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Artist: Keith Jarrett Title: The Köln Concert Label:   ECM Country: Germany Date: 1984 Catalogue: ECM 1064/65 / 810 067-2 Barcode: 042281006722 Format: CD Album Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  5 Own Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search on eBay

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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
01	Keith Jarrett	Köln, January 24, 1975 – Part I	Keith Jarrett	10.0  Rate
02	Keith Jarrett	Köln, January 24, 1975 – Part II a	Keith Jarrett	10.0  Rate
03	Keith Jarrett	Köln, January 24, 1975 – Part II b	Keith Jarrett	10.0  Rate
04	Keith Jarrett	Köln, January 24, 1975 – Part II c	Keith Jarrett	10.0  Rate

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Recorded live at the Opera in Köln, Germany, January 24, 1975
Engineer: Martin Wieland
Photos: Wolfgang Frankenstein
Cover Design: B & B Wojirsch
Produced by Manfred Eicher
All Composed by Keith Jarrett
Published by Cavelight Music BMI/AMRA

An ECM Production ℗ 1975 ECM Records GmbH

1st set CD is manufactured by PolyGram in Hanover, West Germany
Printed in W. Germany
2nd set CD is manufactured by PMDC, France
Printed in Germany

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gregs45s SUBS ● 8th Jan 2023		With a nod to fixbutte/leonard, scans of the 1996 reissue added. The rear tray artwork scan is the same as leonards (2020718) but with spines. My Disc matches image 318857 but with "Made In Germany By PMDC" in matrix. Good stuff.
ppint. 23rd Feb 2015		Review this is superb. keith jarrett discovered upon his arrival that the piano provided by the köln opera house management was not the bösendorfer concert grand he'd asked for, and concert promoter vera brandes had specified, but an old (bösendorfer) baby grand in poor condition found backstage, and used only for rehearsals, which needed hours of tuning, with treble and bass sounds far inferior to the concert grand jarrett had specificied - and on top of this, neither the sustain nor the "soft" pedals worked properly... jarrett decided to go ahead with the concert nevertheless, at least in part because ecm records engineer, martin wieland, had fully set up the recording equipment, and what was caught on the tapes was an hour-long tour-de-force demonstration of extemporisation exploring the piano's limitations, determining how to compensate and then exploit them, to advantage - all the while giving a brilliant series of improvised variations upon the themes - sometimes simply on one chord - that he chose. followed after the deserved applause from the delighted audience by a seven minute encore... brilliant. simply brilliant. 2 people found this review helpful.   ✔︎ Helpful Review?
fixbutte 16th Apr 2014		This legendary concert recording of Keith Jarrett's piano improvisations is said to be the best-selling solo album in jazz history, with sales of more than 3.5 million, and it was also one of the strongest reasons why I felt the need of a CD player in the mid-1980s. Some years before, I had purchased The Köln Concert on a double LP, with each part or section on one side, the final one (a separate encore, though labelled "II c") only seven minutes long, and obviously I never heard it in its entirety. So I gave my double vinyl album gladly to my sister and The Köln Concert became one of the first CDs that I owned.

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