The Köln Concert

Lovely

Keith is a phenomenal pianist. I'd never heard of him before, but I was hooked for the whole performance. The fact that it's improve is incredible.

Surprisingly I listened to the entire thing. Not my thing. Banging the same chord over and over? Yeah, no. I don’t know how to review things tactfully without saying this album was trash. I can appreciate the musical ascent, but it was torture to listen to.

An hour of solo piano? I'm in. This is compelling enough for being about an hour of long form improvisation, but even more so for moving so smoothly over that period. The pieces don't feel boring (to me at least) or stagnant, even boiled down to one instrument for 25-30 minutes at a time. Hard to give a top track, but it's definitely a 4*

Absolutely breathtaking. I’d never heard of this before. Exactly what you dream of for this project.

- The humming/vocalising is very distracting when it appears. - Other than that, very impressive, especially reading the history of this performance and how much was improvised.

Hard grade super talented but not for me

Wow! Didn't know anything about this going in, but hard to say it's anything but great!

This is an alright album. it's what you'd suspect from a classical album. I wouldn't really say that this is an album "you must listen to before you die" but it's good.

I can appreciate that this is an impressive feat, with the piano having distinct character and key leitmotifs. However, it's just too long and the piano is never played gently, which just isn't my preference. Not to mention the parts are up to 25 minutes long. It's just too long to listen to. I didn't like it, but I can appreciate that is a key piano album

What the hell!? This is PHENOMINAL...my first 5-star rating!

At first I was intimidated that it'll just be boring but the live recording is amazing. The guy is in flow state.

He’s a bit percussive but i have just come out of an operation and feel drowsy. A diffetent mood might hit diffetently. The runs ate like beautifully timed drum rolls, incredible really. But the slammed notes crash into my ears too harshly ATM. Listening the next day its not quite as sharp in the ears but he is pretty heavy handed. Its at once soft and tender but heavy as well. He’d do well writing certain types of metal. Full props for a solo album with a solo instrument. Its a lot to carry and he does, but i prefer other pianist, even Monk funnily who is also very percussive (but im fascinated by Mink’s almost mathamatical calculation like approach, he’s working it out in real time Nd doing it in the edge of his ability). So i looked it up and the Koln redera to the piano. Seems he turned up and improvised for a couple of hours on an instrument that linely needed a heavy hand, perhaps didnt allow as much subtle touch. I havent finished this and should revisit. Got halfway. Its great in bits. Would be a good album to chop up selected bits into tracks, cut away the rest which get a bit repetitive.

I don't know if this good or not but it bores me too much to care. 2 stars or D.

Wow, this was great. Such a great pianist I had never even heard of.

Dios cómo le vas a meter 24 mins de piano jajja la inculta. Inicio etereo, una parte en el medio tambn y al final el ritmo cool. La segunda empezó sonando a Disney, creo que a Monsters INC. La segund parte de esa está cool. El man siempre empieza muy sólido pero como es tan largo después ya no (?

Sve pet, ali ne mogu ovo slušati u komadu. Smatram isto da ne zaslužuje baš mjesto na listi, nezz. Od sve klasične glazbe i sličnih glazbenika, ovo je vjerojatno zadnje čega bih se sjetila staviti na listu. 1/5, 1/10

Opening bars sound good. As a jazz-hater, dunno how this is gonna go. Bring on the pain I guess. Update: I have not hated this as much as I thought I would. I'm kinda into the crowd enjoying it too

Dude from Allentown, PA shreds on the wrong piano for an hour in Koln.

Beautiful, interesting, and a nice listen. Something I never would’ve picked up. Classical meets jazz piano. And I admit I liked it. The man is incredibly talented. I love the passion with which he plays too. The audible “Ahhh…” and “”ohhh…” in some of the pieces almost songs like he is making love to the piano and orgasming as he plays. You can literally hear his pleasure. And the fact that this is live and improvised (I believe) makes it even more remarkable. Great listen.

Este es uno de los mejores discos de la historia. Yo no lo creía No he visto una demostración de talento musical tan grande en mi vida.

Vet omdat het een complexe wirwar is van tonen waar je in kan verdwalen, soms mooi en soms schuurt het.

“Regard your limitations as secret strengths. Or as constraints that you can make use of.” Brian Eno said that, talking about how embracing restrictions can fuel the creative process. Well Keith Jarrett had plenty of those constraints on the night of this performance. Because of a mix-up, he ended up playing on a sub-par piano. But instead of it having a negative impact on the performance, Jarrett had to get creative to produce the sounds he wanted from an instrument that was inflicting a lot of restrictions on his playing. The rhythmic patterns he develops with his left-hand, that are such a big part of these pieces, are apparently as a result of trying to get this piano to sound halfway decent. This is a very different listening experience to the other jazz albums on the list so far. It’s a lot more subdued and easy to listen to than some of the more experimental records, but far more interesting than some of the big band jazz standards on the list. You need a little background and context to fully appreciate it. Jarrett is improvising for a full hour non-stop, composing complex pieces right in front of an audience. That’s pretty damn impressive. You can hear him, in real-time, stumble across an idea, develop it and build on it, before it dissolves and makes way for another idea. It’s musical exploration at its purest. Hearing his vocal stimming when he leans fully into a musical direction adds to the energy of it all, and makes it feel even more real. The pieces fall away to quiet moments, before building back up to more intense, energetic movements. There’s something properly hypnotic about it all. It’s over an hour of just one guy messing about on a piano with no plan, but it never lost my attention once. A fine example of the musical creative process happening in real-time, and of an artist fully using limitations as their secret weapon.

Impressive! Was it all improvised? Or do he compose it?

People that enjoy this also enjoy the smell of their farts

Fallegt

Smá töff, sko. Fann tilfinninguna alveg í gegn. Samt bara þrjár stjörnur, að hluta til vegna lengda laganna.

Didn't know if I'd like a solo piano album, but I enjoyed it, especially after reading the backstory behind the concert.

Wow this was improv piano playing? Very impressive.

Did not do it for me. The piano itself sounds off to me in this. The music is nice sometimes, but most of the time feels pretty stock. It’s like royalty free background music.

great background / dinner music.

There's so much to say about this recording. The full history and background. Im sure there's plenty in others reviews describing all the bits and pieces of the wrong piano, Jarrett's back pains, his attempt earlier on this tour, and have the tour was financed. There's a recent screen play surrounding this almost mythological concert called "Köln 75". The build up towards this concert from the perspective of 17 yo girl who acts like a promoter for jazz in Germany. As well, one of my strong recommendations is to at least abit try to read up on the evolvement of jazz until this point. How it's gone from big band swing, to be pop, to free jazz, to this... full on improvisation.

Nice stuff 4

Very expensive dinner music vibes, it's fine but pretty boring Stand-outs - Köln, January 24, 1975, Part II b

Not that great.

God do I love the piano, I need to start practicing it again

I forget how beautiful piano music can be. Lovely album!

I liked the music. Very chill and relaxing

The story behind this is pretty crazy. The improvisation on it's own is very well done, but knowing it is done on a subpar piano, with back pain, little sleep and little food makes it even more impressive. I agree this is an album that solidly belongs on this list and even if you won't listen to it again, you should at least listen to it once.

4/5 The fact that this is entirely improvised makes it so much more impressive. It was a nice hour of just piano music, but it's not something I would really listen to again. Still though, gotta give credit where it's due.

veoma veoma dobar džez klavir! svakih pet minuta se oglasi neki glas u pozadini koji uglavnom usklikne u znak zadovoljstva hahahha

not my type of music

Long, so long

plinky plonky

Just a man, his piano, and one hell of a song. Solid 5 Stars.

It’s obviously a 10. It’s just beautiful. I’m not really sure what else to say. To put together a performance like that on a piano that’s different from what he originally wanted to play on, and to craft something so lovely out of a flaw, persevering forward to make something that might be universally described as art… man. It’s just a remarkable piano performance that will evoke anything in anyone, and the wide variety of pictures it can paint feels as endless as the sky itself. Just go listen to it. It’s incredible. A masterpiece, even. It’s a 10.

Virtuoso piano. I did not enjoy the "songwriting".

Wasn't expecting to love this album, but I do. Maybe it's the right sound for a Friday morning, but I'm all. Reading about the concert is even more fascinating.

Exceptionally good. Had no idea what I was going to be listening to. Blown away.

Ja, alltså han är ju duktig. Tyckte generellt om de lugnare partierna mer än ompa-bompa-delarna. Lausanne är bättre.

I mean good piano playing and the added "fun fact" that it's improvised adds to the experience. But probably nothing I'll revisit.

Impressive and certainly relaxing. Harmless at worst. Virtuous masterwork at best. Ultimately, I only enjoy listening to it so much and can't say that I "like" it, so it feels wrong giving it higher than a 3 - the other albums so far that have been outside of my comfort zone and favorite genres still managed to "move" me for example, while this and say Hendrix are just... Impressive, so impressive, but ultimately don't make me either enjoy myself or feel anything.

now this is something totally different barely started and I already feel woefully underqualified to rate this feels neoclassical in a way, like a modern building with Corinthian pillars i could do without the random man-noises starting around the 7 minute mark, but such is the nature of the live album as if I didn't want to get a piano before this :c i might not be musically literate enough but what part of this is jazz apart from the improvisation? goes to show how against preset genres in music I am kinda lost me in part 2, and I feel this needs to be enjoyed live/on vinyl/focused (neither of which I did), but overall you can still sense the virtuosity given the context that this was entirely improv and the troubles they had recording it

I just recently listened to this album actually and enjoyed it, so a great piece to start a day with. While piano solos aren't my preferred form of music this was very beautiful. It is a live concert, just a man and a piano. The concert is an hour long and all improvised, don't think the music was even written/charted until like 25 years later or something. Which brings up the most fantastic part of this piece, the story surrounding it. A great read if you want to be fully immersed in the concert.

I know how amazing it is that it was all improvised, but I still can't help but feel I'm in an elevator.

Instrumental, bom, 7,0

Storytelling without words in a magnificent form. Holy shit this is amazing. And the immortalisation of moments of awe from the audience, gasps and exclamations of delight as the playing effortlessly eases from season to season in a narrative that feels like it's unfolding completely organically.

This was an hour and change of an immensely talented man getting so much out of a battered out of tune piano. The story of how this live performance came to be is remarkable and I was weary that it might overshadow the music found on here, but I was pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed this. Basically a tired and worn out Keith Jarrett turned up to a Cologne concert hall and was furious that they only had this rehearsal piano that was in dire need of a repair and tune-up for him to play on during that night's performance. He reluctantly agrees to perform and makes the most with what he's been given. He avoids the weak bass notes, uses the broken pedals as makeshift percussion and improvises music that feels so full despite it just coming from one man and a piano. He does these weird vocal tics that could have been left out, as he just sounds like he's grunting over his beautiful piano playing. Aside from that, this was a lovely time.

Good

A staple of my parents generation. Somewhere between Vince Guaraldi and George Winston.

I hated this so much. Incessant pounding in the first three pieces. Enough to drive one one insane. I'm sure he's a very accomplished musician but I'm not a fan of piano music and I really don't get why anyone would want to listen to this.

Middle seat on a morning flight after a bad night of sleep--I was ideally positioned to appreciate this. Still not really my jam, but I admire the effort.

Meandering and sometimes furious piano music. Not sure what else I can say. It was alright.

хороший, буду слушать!

part II A was my favorite

It's impressive, but not something I'd seek out

I was ok to long tho!

A great display of musicianship, way more captivating that I thought an hour of solo piano could be. His mastery of dynamics and ability to take the same phrase and then pivot to a different direction is awesome

Second non-vocal album. So many emotions can be heard in a piano. Got bored after song 1 tho,

This is loved by a select few people. And I am not one of them.

Great piano album for me, falls just short of 5 but still very good. Glad I discovered this album.

This put me in mind of music by an artist named George Winston that my parents use to listen to. I believe this style of music is rather pejoratively called New Age Jazz. Apparently there’s nothing new about it. The wiki talks gleefully about the “8 minute vamp in D major” or the “12 minute vamp in G and A”, and I think, “my god how boring!” And I wasn’t wrong. This isn’t a terrible album to have on in the background of a pleasant dinner party but it’s not music to pay attention to.

Some guy that plays piano very well noodles around on a piano for over an hour, and when he’s done, the whole audience is so relieved that they applaud and cheer for like 5 minutes.

Transcendent improvised piano mastery. Man BECOMES instrument here. This is one of those rare tomes that exists in the liminal space between the seen and the unseen, the known and the unknown, the real and the surreal. Keith Jarrett was a vessel for brilliance and human perfection with all of its glorious triumphs and blemishes.

favorite song: N/A vibe: unlike anything else. beautifully musical rating: 94/100

Not for me

Beautiful.

solid

Pure poetry

Heard this album a few years back and the story of how it came to be. Really enjoyed it. He’s a real “piano man”!

I loved it! It got me through a very stressful hour of work 5/5

Je n'aime pas le piano...

The piano was interesting and fun. However, each song too closely followed the same path and I began to lose interest pretty quickly. Nice stuff, not for me.

Fascinating, but long. Whenever I hear improvised music, I think "this could have really used some writing and refining."

Not something I’d seek out, but serious talent on display

One of my favourite live albums ever. The story behind this shambles of a concert and how it came together better than anyone could have imagined just adds to the stunning playing on display here. I love Jarrett’s total immersion in his performances and this is probably his best.

relaxing and nice

Very expressive, inventive.

Who doesn't love some chill piano music?

Great background music. I wish it wasn't live though, only because I don't want the jarring audience applause when I am listening to fine piano work.

I thought this album was beautiful and quite emotional at times. Then I read the background and found out it was entirely improvised in far from ideal circumstances. Incredible! I will be listening to more of his music. Oh, and the album cover is great too.

fantastic.

Tento album som si naslepo kúpil svojho času v DDR. Okamžite som si ho zamiloval. Pre mňa je to 5+

Kann man gut laufen lassen, aber wo jetzt die Genialität ist, weiß ich nicht. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

bischen hochgestochen, aber sehr gut hörbar, wahrscheinlich einfach nicht mein Geschmack

Loved it. 5 stars. Honestly though I'd give it 4.5 because of the occasional vocal exclamations that you could faintly hear in the background throughout the album. I don't begrudge him getting excited and exclaiming while playing but I kept thinking it was someone shouting at me and then I'd realize it was from the album. So a little distracting. Otherwise fantastic.

As a 10-year student of the keys myself, I can definitely appreciate the performance. Honestly not sure if it belongs on the list but I don’t regret the listen

This album was great and just the change up I needed in this challenge. Beautiful tunes and incredible improv

OK, die man kan piano spelen... maar je kunt ook teveel piano spelen... het verhaal achter het concert was boeiender dan het concert zelf

The Köln Concert. Not bad.

Muy denso y emocional

9 / 10

I hate rating albums like this. Yeah he's very talented, but it's boring af to me.

Yea. Good piano or whatever.

Very talented player but I didn’t particularly enjoy it.

Absolutely incredible. Like a jazz improvisation on studio ghibli themes. Mesmerising and joyous. Absolutely blown away by this album

Last.fm tells me I have listened to Keith Jarrett before, but apparently it hadn't won me over enough for me to listen to more than a few tracks. I think that all changes today, because this was phenomenal. Probably one of my favourite discoveries from this project so far.

Amazing music. I’ve listened to this thousands of times and still love it.

-chill music -nothing crazy -good background noise

Very easy listening and hits some cool motifs

It’s a hour on piano improvisation so that’s cool. Maybe I’m not classy enough to totally get this album but to me it’s just another full piano album. After a bit it’s hard to focus on it and it ends up as background music.

7.5/10

A masterpiece

Just not my cup of tea unfortunately. Very calming though.

Okay, it's not so bad for one dude sitting at a piano for an hour. He sustains some interesting shit, I guess.

If I wanted to hear an hour of uninterrupted piano I'd just sit in my brother's living room.

I'm always curious why certain albums get popular within the public consciousness. The Koln Concert was the best-selling solo jazz album in history, not that I know who the other contenders for that title are, other than it would have to be another piano player, right? Can't imagine solo drums charting very well. But this was a relatively big thing for jazz in the mid-70s and I'm mostly curious how that happened. The circumstances were hardly ideal. The wrong piano was provided, a rehearsal piano that had to be tuned for several hours to make it even playable and it apparently sounded like crap at the highest and lowest registers and the pedals didn't work. Jarrett himself wasn't feeling great, nursing a back injury. Also, the concert was at 11:30 at night. Who starts a concert that late? The seventies were a weird time. Jarrett's a great pianist and one capable of making this car crash of a baby grand sound great, although the problems with the piano do explain why he mostly confines himself to the middle register. But achievements aside, the question is whether or not it's an engaging listen or just serviceable background music, and the answer, I'm happy to say, is definitely the former. Jarrett isn't content to just sit back playing pretty melodies, instead vamping over set chords throughout and doing interesting things with them. This is proper jazz music, not instrumental pop, not easy listening. It is not instrumental music to accompany you while you're studying. I should know, I tried to do other things while listening and kept getting drawn back into the music. And to be clear, that's a good thing! This also isn't some Cecil Taylor level of atonality that might put you off. Jarrett is rhythmic and soulful in his playing, creating interesting textures throughout. That he did it under such trying circumstances is a credit to his skill and adaptability, but you won't have to care about that. What matters is that it's a great listen.

Wonderful piano, cool story, I'd be pissed too

Extremely impressive when you know the story behind it, overall just very very good.

Nice work. Not something I’ll likely listen to again, but pretty good piano work.

This one is great. 4 stars

quite but boring

His composed sections are beautiful. Last song is great. His noodling is sparse and masturbatory. It's like SIMs building music but worse.

Nope

Before: Hhmm, wasn't expecting this one. My mom had this album back in the late 70's and I listened to it many times. I have not listed to it since then. During: Some incredible playing for sure but it's not the kind of thing I usually listen to. At some points I'm wondering, how may many hands does that dude have? After : I didn't know about the back story until I started reading the reviews. I get it now why so much of this sounded like improv. I'm giving it a 4. Sure, it deserves a 5 but it's not something I really enjoy listening to that much.

No me copó tanto. Buena idea, no gustó tanto

Piano melodies

I don't think I really enjoyed this album, but it's nothing to do with the pianist himself. I just don't think I really enjoy music that's just one instrument. There was a bit of a jazzy tone to the music, but not enough to really make me like it.

Nice background music for studying or doing work. Really solid album.

Didn’t know this one before I started and needed a few goes to get my head around it (and am still probably some way off completing the task). Beautiful rhythms and movements, it’s hard to fathom it’s a spontaneous performance.

This is tough to rate. Its a well-crafted piece of music with a fascinating backstory that makes it even more impressive. That said, an hour long solo piano performance is a tough sell. On personal enjoyment I'd give it a 3 but I'll give it an extra point for circumstances under which it was created.

A pleasant album that's joyful in the mid-section (and I assume technically excellent, though I'm no expert), but hasn't got any truely outstanding features. Would put on at work to concentrate.

Reading about this concert helped a lot. I had a similar experience (though I'm not Keith Jarrett) when I travelled overseas for a show and they presented me with a keyboard that was literally a toy. 4 octaves, plastic, no pedals. I completely freaked out and didn't want to play. Had to rework my whole set and it was terrifying. Hearing this concert in it's mastery and knowing that it was an incredibly stressful case of improvisation.. it's IMPRESSIVE

Repeat

Pleasant as background music.

muy relajante, interesante

Classical piano but with a twist. So energic, nuanced and exciting.

This may betray my lack of ball knowledge regarding solo piano compositions and albums, but this didn't resonate with me a whole lot. Jarrett is obviously a master of his craft as a pianist, and it is impressive this was essentially just a freeform vamped performance, but it gives elevator music. Hey, at least it was a nice soothing listen while I worked.

Woah this comes from the source!!! Those bottom keys!!!!! Fuck it 5/5

Good but not my thing

Hearing the backstory of this album is cool, but nothing else about it is. I personally know several pianists and, as far as I, someone with only basic piano training, can tell, this isn't that special. I'm sure more experienced pianists would find this amazing, but I found it boring.

I like the story and idea more than the actual album. I'll be sure to put this on next time I have a mundane task to do. It's great piano playing for sure.

It's hard to have live concerts on as albums but will allow it because this list isn't the 1001 "Best" albums, it's 1001 diverse musical offerings that will expand your horizons. It's neat to hear 1 person, 1 instrument, 1 album. Not my exact jam but enjoyed the playing and creativity. Takes a lot to go play for an hour straight by yourself, I'd imagine.

A piano solo? I enjoyed this, Keith has some talent. Every song had good energy and rythem to keep me interested. Those fingers be dancing on those keys. Strange song names.

This was a very good piano improve album. I enjoyed this alot. It's kind of something you need to sit and meditate with a bit, but it's very worthwhile if you do. Nice.

It's a mood.

Amazing

I enjoyed it as background music.

Quite special

Finally an album in this project that is not pop, rock or rap. I wish the creators of the list were more adventourous. .

Excellent. Learned that this was entirely improvised. Impressive display of talent.

1: Part II b 2: Part II a 3: Part II c

It was ok - but only as background music

No thanks

This was very nice overall, just not anything that really is exciting or stood out to me. But for people who enjoy this type of music I can see why it would be special.

Fascinante 1 hr y 6 min de pura improvisación con Piano? Eso es una locura Además de que el concierto casi no ocurre por múltiples razones La historia detrás del concierto ya por si sola es muy buena. Ya cuando entramos en materia musical, se percibe como Keith está en un proceso de adaptación con el piano defectuoso y viejo que tenía a su disposición, como buscaba domarlo, y cuando se llega a la parte II B, minuto 14 se percibe la paz y la victoria de todo lo que se había hecho hasta el momento El álbum me dió mucho que pensar y mucha admiración hacia el artista Repetible totalmente

Very relaxing, but also lively. Reminded me a lot of Mannheim Steamroller's "Fresh Aire" albums.

"Bro, I'll just make it up as I go" is no way to make an album. It's truly uninspiring music. He is a talented piano player but it's so repetitive. No thank you.

lijep klavir bam bam itd. neki dijelovi baš dobri

Clearly talented but not a very engaging listen

Absolutely beautiful, especially so with the context of Jarrett playing this at the request of a young fan, on a broken down, shoddy piano which was the only equipment avalible.

Halfway through the first track I knew this was an album I’d return to again and again.

Very good

Nice album. Peaceful.

I get that the story is cool and I’m sure that someone who likes this music would appreciate it more but it just wasn’t for me.

I was completely unaware of this, fascinating backstory, interesting and pleasant listen.

Dope

It was a good listen

Spectacular! I went down the rabbit hole learning about Jarrett and his incredible improvising skills.

Very impressive for live improvisation. Wow. This is softer than jazz...in a good way.

Great for in the car during rush hour.

That all of this the fullness of this album is just one guy improving on a crappy, practice piano is nuts.

I recognize the talent here and don’t necessarily dislike it, however this is definitely a “it’s not you, it’s me” album

The background story to this and the resulting performance is astounding really. This is an artist, story and album I'd no clue about until today. Amazing.

This was a pretty fun listen, could definitely see myself putting this on in the background during a dinner party or just working on something. I know absolutely nothing about Jazz piano but this dude sounds pretty damn good. My favourite part is the odd time when you hear some random dude go “oh yeah!” from the crowd, presumably when Keith does something extra nasty on the keys.

4.4 What has two thumbs and is going to smoke a joint, lie on their living room floor and blast this next time I have an afternoon to myself? This guy!

Jeg er mere til helt klassisk musik, men spændende koncept med komplet impro. Det er et vellykket album.

Probably not as interesting as it would have been live, this is a nice record of awesome jazzy piano pieces. The songs are extremely long, so it is pretty patience testing. Overall, I enjoyed it, but had a hard time getting fully engaged with it. The incredible applause at the end of the album is indeed pretty narcissistic, but leads me to believe that there’s something we all missed out on.

Impressive? Yes Enjoyable? No Albums like this are so hard for me to rate. There's no question that Keith Jarrett is a talented musician, but it was largely background music for me (and annoying at times, to be honest). I suspect I would give 5 stars if I saw this live, but it just doesn't hold up as a recording for me.

I usually need strong lyrics to stay engaged with a song, so despite how beautiful this sounded, I found myself getting a little bored.

ABSOLUTELY GOATED SHIT LET'S GO KEITH‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ if you don't like the jarrettnoises you are missing the point i fearrrr this man loves tunes so much he's moaning to the music get used to it 👏👏👏

Phenomenal. Dude was cooking with gas

Its apparently 100% improvised on an apparenly subpar piano....whilst this makes it more impressive, it doesnt make it more attractive to me either. Sorry super talented guy, tis a 2 star from me despite the fact Im pretty sure I heard you c*m several times during the performance.

Sublime, what an experience. Mid 4s.

Nice piano music but just feels a bit long and like background music

Well now... this one struck a chord in me. I've heard it once before and I don't recall being moved by it back then, but upon listening more actively this time, it evoked a lovely sense of familiarity and homeliness. The ebb, flow, comforting major tonality and general structure of Part 1 reminded me a bit of John Butler's Ocean - one of my all-time favourite tracks - which set me up for a pleasing listening session throughout the rest of the album. That's not to mention the story behind the recording - to hear it almost never came to fruition! This is definitely at the top of my shelf when it comes to instrumental music. Magnificent stuff.

Väldigt välkommet med lite jazz! Det känns som att det varit allt för mycket rock på sistone. Har inte lyssnat på detta album på flera år, men visste att det låg i listan så det är ett av de albumen som jag har lite väntat lite på. Fantastisk konsert! Så otroligt uttrycksfullt. Älskar alla hans små stön och utrop. Man verkligen känner hur inne i musiken han är. Part II c, eller Memories of tomorrow som den också heter, spelade vi ett gäng gånger när jag pluggade. Gillar den skarpt.

Skön palettrensare. Väldigt duktigt, men också lite långtråkigt efter ett tag.

Blir impad när jag läser att det är improviserat. Hör av det är mycket känsla bakom och det är behagligt att lyssna på. Andra spåret kändes kanske lite för repetitivt. Bra musik att ha i bakgrunden när man läser men kommer förmodligen inte lyssna på det igen. Stark 3a.

Vilken king, att med de förutsättningarna gå upp och leverera det där. Som sen ba blir bäst säljande solojazz- och pianoalbumet genom tiderna.

Att detta är totalt improviserat har alltid övergått mitt förstånd. Bara vetskapen att det här sker i stunden där och då tillför så satans mycket till upplevelsen. Och att han dessutom spelar på ett kasst övningspiano som han hatar gör det ännu bättre. Dynamiken och de lediga övergångarna mellan stämningslägen och genrer är fan sjuk. Kommer aldrig sluta avundas de som fattar ett instrument på ett så här djuplodande sätt, som att det är en del av deras egen kropp. Man kan börja tro på Gud för mindre. Allt är otroligt. Svänget varvat med det finstämda och vackra och så hans röst som hela tiden fångas upp av micken, ena stunden sjungandes och andra stunden småstönande. 5a!!

Kliver upp och stumt improviserar. Extremt äkta av maestro. Det vackraste är ju nästan ljuden han själv gör av sin egen känslighet. Omöjligt att blunda för skickligheten men det blir eeeen aning bjäring efter 26 minuter på två ackord, oavsett hur sjuk Keith är. Precis som med Kind of Blue lär ju dock poängen vara vad han gör med dom.

Stäm mig

First listen

Nice instrumental for work or reading but doesn't baaang

Did not expect to like this. But I honestly really did. It’s beautiful!

A joy to listen!

Vastly different from everything else I've seen on here so far. Just beautifully done.

This is FANTASTIC. How I had gone the last 50 years without hearing this is a mystery. About 4 minutes in I started looking for a copy of this on vinyl. THIS is what should be on a list like this.

A true testament to the creative process trudging through adversity.

Stevo won’t be happy. Somewhere between a 2 and a 3, but rounded up because I can’t justify giving it the same score as The Shamen.

Paul isn't happy either

Autotelic

Very accomplished playing, completely inoffensive and great for any piano enthusiast. Just not for me

This has been a lot better than what I expected. I mean, the guy can play, jesus. The fact that this is all improvised is extremely impressive, and even more so now I've read the story about how he ended up having to use a very poor piano that wasn't really fit for performance purposes. I saw the term "jazz" and expected just a bunch of noodling around being technical but not musical (apologies jazz fans if I'm wrong - I'm not well versed with jazz but this is the impression I can get). However this couldn't have been further from that. It was technically amazing but the way he blends so much emotion into it is very well done. The way he progresses each piece and often sort of dances around before continuing on. In truth this is just a lovely listen.

Bon album de piano contemporain

Très bien pour lire haha J’ai pas fini d’écouter vu la longueur des tracks, mais j’ai mis uniquement pour lire volontairement

J'adore le piano mais j'ai pas été convaincu plus que ça pour le coup, sympa mais sans plus. Au moins ça change!

wss nothing short of delighted to see this as the album of the day. best piece of improvisation OAT

I'll search for information about this iconic jazz album to provide you with a comprehensive review. Let me search for more information about the musical structure, themes, and critical reception of this album. Now I have comprehensive information about this iconic album. Let me provide you with an in-depth review. --- ## **The Köln Concert** (1975) — Keith Jarrett ### **An In-Depth Review** --- ### **Overview & Historical Context** Recorded on January 24, 1975, at the Cologne Opera House in Germany, *The Köln Concert* stands as one of the most remarkable achievements in jazz history—and arguably the best-selling solo piano album of all time, with over 4 million copies sold worldwide . What makes this recording extraordinary is not just the music itself, but the almost mythical circumstances surrounding its creation: it was entirely improvised, performed on a substandard piano, by an artist who was sleep-deprived, in pain, and initially refused to play . The concert was organized by 17-year-old Vera Brandes, Germany's youngest concert promoter at the time. Jarrett had requested a Bösendorfer 290 Imperial concert grand, but due to a delivery strike, the venue provided a much smaller Bösendorfer baby grand rehearsal piano instead—out of tune, with malfunctioning sustain pedals and a thin, bright upper register . Jarrett, who possesses perfect pitch and is notoriously particular about his instruments, initially threatened to cancel. Combined with back pain, sleep deprivation from a five-hour drive from Zurich, and food poisoning from a bad meal, the conditions were catastrophic . Yet Jarrett performed. And in doing so, he created something that transcended jazz, classical, and popular music boundaries. --- ### **The Music: Structure & Analysis** **The Performance Structure** The album consists of four continuous sections: - **Part I** (26:09): The monumental opening improvisation - **Part II a** (14:55): Transitioning from elegiac to more rhythmic territory - **Part II b** (18:14): Building intensity and complexity - **Part II c** (6:57): The composed encore (more on this below) **Musical Language** Jarrett's improvisation operates in what scholars identify as a "modal context"—harmonic progressions that don't follow classical jazz cadences like II-V-I turnarounds, but instead use "direct transition" techniques to modulate between tonal centers through common notes . This creates the album's characteristic suspended, floating quality. The opening motif—five notes that mimic the opera house bell calling the audience to their seats—demonstrates Jarrett's immediate responsiveness to his environment. From this simple cell, he develops a 26-minute journey that musicologists have analyzed as containing: - **Pentatonic scales** combined with pedal tones creating modal centers (reminiscent of Debussy's *La Cathédrale Engloutie*) - **Power chords** (root and fifth without third) providing harmonic suspension - **Contrapuntal dialogue** between short rhythmic cells in left and right hands - **Genre fluidity**: gospel rhythms, Middle Eastern trance influences, country flavors, blues, and classical romanticism all woven seamlessly The physical limitations of the piano ironically became strengths. The bright, thin upper register forced Jarrett to concentrate in the middle range, creating a more rhythmic, hypnotic approach than he might have otherwise taken . The instrument's deficiencies demanded a percussive, groove-oriented attack that gives the music its driving momentum. **The "Composed" Question** Musicologist Peter Elsdon's research reveals that while most of the concert was indeed improvised, the final piece ("Part IIc") was likely a pre-composed piece called "Memories of Tomorrow" that Jarrett had written earlier that year . This doesn't diminish the achievement—it was standard practice for Jarrett to end concerts with prepared encores—but it complicates the "pure improvisation" mythology. More importantly, Elsdon demonstrates that even "pure" improvisation isn't chaotic; Jarrett employed strategic patterns and "rescue maneuvers" when stuck, developed over weeks of touring . --- ### **Production & Sound** Produced by ECM founder **Manfred Eicher**, the recording captures the concert with remarkable intimacy despite the piano's shortcomings. Eicher later spent days in the studio working on the tape, and ironically, the album won awards for its sound quality despite the compromised instrument . The production choices were deliberate and influential: - **Minimal microphone placement** capturing both the piano and Jarrett's physical presence - **Retention of audience applause** reminding listeners they are witnessing a shared, temporal event - **Inclusion of vocalizations**—Jarrett's humming, moaning, and foot-tapping—which became controversial but essential to the document's authenticity The ECM aesthetic—clean, spacious, reverberant—perfectly suited this music. The label's 50th anniversary vinyl reissue (2025) demonstrates the recording's enduring sonic quality, with "Tubey Magical Midrange" that modern records struggle to reproduce . --- ### **Themes & Interpretation** **Presence & Imperfection** The album's central theme is **mindfulness**—being utterly present in the moment. Jarrett has described solo concerts as "the most revealing psychological self-analysis imaginable" and "like stepping onstage naked" . The Köln performance embodies this: an artist accepting limitation (the piano, his physical state) and transforming it into possibility. **The Architecture of Improvisation** Jarrett's approach treats improvisation not as randomness but as **spontaneous composition** with structural integrity. The music builds through "thematic episodes arranged in plateaux," each originating from rhythmic, melodic, or harmonic ideas that develop organically toward climaxes . This architectural approach—comparing Jarrett to Le Corbusier in his systematic yet creative method—reveals deep formal intelligence beneath the surface spontaneity . **Spirituality Without Dogma** The music radiates what producer Manfred Eicher called a "miraculous kind of quality" . Listeners consistently describe spiritual experiences—transcendence, emotional catharsis, meditative states—without any religious framework. The album functions as both "sophisticated background music" and "emotionally stimulating foreground music," serving different needs for different listeners . --- ### **Influence & Legacy** **On Jazz Piano** *The Köln Concert* fundamentally changed perceptions of solo jazz piano performance. It demonstrated that extended improvisation could sustain emotional and structural interest without ensemble interaction, existing material, or predetermined forms . Pianists like **Brad Mehldau** owe their solo recital careers to Jarrett's breakthrough . **Beyond Jazz** The album's influence extends across genres: - **New Age/Ambient**: While Jarrett disavowed the "New Age" label, the album's accessible, contemplative qualities spawned countless imitators (including George Winston), for better and worse - **Classical**: The recording introduced jazz improvisation to classical audiences through its Debussy-esque harmonies and formal coherence - **Popular Culture**: By the late 1970s and 80s, the album was ubiquitous in boutiques, wine bars, and bookshops, becoming sonic shorthand for sophisticated taste **Cultural Impact** The album made ECM Records financially independent and established the label as the premier venue for "chamber jazz" and improvised music . It proved that avant-garde-adjacent music could achieve mass commercial success without compromising artistic integrity. --- ### **Critical Reception: The Schism** The album inspires polarized reactions that reveal much about listeners' relationship to improvisation: **Acclaim** - "A certified work of genius" that "redefines jazz" - "The best-selling piano album of all time" and "landmark document" - "A lullaby for anyone who has no need for slumber" - "Proof that equipment does not matter" **Skepticism** - "A brilliant trick masquerading as jazz" - "Pleasant dinner party wallpaper" and "jazz for people who want to tell you how much they like jazz, but don't actually like jazz" - Criticism of Jarrett's vocalizations as "moaning" or "giving birth to a square baby" - The "background music" problem—some find solo piano for 66 minutes becomes ambient texture rather than engaging art --- ### **Pros & Cons** | **Pros** | **Cons** | |----------|----------| | **Unprecedented spontaneity**: 66 minutes of sustained, coherent improvisation without pre-planned material (mostly) | **Vocalizations**: Jarrett's humming and moaning distract some listeners, though others find them essential to the emotional document | | **Structural mastery**: The music maintains architectural coherence despite being created in real-time | **Accessibility vs. depth debate**: Some jazz purists find it too "middle of the road" or "vanilla" compared to more challenging free jazz | | **Emotional range**: From melancholy to ecstasy, intimacy to grandeur | **Length**: At 66 minutes of solo piano, it can become background music for inattentive listeners | | **Historical significance**: Changed the perception of solo piano in jazz and improvised music | **Mythology overshadows music**: The backstory (wrong piano, bad conditions) sometimes dominates critical discussion over the actual musical content | | **Production quality**: ECM's recording captures the concert's intimacy and acoustics beautifully | **The "New Age" association**: Spawned countless inferior imitators that diluted the album's innovations | | **Genre transcendence**: Appeals to jazz, classical, and pop audiences alike | **Part IIc is pre-composed**: The "pure improvisation" claim is slightly undermined by the prepared encore (though this is minor) | | **Inspirational narrative**: Demonstrates how limitation can breed creativity | **Physical demands**: Jarrett's subsequent health issues (chronic fatigue syndrome) may have been exacerbated by this intensity of performance | --- ### **Conclusion** *The Köln Concert* remains one of those rare artistic achievements where circumstance, limitation, and genius converged to create something unreproducible. The "wrong" piano forced Jarrett into a rhythmic, middle-register approach that became the album's signature. His physical distress may have lowered his inhibitions, allowing raw emotional expression to flow unfiltered. The late-night setting (11:30 PM start) contributed to the dreamlike, suspended quality. Is it jazz? Classical? New Age? It is none and all of these—**it is simply music**, created in the moment, captured by technology, and preserved as a document of human creative potential. Whether you find it transcendent or tedious may depend on your capacity for sustained attention and your tolerance for vulnerability in art. For those willing to listen actively, it offers a masterclass in improvisation as architecture, limitation as liberation, and presence as practice. For those seeking background ambiance, it provides that too—though perhaps at the cost of missing what makes it genuinely miraculous. **Essential listening for**: Piano students, jazz enthusiasts, meditators, lovers of spontaneous creation, and anyone who needs reminding that perfection is not a prerequisite for beauty. **Rating**: ★★★★★ (Masterpiece)

Zum Teil zu übertrieben. An ein paar Stellen etwas gefühlvoller gespielt, und es wäre perfekt gewesen.

Beeindruckend, aber nicht für über eine Stunde als Aufnahme.

The majority of this album sounds to me like boring, directionless piano noodling, like if you gave a chimp a keyboard that was incapable of playing out of key. While Jarrett is clearly a talented pianist, the few moments on this album where he appears to be playing with intention aren't worth slogging through the rest of the aimlessness for, and truthfully I'd rather listen to elevator music. This probably hits differently while doing drugs though.

Learning this was improvised on a shitty piano: sick Personal enjoyment: I dont really get anything out of piano solos. Hopefully by the end of this concert I will be more cultured

This was pleasant to listen to in the background while I was working; however, I wouldn’t put this on to intentionally listen to it. I respect it because I am not musically inclined and this was a live performance of an hour of straight piano playing, which I do find impressive. But was it anything special? No. Was it bad? Also no. Will I listen again? Unlikely! But it did what it set out to do. I could also see this hitting if you were high.

Great concert recording. Especially the first track is stunningly good. I guess i have to check out the movie Köln 75 now, that touches on the time and the young woman who organized this gig.

This album was nice and calming. As far as instrumental music I did like the way that it made me feel sorrowful and joyous at the same time. 6/10

Not my taste:/ good but after one hour of hearing only piano made my brain explode

great

tragica historia de fondo

This was clearly a very well performed piece of music showcasing an impressive improviser, but it’s not really my thing. The backstory of this concert is fun and makes the performance even more remarkable, but this kind of long form piano music was never going to much for me. Nice as background music.

Having never heard of Keith Jarrett, this was a really pleasant surprise, though the fact I had the Residents yesterday probably also helps, after which almost anything would seem transcendently beautiful… Joking aside, much of this album genuinely was beautiful, and I was amazed by Jarrett’s ability to improvise so brilliantly. Despite being classed as jazz, to my (albeit untrained) ear this seems overly simple; I hear lots of classical influences. This might also be an example of how knowing an album’s backstory can enhance my enjoyment of it (the Wikipedia article is a fun read). Definitely one I’ll revisit.

was not expecting an instrumental album! but it was a nice surprise

Probably one of the best instrumental albums I have ever listened to. I really enjoyed the vamping. The hoots during the song were a bonus.

A classic!! Seems like every woman I dated in college had this album—on vinyl, of course!!

POPPY! NOT MY FAVORITE BUT HAS TO BE SENTIMENTALLY A FO!

It's beautiful playing, but 1 hour of piano noodling is too much for me

Pia-pia-pia-no, piano, piano Pia-pia-pia-no, pia-piano 🎹

Sweet piano playing.

Production is good for a live performance. I like hearing some of the background noise, makes it feel like a truly live performance. However, an hour of solo piano after about 15 minutes becomes noise to me. Kieth is a phenomenal pianist, and this performance does a good job of displaying his ability as a classical musician while mixing in some of the performative Jazz Piano.

Jajajaja Sicher schön komponiert und blablabla. Aber für e album klöpp cha mir da nöd migt ere guete bewertig belohne. 2 kölsch uf das

Really cool album for a rainy day.

I think this is a rare gem in that it is simply a virtuoso making do with a broken instrument, on no notice, and improvising a full hour of some really sublime music. It's some microphones capturing a single hour, uncut, 50 years ago and it's here for us to enjoy. Fantastic.

pretty solid instrumental album. would rate 2.5/5

It’s just an hour of piano, there’s nothing exciting about it. It bores me.

Well if you don’t like the sound of piano keys, you will hate this album, especially if you don’t like jazz. It is artsy fartsy, It is pretentious, it is “show-offey”, but it’s also relaxing and calming. It’s so above my pay grade i definitely can’t appreciate the intricacies and nuances of this album cause quite frankly it puts me to sleep. It’s just all one note (figuratively) and it’s so dry it might as well have a Ritz logo on the cover. But it is obviously the work of a genius pianist, so I can’t say it’s a waste of time, it just wasn’t for me personally.

The fact that none of this was written in advance and that Keith Jarrett just made this up on the spot on stage is incredible alone, but the fact that along with that it’s very good is just astounding. The fact he was able to create such emotive motifs and compose them in thin air is incredible, and I found myself constantly impressed by the emotions the music would conjure. That first track really is something, and definitely the emotional core of this album, but that doesn’t mean the other ones are bad. So impressed by this.

Just a nice bit of pianer

A remarkable musician, 80 minutes of extended improvising. Heavy going and quite immersive, and an insight into spontaneous creativity with an underlying structure and method.

Only listened to the first song and a half (so basically half an hour) and I was surprised at how amazing it was. Don't need over an hour of it though

Meh

Na poslu sam i ne mogu da ga slušam ful, sli se sjećam da sam ga slušala par djelova prije nekad i da mi se mnogo dopalo to što je pisano kao koncert za klavir i dajem 5-icu jer i ja sviram klavir, pa moram

Improv. Think about that. Improv.

1:13 that piano 🔥. This album made me feel like i was walking through a muesuemd or something. Idk if i would listen to this on its own, probably a study album as it’s very piano like. I love the piano though it’s very intricate and beautifully played idk how else to explain this album but it’s a sit down and listen to some piano playing. Not really my thing but i’d listen to it probably in the future if i love pianos

If I wanted fancy background music, this'd be it.

Pretty good

Increíble mierda. No conocía. El colega se lo tankea él solito. Una horaza de improvisarla sin estar en el mood y god damn. La primera parte esta increíble, y según empezaron a aplaudir yo pensaba que ya era el disco entero pero vi que todavía quedaba otra mitad y dije pero qué. Muy bonito. Me lo guardo bien guardado para ponérmelo en momentos chulos chill.

wow

Ahhh, the warm embrace of variety. I dip in and out of classical and this was a welcome break from guitar, drums and vocals. I wasnt familiar and thought this was fun. Obviously its brilliantly played. The crowd interaction gives it a vibrancy that lifts it and i can see why it stands out. This has a narrow definition of greatness though and you have to be a fan and want this specific type of mood to enjoy it so it passed me by a bit at times.

This was fantastic.

Starting out slower than I thought, not crazy 'jazz' piano but more peaceful. Good background music, this guy can slap some keys.

What a great and unexpected surprise inclusion on this list; I had never heard of this, but it was amazing.

Ok, zanimivo. Prva stvar, k sm jo pogruntala je, da je koncert bil posnet 24. Januarja 1975 - algoritem je probal nardit a thing, sam k čez vikende ne poslušam, ni čist zmogel. Druga stvar, k me je pa prijetno presenetila, Keith ma babico iz Slovenije! Hmmmmmmm... Zj sm nekje na 2/3 koncerta and I would like it to stop. Pač, obviously je Keith fakin mojster klavirja, noben ne more rečt nasprotno. Več k eno uro poslušat samo improviziranje na klavirju, is not my thing. Neki cajta sm loh še zbrano sledila, potem je ratal bolj background music. I didn't enjoy this, ampak, kokr sm rekla, nivo glasbe je fakin amazing.

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Nice and chill, first song was a bit long for my fried attention span

Beautiful best paired with a cold morning snuggled up with a tea and book

The story behind making this recording happen is more interesting than the album. Keith is amazingly talented but an hour of solo piano gets stale after the first few minutes.

It’s nice for background study noise but personally not huge on the enjoyment side 3/5

I didn't hate it.

Really hard for me to enjoy an hour long piano recital

Not an album I'll likely listen to again, but one I'm happy to have listened to. Absolutely perfect for this list.

Not a classical or piano music listener at all, but this is was a nice experience, esp Part I. Loved hearing all the stomps, the vocalisations, just pure emotion flowing on the piano. While Part I felt very dynamic, Part II was a bit tiresome, as the underlying rhythm melody felt a little too repetitive. Overall, a good experience, def would think about grabbing this on vinyl if i saw one

An improvisational wonder.

He is insanely confounding. Improvised. Wow. Love it.

This may be one of my favorite listens in this project. I love the exuberant live performance, and you can hear Keith Jarret vocalizing during crescendos which is highly effective in hearing how vital he feels that moment of the music is. 4.5

Listening Notes Best selling solo piano record of all time I can appreciate the level of musicianship on display but not one I feel the need to revisit Standout Tracks N/a (A live performance broken up into four parts) First time? Yes Will it go into your rotation? No

Really rather dull.

Nö

Kind of a different sound than what I thought I was in for. It's very good though.

Interesting, like a piano stream of consciousness rolling jam. Maybe influenced later electronic drone type music?

Interesting. Better than the Jazz at Sydney opera house 2000s

Mal was ganz anderes, glaub das wär gute Lese musik

Tinny clangy

I really, really enjoyed this. I also admire the talent it takes to do this live, but I will say, the occasional moaning pulled me out of it juuust a little bit.

no

Very pretty and relaxing. Fit well with the cold weather I think. I loved hearing the applause honesty it added to the experience. Still a little boring but my attention span is probably to blame.

J'ai du mal à comprendre l'attrait. Ça reste de l'improvisation confuse, souvent mal placée. Il y a une énergie, mais le rendu est brouillon.

1/10

A beautiful piece of music!

I remember hearing snippets of this on FM in 1975 and thought it was pretty. Then I heard Patti Smith and the Ramones and the Sex Pistols, and that was it for me and pretty music for a long time. I assumed this was just going to be snoozy New Age crap. It's not. It swings and drives and drifts compellingly for most of the journey. There must be a half-dozen throwaway melodies here that REM could've made into songs, plus others that could've been chopped up into Top 40 hits sprinkled amid blues and pop and some jazz and some classical influences. I'm sorry I wrote off Jarrett for all these years.

I was quite taken by this immediately and enjoyed it till maybe P. II B which felt like it has less direction. Overall still impressed with this, in general I find piano music super boring and this maintained interest without feeling challenging constantly.

The story behind it is interesting and makes me appreciate it more, but even though it's a good listen, it's not my cup of tea. Okay for background music, but can't listen to it for the whole runtime.

The highest selling jazz album of all time, so pretty much bullet proof as far as criticism is concerned. Whether it actually is a jazz album is up for discussion. Some people say that its complete lack of jazz rhythm, jazz harmony or ... you know ... jazz kind of rule it out. If a solid hour of improvised solo piano in a kind of "70s modern" style sounds like something you'd run a mile from, then it probably is. But you might find that on another day, in another mood, at another time this is the most sublime thing you've ever heard and might just change your life.

This is background music

Favorite songs: Pt. II A, Pt. II B

This was brand new to me and quite pleasant.

3 for me is middle of the road. I do like that it was all improve. lot's of fast paced movements and showing off his skills. Really helped as background music while play a board game with family.

Maybe it’s because I havn’t listened to piano music in awhile, but really enjoyed the listen.

Wow! This was an excellent listen. What a talent! Though I must admit, every time his vocalization came through it took me out of the experience. Still a solid 8/10.

Beautiful jazz improv. The live recording is so full of life.

i can't listen to 26 minutes songs im sorry

Another album I'm not sure I needed to hear and/ or an album I will never listen to again. I'm sure Mr. Jarrett is a talented, accomplished musician. But to me this sounds like that one person who always finds the piano at a party and decides they need to play for everyone. 2 stars for talent.

A lot of jazz records have great stories behind them, but 50 years removed from that era, it’s tough to find a way into the music itself.

perfekt på en arbeidsdag vil at det skal være soundtracket til en rainy day seanse i en film meg i edinburgh

denne historien har jeg hørt! gøy å få tildelt. // fin den

Wow. Just wow. This is what I do this for. Discovering new things like this. This is beautiful.

I love any piano music. Some of it got a bit chaotic, but all in all it was a nice listen.

Jazzy PIANO, j’apprecie

An excellent Jazz piano album, made even more excellent by the story behind it. Albums like this are why I keep doing this project, even after a full week of British rock

I'm sure it's brilliant, but I kept checking each track to see how much was left. Never a good sign. 3.