alineo con algo.. Me paso con Jaco Pastorius hace 30 años atras y hace un mes con este concierto, cuando hacia tiempo q venia escuchando a Jarret..

[@floa7407]

Mille mercis pour ce morceau, je le recherchais depuis longtemps.🤗

[@sergiosergio7163]

Oh oui,mille merci on peut le dire 😲juste parfait,une autre époque 😔

[@titinostefano]

Ascoltando il pezzo in uno stato emotivo di chiusura interiore ad ogni singola nota di questa magica tessitura si riesce a raggiungere un livello ''Zen'' della propria coscienza sullo stesso piano dei piu grandi mistici cristiani dei secoli scorsi.

[@mariac5942]

Ben detto

[@attiliolestingi2651]

Sicuramente uno dei migliori concerti per pianoforte di questo grande compositore di musica jazz.

[@jamesjamerson1537]

One of the biggest inspirations of my youth. Fortunate to have seen him play solo at Tanglewood in the 70's.

[@SophieMusic-g9r]

Why has no one ever told me about this guy until now! Thank you KZbin algorithm, this was missing to my life.

[@JonathanHorwitz]

THE PAST Years ago, sitting at the table, I remember. In my heart, a feeling of peace and contentment. A quiet evening with friends, people I could relax with, smile, and also go deeper without fear, knowing that what I said would not be held against me, but listened to, knowing that I was listening to my heart, allowing it its own voice in the world, as I would allow their hearts’ voices to be heard in the evening, the piano playing in the next room. The past never dies. We take from it what we will - it is our choice: Remember the smiling eyes of friendship, the laughter, trust, understanding. The love.

[@Crowslomo]

I agree, this is magic. I heard it first time at 12, from the black and white telly, 1973. we sat 4 persons in silent chock. As it entered my ears, I felt that it changed my lifes direction, bit by bit. Every thing is absolute bliss of beauty. swept away my sad scool years grief, and sat the bars of quality in my life, a little too high. Little did i know how grand this was. Over the years, the impact of this divine magic just roar throug the ages. Still when I hear it, its like a very loving person are sitting right next to me, holding my hand, and showing med the wonders of life. So close, so intense. I pay in tears of gratitude. Blessed be K.J. -

[@tatianamukhina8687]

Thank you for putting this so beautifully.

[@jetman1968]

Amen…

[@stevenfeil7079]

1973?????? It did not happen until 1975!

[@micknamens8659]

​@@stevenfeil7079 Either time travel or they saw the preview 😂

[@BabaDontKnow]

Keith, you found your way right into my soul.....tears of joy....

[@robertspeakman3726]

I love this , I have listened to this album perhaps a hundred times over the last fifteen years it never grows old and every time I play it I am moved by his passion of play and depth of feeling ,just perfection and fabulous

[@wildfire60]

If this was written down it would be recognized as one of the world's greatest modern compositions and be played in concert halls all across the world by the world's top pianists. Perhaps a transcription will someday be available. Just magnificent. What a genius.

[@mmelau-deladetesailleurs2001]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoWQY6CtZ9ZnqpIsi=c6hCkWc6yUcMwXT_

[@dominiquepeytraud406]

It does exist! Look for it Pierre something

[@wildfire60]

@@dominiquepeytraud406 I found it. You're right. It's amazing.

[@johnsharp71]

I fear that you are missing the point. Whether transcribed or not, this is not a 'composition' and, therefore, not a 'great' composition. It is an extraordinary performance; just accept it for what it is.

[@rbettsx]

​@@johnsharp71Totally agree. This is not a projection on to the instrument. It is an exchange with it. And not any piano. It's this one. A fixed structure would destroy the very essence of this meditation. Don't tell it what to be. Ask it what it is. Now. No. Now!... No, Now!

[@soulheaven34]

20年前，我還在讀大學時聽到這張專輯，好聽到我每天晚上聽，都捨不得睡，聽了3年吧。現在20年過去，仍舊非常好聽，光芒萬丈

[@deserticus18]

Cómo es posible que no habia escuchado nunca esto.....esto es de otro mundo!!!

[@marthalobos6373]

Welcome to the Club! Greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷

[@eleonoradini2371]

How lucky you are! Listening to this masterpiece for the first time... I envy you!

[@robertblauner7680]

I bet that was a treat...an ear orgasm.

[@julielachtay5618]

I got to hear this live in London and it was pure magic

[@ampac]

No, what you heard was not this, but an extensively rehearsed transcription played on a perfectly tuned and functional piano nearly 50 years after Jarret completely improvised this masterpiece on a half-broken piano.

[@eduardoitabaiana7429]

Part of my life! Absolutely stunning beautiful!!! Superb!!! 🎹🎹🎹

[@JohanKhoo]

Everytime I listen to it, it gives me goosebumps. 2 copies on LP, 2 CDs, 1 high res digital download, and on streaming, of course. All good.

[@karlaginmar7092]

since nearly 50 years this touches me beyond musics. genius maybe is - just living it. every tone - every interval - every timing is music by its-self. there is nothin between. his living the groove & my listening. its just spirit. whatever that means - i don't mind - i don't care. its like: i am that.

[@tomaszstefaniak9078]

Piękne , mam łzy w oczach kiedy słucham zwłaszcza części 2b- marzy mi się usłyszeć tej właśnie części w wykonaniu Pani Marthy Argerich.Poezja muzyki

[@davidbouchet7973]

Discovered this masterpiece in Casablanca in 1987, I was 18, Michel one of my father's friend recorded it to me on a tape and gave me a piece of hash, telling me to smoke it before listening... Won't never forger the trip !

[@justheretolistentothemusic]

Music is time travel. This piece throws me back to when I was 29. What a strange year it was. What a time I had. Wild and hard, waves crashing, bombs falling. I let Life navigate me through it, I am here, and so is Keith music. Maybe Life is timeless after all.

[@RonaldPetrin]

I lost my vinyl of this in a fire. Revisiting this now is like experiencing a long lost relative in angel form who has come to comfort me. In my time now- of little choice tapping into the now and making lemonade of lemons with a panache that appears to be of divine origin here on this Jarret Event . All this harkening back to my first listen on a stereo long ago, here on my IPhone. Yet the memory is clean clear remembering how exhilarating a piano can be. I had a killer sound system at the time. You know I never found the magic of this event on any other Jarret LP I’m realizing now. Making this a revisit spawned by AI, from the video of the story about a specific place time person and a defective item became the uniqueness to spark this creative gem of a treasure. It’s ZEN…it’s a miracle of relatability access and personhood. An audio masterpiece that flows in time smoothly going through our edges. Melting us away in time on a path of unknown wonder. He hits it out of the Milky Way taking us along for a ride, like the best Sunday you ever had. It brightens you know you’ve found home. Keith’s moan , I cry.❤ making the best of where you are what you have a time that remains with infinity. Thanks Keith.

[@ellioteaston7745]

I have listened to this album literally thousands of times since it was released. But I never knew the back story until now.

[@antoniojesusgonzalezmedero8323]

Keith jarrete es unos de los pocos que además de ser un virtuoso sabe trasmitir nítidamente como lo siente

[@chrishoey9158]

First listen. Beautiful! You can feel Keith is into it. Man, I love him!

[@RoswellJazzFestival]

At least a few times a week, the last words I utter are "Alexa, play the Koln Concert by Keith Jarrett". Syncing my mind to every familiar note erases whatever else thoughts might try to keep my from my slumber.

[@gretchenwaters2118]

Brings me back to memories of living with a Brazilian lover/pianist ❤

[@984francis]

Brilliant, genius. I think the tuner deserves a LOT of credit because the tuning is rather good.

[@apedreus]

There is some very interesting lore behind this recording. I think you can find most of it on Wikipedia. Really fascinating stuff.

[@chrisrees5017]

@@apedreus en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_K%C3%B6ln_Concert#:~:text=The%20K%C3%B6ln%20Concert%20is%20a,the%20best%2Dselling%20piano%20album.

[@Ninou1967]

My first meeting as a kid with the piano........OUTSTANDING

[@AndreasHelberg]

Da weint mein Herz noch nach den siebziger Jahren ❤

[@kristine6996]

What a wonderful sound and melody. So light and bright. ✨🫧✨🫧✨

[@tbtron]

I just finished for the first time completely blown away!

[@GourmetExpressTV]

6:38 The bumping sound in the background is the one paddle (it is broken!) he added it to the music! Crazy!

[@goodwill8750]

Thank you so much for the upload. I haven’t listened to this for many years.

[@pierreboulnois6379]

Remarque : Ce gars est tellement un génie que cette œuvre d'art n'est que pure improvisation, et ce sans aucune imperfections, Respect ✊

[@andrewlencaster4144]

Mr Jarrett , one of a kind , i go into Jarret Mode everytime i listen to him.

[@IvanTerreroDDS]

Esto lo tiene todo.......íes mágico, bello, sublime, jazz, gospel, música clásica, ragtime.!

[@thomassander9869]

Thank you for your komments ! So i am not alone whis the love of this Konzert!

[@unclerogerANKI]

Heroic upload, thank you Giovanni

[@hispanocubanoamericano3388]

A masterpiece!

[@KrimoErra]

Where my love for the piano started, Thank you Mister Jarret :) Playing with a broken pedal and some not good functioning keys, excausted fom the trip and stress, Gotta love him! A fresh/new grand piano was no option, would be worse sounding (aclimatisation)

[@MrX-yl2ek]

ケルンのパートワン懐かしい、神の啓示を受けたキースのインプロビゼーションの極致！

[@sandrarubin9278]

It’s so inspiring to read the comments from all over the world of how this man and this concert have affected millions. 🙌🏼

[@veracaschetto5548]

Un chef d'oeuvre, une merveille ! 💖🧡💛💚💜

[@rolandzoske448]

Somehow the brilliant Keith even found a tone wheel on that broken grand piano... And I found this brilliant piece of music so late, but finally.

[@OswaldDenmby]

Everything will be fine and you will shine like a rising star with great success and wealth

[@franklergenmuller1259]

Ich war da. Hatte bis dahin und habe seither kaum etwas schöneres gehört

[@enzofini4231]

The best albun of keith jarret

[@marcwiand8041]

J'écoute ce concert chaque soir de déprime et me couche plus serin. En complément d'un anxiolytique.

[@carlosalbertoalvarez9962]

Es primera vez que escucho a este monstruo del piano lo que me perdí nunca es tarde para oír buena música

[@leuradu1075]

I'm still listening .... after 30 years I hwar it for the first time ...

[@SuperGiorgio58]

Avevo pochi anni e vent'anni sembran pochi, poi ti volti a guardarli e non li trovi più. E mi ricordo infatti un pomeriggio triste, ..ascoltando questo Mantra .. almeno così lo definì il mio amico Anthony ,seduti sul ciglio di una strada a contemplare l'America...

[@CamilleBauer-hr5eu]

Pur GENIOUS, Profond SOUND, Delightful!!!

[@CamilleBauer-hr5eu]

HEAVEN!!!

[@ifukura1659]

半世紀前になりますが 演奏中に薄暗い天上から来た光がのキースの背中に吸い込まれていったとの逸話が生まれました あらゆる賞賛の言葉が空しくなるレベルのアルバムだと感じています

[@AndyBarbosa96]

Very few musical pieces bring me to tears, this definitely is one of them. It's cathartic. Bought the guitar transcription and started studying it, decades ago. Never learnt it, never will. Luckily to have found Mr. Jarrett. A more recent artist who has a few moving and beautiful pieces is Jacob Collier. They are at another level.

[@pascaljeanne8002]

first time i hear keith , i was 20 ! never come back lol !

[@hugoperez7945]

el rock me crió y cuando el rock sinfónico empezó a decaer escuche este disco que me dijo que solo un piano me podía dar mas que toda una banda de rock,desde 1980 que lo escucho y cada día suena mejor

[@lylek8933]

Just saw the back story of the Köln Concert so had to find some of the music itself. Amazing what he was able to coax out of an untuned piano. Improvision at its best. :)

[@MaoBZW]

this was recorded a few month before i was born and its awesome...

[@blazerbarrel2]

Played it in the darkroom for years , great with 16ft ceilings !

[@blazerbarrel2]

Sound from heaven !

[@franciscoromero5001]

O como alguien tan pequeño pueda ser tan grande. El Jazz se divide en dos, este concierto y el resto.

[@KarlGrund-qz4no]

Very nice sound.Keith Jarret on piano is great

[@AndreaFinestrali]

A volte Iddio concede, a qualche mortale, di dare un'occhiata ai suoi spartiti e questo è certamente uno di quei casi...

[@19bcm56]

Got me through some hard times..

[@juju-ng6ws]

Chef d'oeuvre !!!!

[@leticialopes9201]

Perfect

[@elisavelasquezlive]

he was the best in improvising

[@choc_chip]

One of the main Windows notifications uses the first few notes of this - accidentally I imagine, but it catches me every time.

[@gutgolf74]

Those are actually echoing the signal notes used to tell the audience the concert was about to start.

[@DanielBuczko-z9u]

Sublime

[@robbdavies7749]

The interesting thing about this record is that some the keys didn't work , the foot pedals were loose , you can hear him thumping his foot on the pedal! Superb indeed @

[@siro046wps]

soft like summer rain🤞

[@hicopdcoalition3457]

This is truly a masterful performance, especially considering the piano was a broken mess that the tuner and pianist did the best they could with. What a master this performer is!

[@user-ic7cj6ve6w]

I think this music link is almost legendary. The follower, the researcher, for example, can publish a study or a book about it, because it deserves it, from the excess of references, messages and creations. (Mountassir Hamada)

[@HadiiSissokho]

Merci F. Bouffault! GOD bless You!

[@danielamarques3317]

Parte favorita: 5:44 (bem animadinha) 7:13 (meu querido começou a cantarolar nesse trecho) 9:22 (começou a me chamar atenção para os gemidos do pianista) 10:08 (ele começou a me chamar a atenção para os gemidos do pianista) 12:00 ficou bem divertido, bem gostoso esse trecho 14:20 ficou muito romântico

[@navarrocarlos4156]

Gracias Keith que mas te puedo expresar

[@BernardNaud]

Le meilleur de Keith Jarrett...

[@maramilia]

Mientras espero un vuelo a Montevideo, lo escucho otra vez y otra vez ...

[@tomaszsarnowski8442]

To mogl nagrac tylko ON. Taka pasja i dar od Boga to dar. Na szczescie podzielil sie z nami.Zdrowka Jarecisko

[@MarTacTic]

Quelle merveille!

[@lakep7798]

This is so cool, sounds like it turns into gospel at some points…

[@robertovitale4459]

Come Bach!

[@jimhutchison]

amazing

[@northrupthebandgeek]

This album is Exhibit A for how the greatest musicians can still be great no matter how terrible their instruments.

[@liedindingn9596]

I Love this