In 1975, Vera Brandes, then an 18-year-old student and part-time promoter, organized a concert for Keith Jarrett in Cologne, a recording of which became “The Köln Concert,” the best-selling solo jazz ...

On January 24, 1975, Keith Jarrett gave a solo piano performance at the Opera House in Cologne, Germany. The concert lasted a little over an hour, it was entirely improvised, and it was recorded and ...

Fifty years ago, acclaimed jazz pianist Keith Jarrett sat down at a worn-down practice piano that was mistakenly brought to the Cologne Opera House stage to play a concert of improvised music for more ...

Fifty years ago, pianist Keith Jarrett created one of the most iconic records of the era and the best-selling solo piano album ever. But “The Köln Concert” almost didn’t happen. On Jan. 24, 1975, Mr.

Today it's the best-selling piano and solo jazz album of all time. But 50 years ago, Keith Jarrett's The Köln Concert nearly didn't happen. Between the substandard piano, an exhausting car journey, ...

“I’ve always been a stranger,” Ido Fluk told me when I met him in a near-empty conference room in a sleek, Nordic-designed hotel in Berlin this past February. It was the afternoon after the Berlin ...