Keith Jarrett thrives on feeling embattled; he often finds that conflict stimulates his creativity. Anyone who has attended his live performances can palpably feel this tension. However, the ...

Fifty years ago, acclaimed jazz pianist Keith Jarrett sat down at a worn-down practice piano that was mistakenly brought to the Cologne Opera House stage to play a concert of improvised music for more ...

Which is to say it’s no wonder that Jarrett, who loathes self-mythology and has always insisted that “music should go as quickly as it comes,” wanted nothing to do with the project. Even if Fluk (“The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Magaro as Keith Jarrett in a scene from Köln 75. (Courtesy of Zeitgeist Films / Kino Lorber) For a lot of years, Vera Brandes ...

For a lot of years, Vera Brandes couldn’t listen. Not once had she heard the bestselling solo jazz album of all time—Keith Jarrett’s passionate and sublime The Köln Concert—though she’d been essential ...