The Köln Concert

With jazz being one of my least enjoyable genres, and with this being a ‘live’ album too, I feared the worst. But I found it just a little bit enjoyable. The backstory to it is quite remarkable. 2 stars to respect the technical competence and for not making put my giant wotsits in my ears.

Not being a massive jazz fan, I was unaware of Keith and I've therefore obviously never heard or heard of this before. So I did a little research and found a great article in the Guardian about two films being produced about and explaining the story behind this live concert recording and it's pretty fascinating! https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/feb/10/koln-concert-keith-jarrett-jazz-masterpiece-piano So, it almost didn't happen save for the work of two diligent piano technicians and the 18yo promoter swearing in his face. > I went face to face with Keith Jarrett,” recalls Vera Brandes, “and I said to him, ‘Keith, if you don’t play this concert, I’ll be fucked. And you’ll be fucked too.’ The first 4 notes he plays are also a repeat of the 'jingle 'that the theatre play to instruct patrons to seat themselves and he develops the motif through the piece. A live piano album is always going to struggle with me though, it's something i'd much rather watch live and in this case... something I'd much rather watch one of those 2 films of. I feel much of the reason this is here is in the lore of how the concert happened rather than in the music itself, as good as that obviously is.

My first piano concert. In the right setting this is good background music but I don’t think I would put anything in my normal rotation.

Meh

No private session used for Spotify. Talented piano player, but not my thing. Maybe if someone was over and I wanted background music that might impress them, but that isn't my thing either.

This album is like the start of a roller coaster, when your cart is getting hauled to the highest point, leading to the drop. You’re excited to get to the top and swiftly plummet into the actual ride, but this part is taking ages. Initially you’re filled with excitement, but as a couple of others on the ride with you start to groan impatiently, the thought does cross your mind that this is taking quite a long time.

I'm gonna sound uncultured, but it's so boring, it's not popular music in any way. I should appreciate the talent I guess

he’s very good at piano i just do not like this kind of thing

Honestly I gave this a try but something about didn't hit for me.

Can I get your name? Thank you. Ok, I see you're here for 3 nights, perfect. Can we get a credit card for a damage deposit? We will just put a $250 hold on your account until you check out, then lift it. Great. Yes, it's a very nice piano. I'm glad you're enjoying it. Enjoy your stay!

The context behind this album is interesting, but the album itself is solidly fine. I listened to it in its entirety and I don't ever need to do it again. 2/5 stars.

Supreme talent, but doesn't get away from it saying....very little.

Nice but went on a bit

Deeply underimpressed.

Good jazz but got super repetitive

Piano album, it’s good as an instrumental and for relaxing purposes.

Nice. Totally not for me though.

Love piano and recognize skill but too jazzy for me

Look... as something I'd see in a Jazz lounge, sure... as an album to listen to literally ever, absolutely not.

Good for falling asleep.

This guy is clearly an incredibly talented pianist, however, if I had attended that concert, I certainly would've fallen asleep.

Not for me

2.5 maybe

Fine as background music but it’s outrageous to me that this is considered a classic album. It’s elevated elevator music.

Probably a great piece of work for what it is but I need more than just piano.

Can appreciate but an hour of jazz piano is not my thing

Ok as background music but not for me.

It was helpful to read that this concert was completely improvised from beginning to end, which is incredibly impressive in context. Jazz isn’t my thing, when things really locked in, I could appreciate it.

Talent may be impressive but the output isn't. If I wanted piano, I'd go classical

Good for what it is I suppose, not my cup of tea. It was fairly enjoyable to have on in the background while working, but probably not something I’ll revisit.

Love the music, although a bit too virtuosic at times. What I can't stand is his singing along. Really distracting. Maybe can't hear through speakers at regular volume, but through headphones it jus souds ridiculous!

Not for me. Not worth a one though as it's obviously great in its genre

4/10 - well produced/mixed. It’s a musical journey to nowhere. I love piano and I like jazz, but this didn’t do it for me. Is it important? I dont know. there are lots of jazz albums more singular and more coherent.

While I recognize good musicianship this didnt do anything for me. The lack of other instruments or vocals made it too long and skippable for me.

Just can’t get on with jazz….

Oh

yawn 2/5

it certainly wasn't bad but it also wasn't memorable in the least

It was cool, didn't catch me.

Ok

Rockin ja klassisen koulutuksen suhde ei ole antinominen.

I’m not sure why this album is a must listen but I suppose it is for the improvisational stylings of Keith during this hour long concert. It is not bad but not anything I would listen to again

This album is a solid 2.5. Right down the middle. It was good and the story is fun, but no songs really stand out to me. It was background noise for most of it. Insanely talented piano work tho. Actual review....2.5. Liked songs: The album was solid

It's a 5 for somebody

Super impressive but not really my thing tbh

I really wasn’t expecting much from this album, being a live jazz record. Although it’s still not something I’m going to actively seek out, I did still find myself enjoying it more than I anticipated. I’ve said this for other jazz albums before, but it’s that nice kind of jazz instead of the weird kind that can be quite difficult to listen to. It was probably longer than I’d have liked it to be, but jazz-enjoyers are weird, so maybe it’s just right for them.

This was nice, and Jarrett is clearly a very talented pianist, but I can only appreciate this album insomuch as I can recognise those talents. I would Listen to this to focus at work or read a book, but I wouldn’t listen to it for the music - if that makes sense. Also the crowd in this recording is annoying. ⭐️⭐️

Jazz piano like this is kinda like eggnog. A little is ok and enjoyable. An hour straight is like you've drank an entire carton of nog, you're queasy and you swear never to touch the stuff again.

1. koln 1 - 3 2. koln 2 - 1 3. koln 3 - 4. koln 4 -

Impressive. Probably much more impressive in person

Not my thing

Piano-ness

Thing about improvisation is... you haven't rehearsed, have you? So how about I pay for a ticket if it's good. There's no one in the world I'd go to watch improvise, and I certainly wouldn't be so presumptuous as to set up recording equipment. Like hearing a friend noodle from the next room kind of hoping he'll stop quite soon.

This feels like classical music to study and relax to. I guess I didn't hate it?

My heart sank when I saw 70s and jazz together again! However this album is pretty timeless and not very jazzy! It is pleasant to have as background music, although it sometimes did wander into a naff movie score. Slightly put off by the random gasps from the artist.

Not my type

It's probably really good piano playing but I'm not a musician so i feel like i dont have the ear for it. The random audience noises are hilarious

It’s a piano concert…

The Köln Concert might be legendary in jazz circles, but to me it just sounded like any other piano recital. Sure, it’s technically impressive and has its moments, but overall, it was just decent background music. Nothing I’d actively throw on or revisit. I get why some people love it, but it didn’t do much for me beyond filling the silence.

He’s obviously very talented. Just not for me. At all.

Pretty fucking boring

Pleasant piano plinkering. The performance is positively plonkers. Maybe a bit too free-form. Would prefer it to be more melodic. I can hear especially one guy yeling in the background... Might be the performer, or someone in the audience. I thought I'd enjoy this one, but it's kinda disappointing. 2/5

Too long, very good pianist. Was great for emails but I’ll never think about this again.

Piano, idk how this one was influential

Background music

One of the greatest concerts I ever attended was a piano improvisation by Terry Riley in the Whitla Hall. It was gentle, hypnotic and very moving. An hour of harmonically simple, but beautiful music never to be repeated. As impressive as Keith Jarret's playing is here, I wouldn't describe it in the same terms. Jarret's stylistic range is broad and, while the transitions from mode to mode are masterful, the whole is a remarkable jumble. He grunts and moans, like Glenn Gould, another furious brain. He races through a thousand ideas, but not to arrive at any particular place. Never gentle. Never hypnotic. Never moving the listener because it is always itself in motion. Of course, I wish I had a modicum of that ability. But if this sounds like criticising something for what it's not, rather than what it is, I completely agree. This is a live performance, not an album, and, where I there, I would experience it differently and perhaps I would be as affected as I was as Riley cycled through all those Is and Vs. As an album, it is buoyed more by its story and its audacity, than by its musical content. Still, for story and audacity alone, it warrants a 2.5-ish. I gather from a quick perusal of the Wikipedia page for this concert that there is quite a bit of mythologising about it, taking in the physical and emotional state of the performer, the story of the little piano that everyone underestimated, and of course the fact of a live solo jazz piano record that sold millions of copies. I am glad this music has all this fascinating backstory because it needs it. It’s very nice. I would be happy to eat at this restaurant and I would tip the performer. A lot of the time the left hand is purely hypnotic. In the right there are sweet and tasteful dashes of melody - creating classy ambience for you and your date. If conversation isn’t flowing there are distractions and prompts to be had as well. Ooo this chunk is very fast, isn’t Jazz fun? Oooo this chunk sounds like Rachmaninov. Do you like classical music? No? Me neither really. What music do you like? Rap? Oh fuck off, Rap isn’t music. It’s just the same two bars of music over and over again and some dude talking. Aye granted that’s a bit like what this fella’s doing but this is jazz, I think, so he could do something else if he wanted - and he might - and there’s all sorts of thinking going on here; probably, I haven’t been listening. Sorry if I was rude about the music you like just then. Rap can be fun. I know all of the words to Rollin’ by Limp Bizkit… 2/5

Gave up on it.

Never heard of him. I was initially shocked that Part 1 has over 8M listens and Part 2C has over 10M listens. While pretty at times it sounded like someone noodling around on a piano for an hour to me. A 26 minute song, come on. This may be more appreciated by people who play cause it was lost on me. But I don't appreciate jazz either so this was a big miss. Not my thing but he's obviously good at what he does and has an audience. 2 stars for that but not sure what, if any, influence this has had on anything that came after it.

It's nice, I guess? I don't get it.

Do you think the audience lightly caressed their private parts, been so aroused by the "avantgardistic masterpiece" being played in front of them? Like I truly wonder why they cheered like Jimi Hendrix just gave the performance of a lifetime through an ouija board. This is like a guy playing the piano for one hour. That's it and for my money I would've booed him if I was there.

I thought I was going to like this more. And I did like some parts. But I felt like it was just stream of consciousness noodling with no real structure to it. And that annoyed me after awhile

Not really my kind of music -- I just don't think I understand this kind of jazz or have the patience for it.

impressive, sure, but boring

This is definitely the most unique album I've gotten so far. A one hour, 4 track modern solo piano concert it was not necessarily outside of my wheelhouse, but I did not connect with this music. Felt too "contemporary" in that sort of messy kind of way. It actually kind of hurt my head. Especially Part 3. Or rather part 2B. The 4 tracks were Part 1 and Parts 2a, 2b, and 2c. "2c" was the least offensive. Even pleasant at times. And not surprisingly by far the shorter piece at 6:56 and that includes over 90 seconds of applause at the end. A Duke Ellington song came on after and it was similar, but so much easier to listen to.

Nope, the vocalizations suck. Takes me out of it. Kudos for the talent and the improvisation. But nah, I don't want moaning in my piano jazz.

Not my style. Very boring

This music bores me like no other but if you're a jazz enthusiast you will appreciate that there's over an hour of classical piano jazz music on this record so there's that

Fine, just not my thing. I can appreciate the technical proficiency of it, but to atonal/improvisational for me.

Surely great in his field, but cannot listen to 1 hour of this :/

can not find it in my heart to care enough about this

Obviously a skilled pianist, this album was really just not for me. I found it to be boring and a little repetitive. I can see how other muscians would be inspired by the musicality though.

Love all the instruments. Great music to fall asleep too. Very soothing

not really my thing

It was okay as background music. Not my fave genre. 2/5

Was dreading this listen but found it enjoyable. Maybe it was just the mood or what I was doing at the time but I didn’t hate it.

peaceful background, not top 1001 tho

Found myself bored pretty early on. Just don’t really want to listen to an hour long solo of any instrument. Bet it would sound great in a waiting room though.

The piano playing is absolutely superb, but an hour of solo piano improv, it’s just background music.

Ok I guess. Not sure I'm into 25 minute long improvisational pieces.

piano.

Bom, mas depende muito do estado de espírito para

Bit too much piano for me. Pleasant enough though if you just want some background music.

Okay. Jazz piano. Just not my vibe.

Decent background while writing code

Guys got chops i cant lie, pretty situational listen tho. Best track = Part II A

Boring one. Listened for another list. 1.5/5

Eh...he's a very talented piano player and accomplished improvisor. I just...don't want to listen to two hours of piano wankery.

While I appreciate the talent needed to play this music it is not my style.

Ok

Background noise. Not sure why it’s on this list. 2.5 stars

Yeah, this is actually pretty good but 66 minutes of piano noodling is too much. 2.0

I will probably be really into this in like 10 years time but this for me doesn't rise above what I'd hear in like a waiting room or elevator. Not feeling it.

Cool, a happy sounding piano album. No lyrics just a mix between Charlie Brown songs and silent movies. For its musical category, it’s fine. For anyone who i’d care what they thought about a certain group or album. Hard pass

Enjoyed this more than I would have expected. I like that it's improvised essentially around a sub standard piano. Maybe great creativity springs from adversity and spontaneity. Working around several discomforts and problems, a snap shot of what was going through some ones brain there and then.

Nuda

I hope you like piano, cause that's all you're getting. As a non jazz piano aficionado this bored me a bit. It felt like something they'd be playing in a hotel lobby.

This is a dude playing a piano for an hour. He's very good at playing the piano and I am sure when I have house parties my friends would be impressed at how cultured I am for enjoying this type of music. Unfortunately, I am a caveman and this is the sound of a dude playing a piano for an hour. Sure, put this in the book because it is important in a way that I can't enjoy. I've heard it, I am not cultured enough to pretend to like this, and now we can all move on to the next album.

Hmm, not really for me. It put me to sleep, but I think that I appreciate the complexity of what he is trying to do.

2.5/5

As a fellow instrumental head this is so cool and this guy apparently is praised by many. It all blended together for that hour but it’s definitely a 1 time listen. Which brings it down heavy to like a 2 for me I know I said it’s a 5 but I just can’t see a revisit but it’s beautiful how the piano speaks to itself so elegantly

I just can’t get behind it. I’m not a big piano guy. There’s not much to delve into with this record.

It seemed like an eternity.

Piano album. Not much else to say other than he is very good at the piano.

No words, just piano freestyle. Talented but just not something to play whenever

He's good at piano. What do you want from me?

Loved reading the background and the first part had me convinced it was the all-timer the book claimed, but it fizzled out soon afterward. Still good!

Four million people bought this? Why?

Not for me

It’s ok if you like twinkling and tootling. It’s not if you don’t. I don’t.

Listen, I appreciate a bit of piano as much as the next pretentious git but wtf was this. It wasn’t bad, just never ending. I feel like there was nothing he did in parts 2-4 that wasn’t already in the first 26 minute long song.

pianist, nice but not my jam

idk not my cup

It's a piano concert... probably fantastic among those that enjoy them... but never been something I've enjoyed listening to. 2/5

Talented pianist, I don’t know anything else about this, but I enjoyed it.

Yeah, Can't say I have ever listened to a solo jazz piano album. I didn't hate it but I probably also wouldn't come back to very often.

2/5 not because the music is bad - it's certainly not - but as an album, it doesn't work for me. This kind of music should be heard live, and a recording can't do it justice.

trotos

Well. Very good. Highly original, exactly what you’d want from a classical piano album I would imagine. Problem is I’m not much of a classical fan, so I wouldn’t usually listen to this. Each piece goes on a bit too long for me as well, but you can hear the talent in the music, it’s just too sophisticated for me.

Just a load of piano to be honest. He's clearly very talented, but not really for me. If I wanted to make a film about a lovely hotel lobby, I'd call Keith for the soundtrack (and I imagine he'd be insulted and say no).

I don't like piano music

Not my bag baby

These always so difficult as I understand the talent behind it but I just don’t care for it.

Just too much piano for me. I can recognize the skill and talent but one and done

while the guy is freakishly talented, spending over an hour listening to instrumental piano music is just not my idea of a good time. not my jam.

Ehhhhhh

bof 2/5

Very boring

Not for me

Undoubtedly interesting. The story of it is well worth reading. And it’s a great recording of an absolute master at work. But it’s still an hour of piano twiddling. Good twiddling, but it is pretty formless music. Which is very jazz … but it’s almost too pleasant for that. I love that music like this exists but I find it difficult to enjoy.

Too much Piano :-)

That was a lot of piano, and it just kept going... My rating just kept dropping as it went on

Tough one for me. I'm definitely not qualified to comment on the skill on display here. I definitely didn't hate it, but listening to someone noodle around on the piano for an hour is not my idea of good music. The record has an interesting story but I'll never go back to this. For me it's a 2, but I'm sure the level of playing on here is much higher.

Correcto.

This was enjoyable... I guess. An hour of piano solo will always be background music to me. It was good background music but I can't really give it more than a 2

Reminds me of the build music from The Sims.

No doubt the man can tickle the ivories with the best of them, but this is never gonna be my kinda thing.

nice driving music

Very good background music. Not earth shattering. Not sure why it’s on the list. And what was up with the grunting?

I like piano music. But not when it’s like this.

Digged the first piece. but improvisational piano gets boring quick when there's no sudden change in tone

I love instrumental piano solo music and ambient music and piano in general but this album made me feel absolutely nothing, it was a chore and I am disappointed in myself and the world. Holy fuck I just realized I'm not even through the first song yet.

piano piece boring 🥱

Pretty soothing piano. Im sure there's a lot there but I couldnt find it.

This was a guy noodling around playing chords and arpeggios and thinking it's high art.

Sounds like a '90s movie soundtrack. I guess piano jazz is better than the other kinds of jazz.

A nice piece of Jazz production. It sounds great and is great. It has all things you want instrumentally and does enough interesting stuff with the composition that it doesn’t get too repetitive. Overall enjoyable even if this type of Jazz isn’t my favorite thing.

Cool but not my thing

Soothing Piano Jazz that makes me want to ride an elevator

I'm sure it felt important if you were there, watching it live. But rather boring in a recorded version. I wouldn't even want to hear Joe Pass playing solo for that long.

I listened to every note.

Lots of piano, it was alright

If I knew music theory or studied piano I'm sure I'd appreciate this more.

1.5 - Man, if this were shorter, I could probably give this a higher score, but as it is, I wasn't a fan. It was very long. I mean, the first song was almost half an hour long. That's pretty crazy and I don't remember it changing very much over that duration, but maybe I just wasn't paying very much attention. Sometimes he'd make weird noises during the tracks too, which I didn't really enjoy hearing. The moaning felt weird. That seems to just be a thing he's known to do, upon further research. I won't hold it against him too much. Anyway, I ended up a bit annoyed by the end of this, thus the rating. Not really for me.

I found some really interesting and beautiful chord changes at times. I wanted to hear those evolve like free form jazz but they never did. Just a glimpse and back to something more mundane. And the songs were just too damn long. I fast forwarded one a few times and where I landed it sounded exactly like where I had come from. Ironically a John Coltrane song came on on Spotify right after this song ended. The contrast was profound. Keith Jarrett is no master. Still, interesting background story on this one and not saying he can’t play.

Never listened to Keith before — Very Nice! Great drummer he he.

I knew nothing of the artist or album going in but after looking him up, I know I've heard him play on the Miles Davis live albums. This is not an album I would seek out to play regularly but I would throw it on as background music now an then.

Ага, типа классика типа фортэпианэ. Нет, я люблю клавиши, не спорю. Но тут нужен другой майндсет. Слушаю утром, думал будет какой-то врыв. А тут наоборот Нет, я не могу прочувствовать. То есть я вижу, что чел креативный, звучит всё хорошо, но музыка то туда то сюда, я даже мотив установить не могу для себя ни в одном сегменте. Просто... просто красиво и всё. А чего красиво, что? С тем же успехом можно гаммы играть и будет тоже красиво. Ну два?

Lullabies to paralyze

I think he just played the same 30 seconds on loop for an hour.

Passabler Klavier Jazz.

I liked some of this but most of it was noise

He’s obviously a great piano player but just solo piano Jazz for over an hour gets kinda boring.

Boring ah album

Very talented pianist but it’s not engaging me at all

nett für nebenbei, hat mich auf Dauer aber genervt.

Very long classical piano album

Was dreading this when i saw it on friday so decided to save it for Monday AM. good move by me. it actually short of ripped. longer than it needed to be but i liked it more than i thought i would. just some songs dragged on a littttttle too long

It's good to work to. But there is nothing special about it.

This doesn’t seem super groundbreaking, but I’m probably wrong.

It's just not all that. A boring record.

First song ended peppy and fun Second song was ok Part IIb was nice as well The crown or someone going 'ooohhhh' every once in awhile is amusing Nothing special but not bad

Ah soothing Sunday hangover music. I know because I have a hangover. Unfortunately, I don’t have hangovers everyday, so 2/5

I'm not sure I enjoyed this. I'm sure its good it just isn't my thing.

ovako bzvz i dosadno, nisam neki fan samo klavira na ovaj nacin. Super bi pasalo u lobbyju hotela

grew on me as it went on, but not for me really ;’0

Not a huge fan.. I can respect the craftsmanship and the talent (and time) that went into it, but I am not a fan of piano instrumentals.

Somewhat soothing I suppose but something I could listen to only as background noise

Iha jees

Was ok. Just not my style of music enjoyed for studying but I found the pieces were quite long

Background music. Interesting story (cautionary tales podcast)

Ok

I am bored

Best Songs: N/A (Not that kind of album) Listen Again: No

I gave it 20 minutes. It'd be great if I was sitting in a waiting room. Actively listening to an album... not so much.

Good piano playing , but this just turns into background noise for me.

El piano siempre es god la verdad. La verdad es que hoy no era el mood para escuchar solo piano, pero bueno jaja

me gusta mucho el piano y me encanta escuchar a la gente tocarlo pero no ha sido mi sesión favorita la verdad. no lo volvería a escuchar 5/10

Probably like a 2.5 for me. Some interesting stuff peppered throughout, but better off as background music for me.

Bof. Ennuyeux.

Repetitive

Jazz. Puh. Auch harmonisch, aber weiterhin nur nichts für mich.

Sounds fine but so long, couldn't appreciate it more than what I heard. They really kept all of the applause. High 2.

decent piano music, but got kinda stale after a while. 5/10

Not bad. But you definitely have to be in the mood.

This is the kind of thing my parents used to play at dinnertime.

I would never choose to listen to this again, it simply doesn't interest me, but it's not bad.

Dale Jarrett > Keith Jarrett

Good background music, obviously impressive, but just piano music to me.

Quite bad 2

This was unfortunately just not my vibe this weekend and I couldn’t really get into it. -B

It's nice but doesn't keep my attention.

Yep that sure was a piano concert with occasional moaning in it for some reason.

Nichts für mich

Not bad, but nothing incredible.

Nice but long and not too interesting to listen to, to be honest.

Just piano so not much to take in other than it is very relaxing in the initial minutes. Essentially an hour long piano piece performed live. The random grunts and other noises are kind of hilarious on such a serious piece. Can't say I know enough about piano to say how impresive or not this is. Probably good to put on for a quiet party or something.

This is not music at all but it was ok in the background

piano

El álbum "Keith Jarrett: Köln Concert" es un registro notable en el mundo de la música. Grabado en 1975, destaca la destreza del pianista Keith Jarrett en una noche de improvisación en Colonia. Una serie de infortunios marcaron esta grabación aun así la ejecución es prolija. La fusión de elementos de piano clásico y jazz crea una experiencia musical interesante. La ejecución de Jarrett es enérgica y muestra su maestría en el piano. Su técnica es innegable, y su capacidad para crear momentos etéreos marca la dirección del concierto. El álbum se enfoca en escalas mayores que transmiten una sensación de serenidad y emoción. Jarrett juega con la tensión y el alivio de manera hábil a lo largo del concierto, manteniendo al oyente comprometido. Si bien es accesible para la mayoría de los oyentes, es una experiencia que podría no repetirse con frecuencia debido a su singularidad y profundidad. "Köln Concert" es una muestra de la habilidad y creatividad de Jarrett.

Not my cup of tea. It was alright, but I’ve heard other piano concertos that I would rather listen to.

Listened during a nap, made it pretty wild.

Not into classical music at all and the songs were so incredibly long I kept skipping them halfway through due to boredom. But I could tell it's a masterpiece, just not my thing.

I just couldn't quite connect with this.

It started off real nice, then it started to get a bit tedious after a while. I didn't even really like it as background music. 2.5/5 rounded down

Obviously a great talent, but that doesn't make it an interesting album.

didn't listen

sure i guess

Not my jam

Yeah, good piano but just not my vibe, a bit too dramatic and stressful.

The solo piano is nice for about 30 mins, and then I needed a break. DNF

While very impressive, this is not something I’d likely listen to again. It does seem like the kind of thing that would be more interesting live, but I don’t particularly think this live recording gives that feeling as it ends up sounding about how I’d imagine a studio recording would anyway.

Interesting concept and story behind this album/recording. Not something I would normally listen to or really enjoy. Was good to have on in the background and that's all I can really say about this one.

Osaahan se soittaa. Minä vaan en ymmärrä arvostaa tällaista.

Vaati kyllä aika paljon kärsivällisyyttä, että jakso kuunnella loppuuna asti. Ei huono, mut liikaa

an HOUR????

zzzzz

If there was a visual novel about elevators this would play in the main menu. That being said, I mildly enjoyed it

first half was uninspiring, third song was good and then it fell off again

I'm impressed... but an hour of piano music isn't something I'd ever choose to listen to.

impressive piano, but not interesting me

boring

I liked this for about 10 or 15 minutes. After that it was just sort of banging on the piano for another 50 minutes. It's not bad. But a little monotonous.

Not my bag really. Can appreciate the technical accomplishment for sure, but didn't really connect.

Another new artist for me here. Only 4 tracks. I'm thinking jazz? Maybe just a pianist. Wow, I guess he played with Miles Davis for a time. Damn he's good! That was nice. It was relaxing.

Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: Yeah, it’s perfect background music, that’s how I feel is best to listen to classical as a genre

Calming I guess

While impressive as an improvisational piece, this is at the end of the day simply an hour of piano playing. Inspired as it may be, this LP opens a whole can of worms about list inclusion when it comes to more classically-oriented pieces – if improvisational piano is worthy of 1001, aren't at least 100 other classical pieces with inspired performances or innovative designs?

belos pianos e muito bem improvisados, mas uma hora é foda

Nooo

Nice background music, won't be listening to it again, wasn't grabbed by it and it made me feel nothing.

I read up on this album while I was listening to it. I mean, it's piano for over an hour, sometimes have to do something else while an album is playing in the background. The story behind this night, and how it all got stuffed up from pillar to post, is quite amazing. the fact that this went ahead in the first place, and was recorded, is a minor miracle. As to the album itself. Well, given that it is an improvised performance, it is very clever. And the guy can obviously play, and the show was sold out, so there were plenty of people at the time who knew him. And it became the biggest selling album of its kind ever at the time of its release. But... did anyone else feel like they were in an elevator for an hour? Or, more accurately, that you were on hold on the phone for an hour? Because that is what I ended up getting out of it. Sure, it's clever, it's smart, and I couldn't do it. But in the long run, I felt like I was just waiting for it to end to get to where I was going, or get the answer to the question I had asked. Enchanting, but not for a repeat performance.

I can see the appeal but kinda boring

Puedo apreciar la técnica involucrada y el talento en exposición, pero no pude "entrar" en el disco. Poco a poco se fue transformando en música de fondo

People that call it Köln in an English sentence are generally wankers. No Überraschung that this is jazz, then. Lots and lots of jazz piano, nothing else außer the occasional jazz wanker going "ohh!" in the crowd als the pianist was sehr interesting spielt. Maybe those same people would call it a Meisterstück. 2/5.

Lotsa clapping

I listened to one track, the first one. The 26 minute long one

That guy sure did play that piano

A long way removed from what I’d ever listen to.

Maxed out my piano based ratings

Zelf als achtergrondmuziek tijdens het werk was dit too much to handle. Het is heel knap gespeeld maar voor mij veel te druk.

i mean whatever

A little monotonous

I find the random voices very distracting. I kept looking behind me thinking someone was talking to me.

A few interesting parts here and there. The improv is impressive but not particularly captivating.

I do love the piano. I do love a talented and accomplished musician. Given that, why do I just not care about this album? It sounded like a soundscape or film score of a documentary on mountains. I actually kept forgetting I was supposed to be listening and walking off to do something else. It made so little impression on me. I’m sure he is a brilliant talent. What did make me laugh was at the very end I listened to the applause since it was a live concert. Even that live audience sounded very nonplussed with their lacklustre response. To describe it as a smattering of applause would be more than kind. Perhaps they too had - metaphorically - wandered off.

Интересно долго странно

Mostly it seemed like aimless doodling. I just didn't feel entertained. Maybe you had to be there?

Very mellow

Rimelig skarpt klaverspil, live, lange numre, afslappende, men også lidt et projekt

Piano! Just Piano!

Talented guy but…it’s…just…piano??

Nice enough, just nothing but Piano is not for me

This was pleasant background music. It should not be on this list

2 for the story and skill, but it'd be a 1 for me on its own

2.5 estrellas.

It’s an hour long concert with 4 songs

This was not for me. It's interesting as a concept, not interesting to listen to. So very, very dull to my ears. Perhaps someone with some actual knowledge of music theory and piano playing would be much more impressed? I can't bring myself to give it a 1 even though it probably should be by my usual standards. Never again. And that moaning stuff? Lolwut

Great piano playing technique-wise, of course, but I don't really see the point of the album. I might as well listen to actual pianopieces if I want to hear solopiano.

Lo único interesante que puedo decir de este disco es que lo escuché en Köln… lo cual no agregó nada a la experiencia, pero suena mamón. La verdad es que no es un disco "malo" pero lleno de cosas innecesarias. Lo largo que es, las toneladas de adornos, los gritos del público (¿o son del mismo Jarrett?) cuando hay algún cambio, etc. Si todo lo anterior estuviera reducido a un tercio (la duración y el mame) me hubiera gustado bastante, pero del tamaño final de la obra, llegó el punto en el que me urgía decir "ya párale mano".

Not much of my jam. Some good bits in it but overall not structured enough for me.

Essential listening for those who believe "The Firm" is a cinematic masterpiece.

Whoosh.....that's the sound of this music going right over my head. I just don't "get" it. It sounds impressive and he's obviously a very talented musician, but it just doesn't move or involve me in any way. I'm sure that it's me - not him!

Nice enough, hard to go higher than a 2. Is that the audience or him shouting out during the playing? If so he's really enjoying himself

Tinnitus made this a hard listen.

Denne personen kan uten tvil spille piano. Dette faller litt i kategorien som hadde vært bedre live. Ikke så rart med tanke på at det er et live-album. Periodevis som massasje for ørene.

I respect the talent but not my thing at all.

Good pianist, but a whole album of improv is boring.

Slept on it, extremely talented man but fuck me this is boring. Also, the groans and grunts as he plays are off putting and distracting.

It's nice background music but the album was too long for me.

Not really my style, though it's obvious there's a lot of skill at play here.

Not the worst jazz sounds nice and it's impressive that he just made it up or whatever but doesn't move me

A relaxing listen, talented pianist, but not particularly engaging.

píanórúnk

jojo han är säkert duktig men kom igen.

Keith is a fantastic player and his music is interesting and beautiful. I’m just not a huge fan of this style of playing.

Live plinky plonky piano.

Lekker toegankelijke piano muziek. Soms een beetje teveel "adlib" gepingel, maar gelukkig corrigeert het dan weer snel in een leuke melodie. Goed te luisteren op de achtergrond. Soms is het een beetje langdradig. Daarnaast gaat een hele tijd eenzelfde instrument ook wel vervelen. **

Flink på piano, og kan være bra bakgrunnsmusikk

too much piaano

Is the way he improvised his music given the difficulties and the circumstances impressive? Yes. Are the melodies interesting for someone who doesn't know a single thing about jazz or music theory (like me)? At some moments, yes. A good background music for doing some tasks for school or work? If you don't mind the moaning sounds, yes. So does that mean that I enjoyed this piano fiddling that stretches for more than an hour? No.