Keith Jarrett Koln Concert ( HQ 180g vinyl 2LP )

Release date 02-01-2010 （originally released in 1975）

2010 German ECM reissue on 180g 2LP vinyl set=recorded at the German theatre on January 24th 1975 & featuring the blessed pianist in arguably his finest hour, playing a selection of four sustained solo improvisations with beautiful melodies housed in gatefold picture sleeve.

Tracks
A     Köln, January 24, 1975 Part I         26:15
B     Köln, January 24, 1975 Part II a     15:00
C     Köln, January 24, 1975 Part II b     19:19
D     Köln, January 24, 1975 Part II c      6:59

The Koln Concert is a recording released through ECM by the renowned jazz pianist Keith Jarrett who performed solo On first listening of the recording one might hear subtle but quite audible laughter from some audience members at the very beginning of Part I The reason is that Jarrett quotes the melody of the signal bell in the Kln Opera which announces the beginning of an opera or concert to patrons

Quite a notable part of the sublimity of this concert is Jarretts ability to produce seemingly limitless improvised material over a vamp of one or two chords for prolonged periods of time For instance in Part I he spends almost 12 minutes vamping over the chords Am7 A minor 7 to G major sometimes in a slow rubato feel and other times in a bluesy gospel rock feel And for about the last 6 minutes of Part I he vamps over an A major theme Roughly the first 8 minutes of Part II A is a vamp over a D major groove with a repeated bass vamp in the left hand and in Part II B Jarrett improvises over an F minor vamp for approximately the first 6 minutes

Credits:
    Composed By, Piano – Keith Jarrett
    Design [Cover Design] – B&B Wojirsch*
    Engineer – Martin Wieland
    Photography By – Wolfgang Frankenstein
    Producer – Manfred Eicher