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Keith Jarrett | Essential albums and listening guide
Explore Keith Jarrett through The Köln Concert. Discover what to listen for and follow related styles to your next record.
Keith Jarrett
Meet the artist
A pianist who explored improvisation through solo performances and varied groups after working in Miles Davis's electric band, becoming a defining artist for ECM. An emerging melody can become the basis for a long unfolding form, shaped by repetition and detours.
In solo performance, piano moves among song, rhythm and harmony. In standards trios, a shared tune becomes the ground for three-way responses. Quiet lyricism and physical momentum remain close. Across formats, the appeal lies both in the resulting music and in the sense of witnessing its creation.
Where to start listening
Compare solo piano with trio recordings. Follow the way melodies emerge over time and how the arrival of other musicians changes the breathing of the music.
1975The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
An improvised solo piano concert recorded in Cologne, and one of the best-selling solo piano recordings in jazz.
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1983Standards, Vol. 1
Keith Jarrett
The first recording by Keith Jarrett’s Standards Trio with Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette, beginning a collaboration that continued for more than two decades.
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Years follow the Atlas catalogue. Recording dates, original release dates and digital reissue dates may differ.