The Köln Concert

This is simply 1 hour of piano background music.

Lifting soothing and moving

Another jazz album I enjoyed a lot more than I thought I would. Maybe I just like jazz. If in 50 albums time, I decide I actually like prog too then this project will have been truly life-changing.

Me 138 days ago: An hour long piano album?! Why the hell would I listen to that?

Me when this generated: This sounds awesome! Bring it on.

This album was brilliant and really shows how my tastes have changed since starting this project.

This could have been a really wonderful album. The piano was so relaxing

But - what was with the random moaning? And it was way too long

The 2nd half of the album was much better, and saved it

3 ⭐️

3 Sterne normalerweise, aber für die Wikipedia Backstory gibts einen Extra-Stern

Like, I would not actively pay to go to this concert but it is a fine background sound

I was incredibly surprised at not hating this. I do think that he descends into the usual piano-wank at some points, but it’s hard to argue with the sheer skill on display. I think this would have been a 5 if it was shorter, but an hour of solo piano and applause is a lot.

I'm surprised how much emotion this piano has, I was initially dismissive of it but there is obviously a lot of heart here.

Never heard of this album or artist before - another rare gem from this generator. Absolutely loved this, even though I normally disapprove of live albums being included. The difference here is that the entire piece was apparently improvised, and there is true intimacy in the recording. The piano playing is great, and I love hearing the moans and grunts of Jarrett as he plays. He really seemed to be in a state of pure flow.

I don’t know how to rate this type of music but it sounded nice.

Goes on a bit long and is a bit too "straight" for my tastes, but there are some truly transcendent moments. I could stand to come back to this.

3.5/5

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

Absolutely gorgeous piano playing. I love the little bits of life you can hear from both him and the audience, clearly showing how moved they were by the insane improvisation here. Great stuff.

For some reason I thought I didn't like Keith Jarrett but this was really good. The wrong piano does dictate limitations in what he doing and some sections can feel a bit background in their simplicity but overall it is an engaging trip.

Gorgeous and inventive playing. I can see how contemporary guys like Brad Mehldau were influenced by him.

How many solo piano performance albums can you name? I’m coming up with a few. How many of them were recorded live AND comprise production quality concert tracks? This makes the Koln album truly unique. Did you notice the audience stood and applauded for two encores? Can you imagine even playing the piano that long? Kieth Jarrett is truly amazing as I was reminded while listening to this album.

Four million people bought this? Why?

Very beautiful piano music! Mind blowing to me that this was all improvised on the spot. Nice find that I would never have known about without this project.

Heard this one before