‘The Köln Concert / Keith Jarrett’

With his legendary live album The Köln Concert from 1975, Keith Jarrett proved that an improvisation can certainly last longer than a few minutes. The record label ECM wasn’t best pleased, however, that it had to spread the recording over two LPs. Jarrett could easily improvise for a quarter of an hour on just one or two chords. Half a century later, two pianists with different backgrounds are inspired by the best-selling solo album in jazz history. Thomas Enhco from France and Maki Namekawa from Japan visited Jarrett and got his permission to play The Köln Concert in full, letting the music fluctuate between jazz and classical. We wonder whether they’ll recreate Jarrett’s murmurings too.