A solo concert from Keith Jarrett – recorded at Munichs Philharmonic Hall on July 16, 2016, on the last night of a European tour – finds the great improvising pianist at a peak of invention.
Creating a spontaneous suite of forms in the moment with the assurance of a master builder – interspersing touches of the blues and folk-song lyricism between pieces of poly-rhythmic and harmonic complexity – he delivers one of his very finest performances. An attentive and appreciative audience hangs on every note, every nuance, and is rewarded with some tender encores including a magical version of Its A Lonesome Old Town.
There is, still, nothing else like a Keith Jarrett solo concert. Through a series of brilliant solo performances and recordings that demonstrate his utterly spontaneous creativity, the Polar Music Prize committee noted a few years ago, Keith Jarrett has simultaneously lifted piano improvisation as an art form to new, unimaginable heights.
Creating a spontaneous suite of forms in the moment with the assurance of a master builder – interspersing touches of the blues and folk-song lyricism between pieces of poly-rhythmic and harmonic complexity – he delivers one of his very finest performances. An attentive and appreciative audience hangs on every note, every nuance, and is rewarded with some tender encores including a magical version of Its A Lonesome Old Town.
There is, still, nothing else like a Keith Jarrett solo concert. Through a series of brilliant solo performances and recordings that demonstrate his utterly spontaneous creativity, the Polar Music Prize committee noted a few years ago, Keith Jarrett has simultaneously lifted piano improvisation as an art form to new, unimaginable heights.