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2007/03/03 @ cafe la siesta (Kyoto)
Sound: JadeGarden, t2 + KAZ a.k.a.HIGE, Rfl
Visual: G___orz [AVSS] + Rfl
On January 24, 1975, while on tour in Europe, Keith Jarrett made a stop at the Cologne Opera. The concert took place under extremely unfavorable circumstances: the concert grand piano that had originally been requested had been switched and so he only had a poorly maintained Stutz grand piano at his disposal. In addition, he was very tired after a long journey and suffered from back pain. Nevertheless, he played the concert. The surprising result: a magical concert, entirely improvised, during which pure and fervently intense music flowed. Released in 1975 on the prestigious ECM label, the recording of the concert achieved immense success, becoming one of the best-selling jazz records and leaving a lasting legacy.
Maki Namekawa, who thrilled the audience with Keith Jarrett’s early piano work Ritual at last year’s Ars Electronica Festival, has now taken on the legendary Köln Concert which she has already performed with great success at the Philharmonie de Paris, the biggest concert hall for classical music in Paris. Once again, she impresses not only with tremendous faithfulness to the work, but also with her unique and virtuosic way of breathing life into the music. She plays the Köln Concert based on the original recording, and her rendition is authorized by Keith Jarrett. When asked about her exchange with Keith Jarrett she recalls: “I told Keith that I am not a jazz pianist, but I wonder how my interpretation of The Köln Concert sounds to him. He smiled and simply replied: “The Köln Concert is not jazz.”