Keith Jarrett – The Köln Concert

A landmark in solo piano—spontaneous, emotional, and deeply human. Jarrett turns what was meant to be a routine performance into something magical: flowing improvisations that feel both fragile and fierce, like a lullaby for restless souls . The story behind the piano and the evening only adds to the mystique, but all you need to do is press play—there’s real warmth, character, and urgent expression in every note.

This copy sounds superb—crisp, alive, and incredibly expressive. The dynamics are rich, capturing Jarrett’s breath, vocal murmurs, and every nuance of his touch. Deluxe enough for full attention, but also immersive for background reflection. A true gateway into the power of real-time musical creation!

This is an amazing pressing of an amazing record! Mine is sadly damaged and curved on the sides which makes it unplayable (I can of course still play it but it makes my needle surf and I feel like that's probably bad for it) so I bought what appears to be the exact same pressing but without the second catalogue number (2641 064) on the backside of the sleeve, which luckily also sounds just as amazing.

This one however is great and is something I would highly recommend!

100/100 for the music, 100/100 for the pressing I believe.

This is an amazing pressing of an amazing record! I also own what appears to be the same pressing but with the second catalogue number (2641 064) on the backside of the sleeve, which also sounds just as amazing, maybe even slightly better but that record of mine is sadly damaged and curves on the edges which makes it unplayable.

This one however is great and is something I will be coming back to time and time again for the amazing music and the great sound of the vinyl. Would highly recommend!

100/100 for the music, 95/100 for the pressing because of a very light crackle which might even add to the overall feeling!

This is a perfect jazz record and this US pressing sounds great too.

Really nice pressing. Nice low-end considering Keith’s distaste with the hall’s piano. Historic show. Solo Keith Jarrett as his peak in performance. What more needs to be said?

A truly magnificent piece of musical history, don't know why it took me so long to add to my vinyl collection. Jarrett is sublime in his improvisation, what a privilege it must have been to witness such genius live.
My copy sounds great, even with all its clicks and pops, just makes me think how many other owners have sat and listened to this amazing recording before me and I thank them for passing it on. Thank you Keith.

It's not mentioned often enough that Jarrett / Koln Concert is the best-selling solo piano recording across all genres in the history of the record business. No small task. The story behind their travel, lack of sleep, condition of piano - fairly epic moment in music history. For me, it's the moments around 6 and 11 minutes into the first side - stomping on the floor, the loud groaning and the feeling conveyed thru those European folk melodies - visceral. One of those ultimate headphone records. Turn it up!

Recording itself sounds phenomenal… feel like I’m right there on the stage. Hope it can work itself out or improve with more cleaning, but definitely some nuisance surface noise on my first spin. Harder to ignore on a solo piano performance with dynamics like this.

I grabbed this used recently and boy was I impressed with the dynamics, clarity and warmth of this pressing and performance. Highly recommend.

Completely improvised on a broken piano, while dealing with constant pain from his back, what an achievement this record is.