The Köln Concert

Nice background music. Very pretty.

Beautiful but I’m not sure I’d be able to stay awake, even at the live recording. It gets a little too John Tesh vesty at times too.

A very nice change. Lovely

C’est bon, c’est irréfutable, mais ça devient très de la musique d’ambiance

it's good but it often failed to capture my attention

as a pianist, i enjoyed and appreciated it, as a casual music listener, it's good background music, but not one i'd actively listen to

Relaxing

Beautiful!

Good to work to

This record was interesting and I enjoyed it.

Interesting story, so-so album.

Curious, exploratory, intense, serene. This album run a range of emotions. Beautifully done and playfully captured with audience sounds included. I really enjoyed this adventure

cute 7,5/10

Good piano music

It was beautiful and a really interesting concept. It is amazing how his mind is able to think of such beautiful melodies on the spot. My only criticism is I wish there were more breaks. I didn't really always see how the melodies moved into each other or found that weren't cohesive. Parts were beautiful but could have been stand alone songs not just a chain. I wonder if in person he shares anything about the songs, in terms of what he is thinking or feelings as he is playing the movements, are they manifesting from feelings in side of him that he is trying to convey or just random melodies he is stringing together.

Beautiful piano playing, but also kind of a snooze fest. Listening to straight piano just isn’t my jam. Appreciate the quality though.

The back story is interesting, the fact that it's all improvised it mighty impressive, but it's still an hour of piano playing.

Not my style, but good for what it is. Easy to put on in the background.

I'm always impressed by these live recordings. Jarrett is clearly wildly talented, and a quick search shows he has been involved in a ton of projects. He gets really into the music, and even seems to holler a few times as he plays. As an album, this would not be my first choice for listening, but it was cool to experience, and as always I'm sure it would be unreal to hear live.

Though i was once again afraid of "jazz", this is the most easily approachable jazz. It isn't dependent upon instruments clashing with each other, but is a single instrument that is pretty creative and easy to follow. Because it feels like an hour of piano noodling, i don't know that i'll go back to it, but it is good for its vibe and probably great background music at a yuppie dinner party.

Good enough

Not going to lie, all the songs sounded the same.

First ever jazz piano album! Very soothing

very impressive and deserves its spot on the list, but i personally am not a fan of hour long solo piano recordings, regardless of proficiency or significance

immense skill Can't be more than background music at the end of the day

This was a good listen. I'll listen some more.

Wonderful. All piano. When I'm down for hearing some piano music, I'll dial up Mr. Jarrett.

The Talent you can hear on this one is amazing and out of this world! Listening wise are the moaning not the benefits of the backpain but he earned respect tho

Incredibly talented musician.

Well, this is a pleasant album to listen to, though it doesn't grab my attention and noodles away quite soothingly in the background. The back story to the recording (in the wikipedia article) is interesting.

this is ok, & that's all I've got for it.

I don’t have much of a reference point for like, contemporary piano composition. But I liked listening to this a lot, it kept my attention despite being way out of my wheelhouse. Will probably read about it to learn the significance, if not listen to a ton more.

cool...need to re listen after reading the wikipedia page

3 stars for being a good pianist

# Playlist track - Köln, January 24, 1975, Pt. II C - Live # Notes - Interesting concert with some really really great moments. - I'm not a huge fan of improvisations and still managed to enjoy it.

Wonderful piano playing but not exactly my cup of tea, or maybe I really need to be in the right mood. Still it’s good atmospheric focus music by a virtuoso. At points Keith sounds like he is playing 3 pianos together harmoniouslyz

beautiful and fun (love hearing him make those little oohs and aahhs) but i don't really understand what makes this so special. i liked it but doubt i'll ever come back to it/

Another jazz album I'm glad this project introduced me to. Solid front to back. Gonna add this to my playlist for when I'm reading.

Blind album and artist. Did not expect to hear something like this on the project but yet here it is. No words aside from its elegant like the interior of a all white wall spa with glass shelves and a running gentle waterfall. And that is something I would not go to in my free time.

Nice.

Good inspiration

Four songs, one hour. Interesting. My cat hates this. Sounded pretty good to me, but only got through 17 minutes, before I was told to shut it off.

I love the story behind this album, and when I tune into it some of the music is beautiful. On the other hand, an hour of improvided music on a naff piano can only get you so far. Superb at what it does, nonetheless.

Excellent pianist just not my style.

This is interesting! “Jazz” album from 1975 that seems to be a recorded concert focused around piano? It’s nice chilled vibes right away.

idk its good

haha bi 18:20 vom part 1 spielter the lick

okok mal luege, bin wieder chli vo mim jazzhass abecho bis jz findis sehrsehr schön, bzw. es git immer wieder teil, wo mich ufhorche lönd, denn wieder paar minute abschweife, denn wieder "oah mega schön" die chline zwüscherüef (vom publikum gahni devo uus) sind megamega cute hahahah ja mega viel chani nöd dezue sege wnl zum schribe ischs aber sehrsehr geil oder für es candlelight dinner (with Inamorta höhö) I guess?? ja scho sehr cute und agnehm gsi aber das isches denn halt au

Пока ехал в троллейбусе, слушал концерт. И в принципе ок, возможно даже обстановка была самая лучшая. Но я не так часто там езжу, поэтому ставлю троечку (

I used to like this a lot more.

Not bad, but not my thing either. Classical music with assorted grunts and vocalizations from Jarrett (who I assume is getting freaky with the piano)

Nice

Jarret always makes me happy. This one might ask much of some but I enjoyed it.

its ok, nice for background noise to study 👍

Very meditative - lots of long repetitions of pretty simple vamps to establish a harmonic center and rhythm and then free ranging exploration of the melodic possibilities that affords. Some cool emergent stuff where ideas from one hand feed into the other and impromptu phrases turn into repeated figures and themes. Like a lot of long-form improvisation you can focus in on the details or passively let it absorb you to set a mood. Perfectly suited to the work I needed to get done this morning. I've listened to this a lot over the years without ever knowing the background story behind it.

What a mighty fine penist we have here. It really is just a dude playing piano for 1 hour though. He’s great but I feel you have to really like piano to fully enjoy this. Didn’t realize this was live until I heard the faint sound of people coughing in the background. 6/10

Beautiful piano playing.

Improvisation album from a Jazz Master - maybe need to listen closer on a 2nd time but I suspect that this might be a technical masterpiece as opposed to a musical one. Or perhaps I'm just a phillistine. Wouldn't recommend, wouldn't not recommend, firm 3 starts.

While I started enjoying this, it didn't hold my attention and ended up as background music. Very talented though

Very pleasant

- schon cool, dass das alles improvisiert ist - hat definitv was entspannendes und habs auch gern gehört - mehr kann ich nicht dazu sagen - werde es mir wrsl. nicht nochmal anhören Rating: 2,75-3/5

Fands cool, war wieder so Musik, die mich in einen Flow gebracht hat irgendwie. Kurze Stellen haben mich aber dann auch ein klein wenig genervt. Nichtsdestotrotz hatte ich Spaß daran.

Virtuosic playing that I can’t believe is improvised, but some of the songs don’t work that well for me. There are beautiful melodies tucked in here though.

Great. Just not my thing now

Pretty relaxing listening in the morning. Better than I expected

Worked well as background music during the work day. Didn't really feel like anything special. Some fun and interesting parts. Some parts that meandered and got repetitive. The moans and woos and such seemed a bit out of place and off-putting at times, but I guess that's passion? Reading the stories about the circumstances of this particular performance make it interesting, and the fact it was entirely improvised is impressive, but still not something that blows me away.

A seminal album for the jazz purist. But, I did tire of the single dimension and longed for additional instruments rather than just the piano improvisation.

good piano.. i wouldn't necessarily listen to that tho...

3’5

I've got some Keith Jarrett concert records over here (5 including this album). My guess is that's more than your average dwelling. And yet, he probably doesn't get enough air time. I know why this album is on the list and support its inclusion; and yet, if I'm already not in the mood for piano it's not music that can "get me in the mood for piano" if you know what I mean (no euphemism). But if I feel like hearing it...well, then as Keith might say, "woah! oh! woop! yeah, hee!".

Beautifully talented piano but after 15 minutes you want more variety. Interesting nonetheless 6

Not a huge instrumental piano guy, but still worthwhile.

Impressive, but I’m not that into modern jazz.

He was killing it on those keys. Saved this to revisit while I’m reading or studying or rising & grinding

Very talented man.

It's good for what it is. An hour of piano music just becomes background. If I ever put this type of music on I'd probably pick George Winston instead.

I really enjoyed, nice piano soundscape but not the most interesting

Very cool concept of one man making up the piano concerto, improvising, playing for an hour. You even get to hear little vocalizations as he "feels" the music. Unsurprisingly, I found myself not paying attention and zoning out, at times. Even considering the scenario, it's hard to remain captivated without the performer in front of me in a room full of people. Part II c does sound good as a stand alone song. Pleasant enough if you want to fill your home with something a bit whimsical.

Not what I typically listen to but this is some incredible piano music. Not easy to infuse that much character and emotion into just one instrument for an hour, very impressive

A nice listen, not something I see myself revisiting or falling in love with but pleasant enough!

Passt gut zu einem verregneten Sonntagnachmittag

perfectly fine. seems like good background music to listen to while working.

Hmm

Solid piano album, definitely a solid chill/upbeat listen.

it's very nice but i'm sure there are better nights out in Cologne than going to see this

Whilst the words ‘improvisational’ and ‘jazz’ should rightly fill you with fear, this is a surprisingly warm and accessible live album.

3.4

It‘s a great piano album for sure, but sometimes I was looking for more of a theme or „roter Faden“ throughout the whole piece.

Favorite Tracks: You should just listen to the whole album, if you are gonna listen.

Never heard of this person before this listen.

Good piano along with some happy Germans in the background

It was fine . Uneventufl

Piano go brrrrrrrr

This is wild, didn’t even know what I was listening to, the sporadic groans are a bit off putting. Can tell this man is really into what he’s creating. The idea that the whole album is improvised is amazing to me, but still I’m not likely to replay this often.

good.

Pretty interesting jazz piano album. Not my favorite genre but the tracks each definitely take you on a journey.

Ok. A little bit out of my comfort zone.

Only learned at the very end that whole thing was improvised...super cool

I enjoyed this performance, but as it's simply improvised piano, it's not something I personally will come back to often, if at all. Regardless, with the story and some really nice melodies out of the ether it's a great piece of work, just not for me.

Quality music. 3/5 because it isn't my go to kind of "jazz" for listening, but wouldn't be upset if I listened to it again.

This album was pretty. Not my favorite piano album but still lovely.

6/10 Nice piano music

Not a bad album. But I did feel like I was shopping at Nordstroms all day

Live album: minus one point Super long songs: minus one point Enjoyable background music.

It's beautiful playing, but I'm not sold on the improv solo album concept. It needs something. A sonata has intention and structure. Improv in groups as the intensity of collaboration and people listening to each other, reacting to each other in a kind of dialogue. Imagining being in that live audience, where I could feel what Keith was reacting to, leaves me with a 'guess you had to be there' feeling. This can "go with" something. You can put it on while watching the snow fall outside. Or perhaps watching a concert film where he's doing this. Even then I can't imagine that my mind wouldn't wander to other things. It might be too pretty.

It was good working music for me. I don't understand why the applause was included (but it was lowkey rhythmic) - 7/10

Good background music fs but dont think it was particularly compelling… not sure why its the best selling piano album 7/10 round down

I feel like I can only focus on listening to something like this for so long before I just kinda start to get bored and tune it out. Still good though. 6.5/10

It's all very nice, but I half expected to find out I was in the concourse of a huge marble concourse of a top-tier hotel, or the middle of some video game like Journey or My Time At Portia. Can't fault it, but I doubt I'm going to rush back - but I could be wrong about that.

Pretty entertaining but a little too long. Could have done with just Part 1.

Instrumental. Like this a lot! Relaxing w pep. Famous live piano performance. Not exactly my style, but good stuff.

I meannnn It's alright. Dude is REALLY good at piano, so I'll give him credit for that

Sweet, still never would replay this one

its a fun album. personally, the tracks were a little bit too big for me to add it to my playlist and listen casually. i also got a bit annoyed by the moans in the background?? they sounded like a Sims character really enjoying a movie or something, that distracted me so much.

Pt. I // Pt. II B //

Pure piano. Not for me but props for the talent.

nice bit of jazz piano. pretty intense in places.

I love ECM recordings for their quiet, still, atmospheric sound and this album fits in that vein. I don't hold this in as high acclaim as its reputation but it was an enjoyable listen and would make for nice relaxing background music. 3.5/5

The last song for sure

#73. It's just some guy fiddlefucking around on a piano for an hour. He's not even playing any particular song, he's just noodling about for a bit. You know the phrase "this meeting could have been an email?" Well similarly this album could have a Youtube video. I don't care if Youtube didn't exist in 1975, that's your problem. Figure it out. Wikipedia said people only paid $1.72 to go watch this, and well, I suppose paying less than two dollars to listen to some improv isn't that bad. At least it wasn't terrible, I guess. 3/5

Very nice piano music. I could have used a little something else added to it. An hour plus of piano is a lot of piano.

Really nice. Impressive musician and bonus points for lowering my BP.

This guy can really play but hardly the type of album I look to listen to

Лепа класика за слушање у позадини. 7/10

After knowing more about the background of this album, I was able to understand its power and influence. It is like a sonic picture. An unique and unpredictable moment captured by the recording. Inspiring and captivating.

Piano is nice but sad?

Good, I'm sure. Not my thing ... or at least not in this high of a quantity.

It was good background music! I don’t enjoy when there isn’t a lot of variety in music, so this was kind of boring, but it was very impressive. I feel like I should have enjoyed it more than I did. I did NOT like the singing/mouth noises that were faintly audible sometimes.

Hey, this wasn't that bad. I think my issue with improv jazz is that I start liking one part and then one of the 27 jam session members starts doing something else and it all gets weird for three minutes. Less of an issue with one guy on a piano.

Provavelmente inovador e lindo, mas precisa de uma vibe específica pra ouvir esse álbum

Incredible that is was all improvised. Would listen to again.

Super interesting at times. A lot of what you hear about this album revolves around the story of the bad piano and how everyone overcame their problems to produce one of the best Jazz albums ever. It's like the Michael Jordan \"flu game\" in the 1998 NBA finals. You won! Why belabor it? If I didn't know any of the story, I think I might like it better. Is the story making excuses for a poor performance? Doesn't sound like it. The music itself plows vigorously through a wide range of feelings, tempos, techniques. I don't know a lot about music theory but I'm sure there's tons to dissect in this. It really is an impressive work. Verges on stepping into uncharted territory sometimes, but is a little timid in that regard - I would like to here more experimental sounds. I really like some of the atonal harmonics the piano gives off, especially apparent in the first minutes of Part I. I hear a lot of influence, from Bob James to Radiohead. Interesting album and pleasant. A little like a soundtrack, as Keith Jarret himself has said, but transcendant nonetheless (felt like pretentiousness was appropriate for this one).

idk???

Great for going beddy bye

The fact this was all improv is wild. Incredible

Its been years since I last listened to this album. I found this in my Windom Hill Sampler days of college. Today, 35 years later, it sound even better. In truth, I have a deep fantasy-desire that I could have played music such as this. But alas, I am meant to listen and appreciate what I can.

If I was rating this just based on my enjoyment of the music it would be 1 out of 5. However there is no denying that Keith Jarrett is extremely talented so I’ll give it a 3. The music itself is as if someone was trying to come up with a soundtrack to a Peanuts remake but they couldn’t afford the licensing for the original music. Perhaps the worst thing to happen in Germany since WW2.

cool piano

Laukeileeko tuo pianisti vai joku yleisöstä tuolla taustalla? Aika häiritsevän kuuloista. Ihan miellyttävää taustamusiikkia. Kokonaan improvisoitu setti.

A great listen, felt like it started out kinda piano in a mall department store vibe but really picked up. I’m sure seeing the performance live was unbelievable. That being said, this not in person and just listening to a great piano player on my phone isn’t really my cup of tea

Nice jazz album, felt weird listening to it this weekend. I was running around and super busy and this album didn’t really match the vibe. That being said, this album was a nice break and I wouldn’t mind listening to it again.

Quite relaxing

Nice relaxing

Cool for what it was

In the right mood and the right setting this is excellent, but it's very specific and I can't say it deserves higher than a 3 because of that.

The story surrounding this album is great, that's why it's on here I guess, but the actual music itself doesn't do much for me. Apparently it's all improvised, which is quite impressive, the way it still flows and channels different moods and paces, but it's still an hour of just the piano, which isn't quite enough for me really. I'll be generous and give it a low 3 becuase of the story behind it and that it's a seriously impressive performance, but I didn't particularly enjoy listening to it. 3/5.

Nice chilled piano. Nothing extraordinary but relaxing background music. 5/10

Long

Perfect background music i guess lol

Piano music for the soul that gave off a kind of a lofi vibe. Probably won't recognize a note of it if I ever hear it again, but not because it wasn't good. I just can't pick our instrumentals unless I've heard them a thousand times.

I think it’s incredible the level of talent involved to improvise in this way and in those circumstance and I’m glad for the piece of history I learned. But I don’t think I’ll miss this album either.

Nice piano tracks for an improv show, the fourth one was very nice, the rest kind of nice background piano eith mildly intresting melodies

Nice calming classic piano piece

Really enjoying it. Piano solo jazz.

Great performance, but it’s not something I would ever really listen to again. Nice piano skills though.

Undoubtedly talented, and with a very appreciative audience it seems to be a masterclass in improvisation. Several pieces are really good but overall I just don't 'get' jazz improvisation. Maybe I need to listen more

It was fine. I forgot it was playing after a while. No strong feelings.

A pretty solo piano concert. Nice dynamics between soft and quiet vs loud and playful. Was pleasant music to grade papers to.

At first I was really impressed with the melody. Very nice piano background music.

Mmm...not something I would have chosen to listen to. However, he is clearly an accomplished pianist and I detect an element of progressiveness in his compositions.

Good as background music but kinda boring if you’re listening to it alone.

2/4 First song was partially incredible, Second song was boring

Great piano playing, not quite engaging enough for me

Good, if you like free-form jazz? A bit too unstructured for my taste.

It's scored more about the lore behind the album than the actual album it's self. A series of unfortunate events befell this show and the fact Jarrett was able to perform is a massive miracle. Long solo instrumentals aren't my thing, but you can throw this on as background music and be pleased with yourself

This is some nice piano and it help me get a lot of work done

Lekkere dagdroom music

A concert recording... from 1975. Hard pass. Pleasantly surprised, it is a dude playing piano pretty well. No obnoxious crowd noise.

Good album.

Ok piano

Good background music and performance. Not life changing or anything though.

At first I was like "oh great, piano for 68 minutes", but I stuck it on while I got shit done and was like "day-um, this is good stuff".

takie pykanie na pianinku. Ani muzyka klasyczna, ani filmowa - nie wiem co to 3/5 max

Solo jazz piano album? Yes please.

Beatiful music and a lot of atmosphere. Gets a little boring imo thoughwith only piano over the full album length.

its spa music. smooth, relaxing, inoffensive.

The making of this album is way more interesting than 60 minutes of “vamping”

Interesting story about this live performance. Performance was an overall enjoyable listen… but I could not get past the person audibly moaning in the recording.

Ya like jazz? Ya like classical music? If so, then listen to this.

Interesting but got old since its over an hour. Good to listen to with other things going on. I would listen to more by this artist

impressive but not my jam

Really good piano performance. Nice variations in each piece. That said, it's just not my thing. This one is a pass from me.

Reading through the background on this makes me really appreciate the talent. That said I don't see myself revisiting this except maybe as background music. Even then the random moans are a little distracting

Great live performance.

Klaviermusik.

Good

Nice relaxing album

Listenable. Nice for background.

I like it, but it fades into the background after awhile 3.5/5

It’s just nice piano for an hour.Complete background music.

very cool, very diverse for a solo piano album

It's a lot of piano lol. A little too much for my uncultured brain. I could see getting into it more if I trained my brain to listen to it better.

Dette var ganske kult! Digger at man hører han nynne og lage litt lyder en gang i blant, det styrker på en måte det virtuose - musikken bare strømmer ut liksom

Just fine background music.

Excellent playing. Very chill.

The background story of making this live album is quite fascinating. I'm not really into improvisative piano music (coming from a family full of classical musicians incl. pianists) and while Jarrett's talent is amazing this albums feels a bit incoherent and directionless because of its free style. I enjoyed listening to it but admittedly I'll never be someone who understands and loves jazz music that much.

69/100

Fascinating back story, left to perform on a rehearsal piano, rather than the grand piano he expected, Jarrett abandoned his planned set and improvised for more than an hour. Interspersed by his on yelps as he surprises even himself. Still, interesting more because of his technical virtuosity and the chaotic circumstances behind its creation.

Cool piano performance. Does get a bit boring though.

Good skills by Keithy-boy here

Keeping consistent with my relationship with jazz, this is very nice to listen to, but I am humming none of it.

As a current learner on the piano, I am in awe of Jarrett's touch and feel. This isn't sturm und drang playing for the most part, but a quiet virtuosity, the odd tasty flourish showing through the cracks in the paving. Funny, it's also quite hard to categorise this. The Köln Concert straddles classical, jazz and easy listening in equal measures. Perhaps it's a little too easy on the ear as it can fade into background music at points. Still, a pleasant experience.

Literally impossible to pay attention to

Good but too long. Alfa backstory to this story.

Good enough to earn its length. I didn't appreciate his moaning or the clapping bt audience. the actual music was fine. The second half was better.

Förvånandsvärt mös

ok

Pleasantly enjoyable and never grating. Relaxing. Nearly fell asleep with it. Smooth, melodious. As a wise soothsayer one said, "if could choose any instrument to be a master of, it would be the piano."

It's quite nice and chilled out piano music. It's nice as background but I wouldn't listen to it again.

hmm, 3

Beautiful piano jazz. It just does not do much for me apart from being good background music. It gets a 3.5/5. Fav ‘track’: Pt. II B

I should say this first: he's a very talented musician and this is very impressive. Okay, now: what are we doing here? Where is the arbitrary line between classical performances (not allowed) and this? If I need to listen to an album of live piano music played on a stage before I die, shouldn't it be Bach? And if there is no Bach, leave this off. Weird rules, weird inclusion. Best track: I'd be lying if I said these didn't all blend together for me

Even iets heel anders. Een kale piano. Na een tijdje luister ik niet meer actief en wordt het wat gepingel. Prima op de achtergrond. Maar dit was een concert. Met publiek. Pfff...denk dat ik dan wel even was weggezakt.

Interesting album but after a while it feels like noodling

Klimper. Gut und hörenswert, aber nicht das Über-Album, zu dem es gerne hochstilisiert wird. Jarrets eigene Einschätzung, das Album sei zum Soundtrack verkommen, trifft es ganz gut.

Werkelijk prachtig! Alleen is twee uur aan enkel piano iets te veel voor mij

Du bon piano, mais une heure juste de ça ça fait un peu lassant, ça devient un peu comme un bruit de fond. Je m'attendais à de quoi d'un peu plus jazzy aussi (dans le sens plus de syncopes). 6/10

Very good, but kind of boring overall.

Technically very impressive but just not my cup of tea

Listenable.

I do like some Keith Jarrett, but not my fav

It's 1 hour of pleasant piano music. Very talented musician, this reminds me of building houses in the Sims 1.

I happened to listen to a podcast all about the making of this album, which was fascinating. The album itself, a little less than fascinating in and of itself. But then again, jazz is not my bag. Still glad I’ve listened to it. (The podcast was Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford, episode called “Bowie, Jazz and the Unplayable Piano” if anyone is interested.)

I really enjoyed this. Nice change of pace.

I don't know what I was expecting, but it wasn't this. It's all a bit flowery and very busy at the moment, a few minutes into the first track. This last track sounds like Elton John should start singing soon (I like Elton John). This is not the Jazz I like, but it's alright. 3 / 5 stars.

Beautiful

Background music I guess. Had to break it up though. No one's got time for pianisting for an hour sorry old fella.

i like piano but this was just ok I wasn’t wowed or anything

Extremely well done, talented, I’m sure really inspirational for people but I’m not going to listen to it again

Moans and groans throughout made me laugh. After enough time solo piano music becomes just background music no matter how talented the pianist is. Enjoyable background music though

I hadn’t heard of this album or this artist before, but I enjoyed it more than I expected I would.

a pleasant, “time pass me by” piano album. not my thing, but well done and executed live. smooth and clean. not too tacky, over done in its light jazz format. it is fine.

Jag önskar att jag också kunde spela piano så!!! De va nice att ha i bakgrunden när man läste.

I owned this album 30 years ago in the form of a pirate cassette tape from Bali - which demonstrates a certain status. I guess it is jazz in the miscellaneous sense. Anyway, I was happy to hear it here.

Refreshing. Not the type of genre I would ever listen to but after the dross of the last 10 days if was nice to hear something talented. First track was the best, but the other were pretty good. 3.5*

largo

I mean it’s good I guess?

This is miles outside my wheelhouse and realistically I'm unlikely to come back to it, except possibly as background music. BUT I thought it was good. Aside from the obvious musical ability required not only to play this stuff, but to improvise it in front of a live audience, I was impressed by the way he seemed to switch between several different styles - only a couple of which sounded like 'jazz' as I know it. I find solo piano can be quite meditative when it's slow and sparse, but the rhythmic, repetitive nature of some of the other sections was equally hypnotic in its way. Also, bits of it reminded me of the Breath of the Wild soundtrack. So that's good.

The moaning 🤣

Cool music to do my performance review to. Will keep this one in the back pocket for doing mentally taxing tasks and self reflection.

3.5

Þetta var vel áheyrilegt og oft ánægjulegt, einstaka sinnum töff. En berstrípað píanó er bara ekki mitt uppáhalds hljóðfæri.

Piano new wave sort of jazz.

Good music, unlike anything I've ever heard. Like a Jazzy Ludovico Einaudi. It certainly doesn't sound like it's from the 70s.

Favorita: -Köln, January 24, 1975, Pt.II B-Live

respect the medium and the craft, but piano-led music is just not for me.

Interesting mix of classical and jazz beautiful instrumental pieces great easy listening Can see how someone would enjoy this but not my cup of tea

Enjoyed this actually. The piano sounds bloody lovely. Won’t ever go back to it like but a pleasant listen.

Love a bit of piano. I am such a laymen though and whilst appreciate this music, songs that las longer than an episode of the Office is tough with just headphones. I feel I would enjoy this more to some imagery.

Beaitiful improvisational jazz piano, completely tonal and accessible with crazy impressive moments and reoccuring motifs. The grunts are bothersome but can be mostly ignored. Plenty of dull moments, especially in the latter half as the audience starts to tire, but there are still displays that pull me back in.

Can’t say I particularly enjoyed this but it sounded nice.

This was great, I've gone back and listened to albums I've missed. Good concentration music. Bit weird to hear the bloke groan and vocalise because he's so pumped playing the piano, but otherwise very listenable.

Nice music to work to.

One hour of solo piano improvisation is not my cup of tea. It’s ok as background music.

He sure can play that piano! But I still don't think I would ever choose to play this one again. Just doesn't hold my interest for over an hour.

- piano = nice but boring 😕

Best mooi op een goed moment.

Knap, mooi en nerve wrecking tegelijk.

Nice easy listening piano, bedtime music, or music to code to

I’m not a huge fan of jazz piano. That said, this feels like i’m listening to a story told by piano.

This did surprise me. Wouldn't be a go to, but definitely an enjoyable listen.

Very relaxing

Pleasant listening, much better than I expected, accessible jazz, but it's still a piano for an hour and repeating themes. It's great that this sort of album got made, reached a big audience and exists but it's not something I'm going to play over and over. I can appreciate it but that's as far as it goes.

While Jarrett is an accomplished pianist, his work with other Jazz innovators and groups stand out more than his solo work. As a pianist myself, it is difficult to see where Jarrett is actually flowing along his pieces or strictly vibing out which leads to a lot of circular movements that would be amazing with any other instrumental accompaniment. While this is a great piece, it doesn't set a new elevated bar for modern piano.

Sounds almost more classical than jazz to me

pretty

Don't get me wrong, the playing was amazing and the spirit was there but damn if you must because I felt like I was at an piano I'd been forced to attend to part of this.

The piano playing was beautiful, but it's pretty difficult for me to relate to a solo instrumental performance meaningfully when I don't know the music

It's piano

I wish i could play piani that well!

I acknowledge that Keith Jarrett is a talented and well accomplished musician. I love the back story of this album... gig from hell. I'm not sure I could sit through a concert of this new age style jazz but knowing it took place at 11:30PM after the opera might give it a different vibe. This is background music for a relaxing environment. I get the intellectual elements of this music but can't decide if it's actually interesting or worth talking about.... and I love talking about everything.

Masterful, dynamic and engaging - yes. An album I needed to hear before I die - no. After I listened to it I read about the album and artist. He deserves all the stars for his skills and playing this concert on a sub-par instrument. And for doing it while in pain and wearing a back brace.

There's a great episode of the Cautionary Tales podcast about the making of this album. Def worth hearing. I do enjoy this album. It's impressive that the dude improvised a double album on the spot. And I dig it as background music. But for a focused lesson, not so much. It's a lot of the same thing over and over again. I don't mean that he doesn't vary things up; there are stylistic and dynamic changes throughout. But at the end of the day, it's just one dude playing a piano for an hour. Having heard this album before and knowing that it's a lot to take in at once, I spread out my listening over the course of the day, which helped. Anyway, I admire this album more than I like it. And again, it's cool background music.

That was painless. If you are a fan of piano or jazz then this is for you, it is just not for me. I didn't interrupt it but it left little to no real impression on me

Background jams

Not usually a jazz guy, but I really enjoyed listening to this while I worked.

i’m not really in a position to judge this

Good

The music has its moments, as does all of Jarrett's ever improvisational style, but perhaps the most interesting thing about this record is the story surrounding the circumstances of its recording. Certainly says something about the triumph of the creative spirit in the face of adversity.

It's fine and somewhat interesting but, overall not my cup of Jazz tea.

Part 1- loved it. Part 2a- not my fave Part2 b and c- they were fine. What was with all of the huffing and puffing throughout.

Before I learned that he came up with this on the spot I was a little bored, but i feel as though that information has tainted my opinion because making up any music on the spot is so challenging and impressive. this style of music has never been my favourite, but the fact he did this one try is crazy.

piano

It was a piano concert. It was pleasant.

Talented? Yes! Backstory? Yes! The reality of listening to an hour of live improv piano solos? Maybe in the right setting, late at night with a whiskey in hand, sure, less so on this particular Thursday morning.

not my thing but pretty

Very chill jazz album

liked, didn’t love.

This is somebody's jam. Not mine, but somebody's.

Yes, very nice. This is something you have to properly listen to though, I guess it's not the best sign that Spotify played 3 or 4 other similar tracks by different people after the album finished before I noticed.

6/10 interesting

Chilling

Never really given instrumental piano a chance before. This was beautiful and perfect for getting work done.

came for the fantastic piano playing, stayed for the strange little yells he was doing

Quite pleasant piano playing

Nice jazz. 3/5.

Meh

As soon as I see the word "jazz" a chill runs down my spine - it is, without doubt, my least favourite type of music - and that's why it's taken me 6 weeks to get round to hearing it. I enjoyed it more than I expected to (and the story behind it is incredible) , but like all jazz I do find that it drags on a bit too long. Went into it expecting to give it a 1. Came out surprised to be giving it a 3!

Great moods. Nice harmonies. Extremely talented guy. Did get a bit dull for me in places, but letting it wash over me I enjoyed it quite a bit

Nice easy jazz