Keith Jarrett's Köln concert

24 January 1975: Number 39 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicDropped by his label, Columbia, the 29-year-old Keith Jarrett decided to play a series of totally improvised, solo piano concerts. A young German promoter set him up at the 1,400-seater Cologne Opera House for what was to be the venue's first ever jazz gig, but Jarrett was shunted into a late-night slot and given a small, out of tune baby grand piano with faulty pedals. Jarrett has since dismissed this hou...

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