The Köln Concert (live album)
by Keith Jarrett
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Keith Jarrett bestography
The Köln Concert is ranked as the best album by Keith Jarrett.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Köln Concert track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 86 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/07/2025 03:24 | Exist-en-ciel | 4,308 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/01/2025 23:59 | goodhumourman | 33 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/27/2025 19:09 | Jakor | 4,882 | 69/100 |
| ! | 11/23/2025 07:18 | NYAndreas | 1,432 | 43/100 |
| ! | 11/17/2025 22:11 | TadtheMod | 151 | 80/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 81.4/100, a mean average of 80.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.9.
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Beautiful music is beautiful music. I have loved this record since I first heard it many years ago at a friend’s place. Timeless
doombringer 04/20/2025 09:10 | #308617
Is this Keith Jarrett playing or three cats trapped under the piano-hood ? Sorry if anyone feels offended , but i think this is totally overrated . No melodies , no rythm , just ''klimpering'' on the keys . I really wanted to like this ...maybe i'm just too stooopid to get it's real meaning .
The improvisation on here is fantastic and so is the piano playing but I think this is more for the background than for deep inspection. When the only thing you are focusing on is this it really does drag and the music feels needlessly elongated. It does get quite repetitive and boring by the time you reach the conclusion as it is tough to tell most of it apart. Nothing really stunned me either and there was no point in the listen where I had to sit back and just admire how phenomenal it is. With that being said his playing is fantastic and he creates a brilliant atmosphere that is perfect for listening to when you are working or need to concentrate on something else. Overall, this record creates a fantastic environment but there is only so much you can look into on this record and it does get boring for me.
AAL2014 05/24/2022 19:39 | #285682
I’ve found this album to be an enjoyable listen for both background music and more intense, nearly meditative listening.
It’s a beautiful and fun performance with a backstory nearly as good.
solo piano emotional long nice
jwammo12 03/15/2016 17:32 | #161980
this might be the greatest improvised performance of all time.
It's maybe the only album of Keith Jarrett that you can enjoy completely from the beginning to the end. A masterpiece
my first foray into the world of the piano solo. What an introduction !!
Well who couldn't be pleased by the show! They play the piano all the way through. Got to keep them seated and happy. I had a good time.
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