Keith Jarrett - Solo Concerts: Bremen & Lausanne

My favorite Keith Jarret CD

I have almost ALL Keith Jarret solo CDs, and this is my favorite.
Maybe I am biased since it was my first Keith Jarret CD back in high school (wow that was LONG ago), but still it is beautiful. January 10, 2008

Koln, B & L, and Facing You

Koln is Jarrett's best known solo piano album. But between Koln and Bremen/Lausanne, the latter is musically the better album. But, my all-time favorite is Facing You, Jarrett's first solo piano album. I own all three in their original vinyl, but I own only Facing You in CD. It is THAT good. Facing You is the kind of music that grows on you. It doesn't pretend to be anything but honest, simple music. Listen with your heart and you will understand what I mean. August 18, 2007

A gigantic work of art

An enormous work of art.

IMHO, this recording and Jarrett's "Facing You" stand as the pillars on which all of Jarrett's efforts sit. For anyone just getting into Jarrett's work, do not listen to the Koln Concert before you absorb this album. This is the essential Jarrett solo concert album; the one that will give you an even greater appreciation for Jarrett's growth throughout the years of his groundbreaking solo efforts.

I can still smell the vinyl and feel the goose bumps of that first listen.

Listening to it again on CD, after a dozen or so years. I'm still moved to tears. November 25, 2006

jazzman

5 stars? 5 billion stars. An incredible work of TRUE genius. Like so
many other listeners, I had that green ECM 3 record box set that I listened to more times than I can remember when I was in college. I now
have the 2 cd set, without all of the pops, clicks, etc. that one had to
hear as well (since they were vinyl records, and it was a solo piano con-
cert with many quiet passages). I actually first heard a "cut" of one of
the record sides one night out of a Rochester, New York radio station (even though I lived in Lexington, KY), and went out and got it the next
day. A pricey purchase for a 3 record set, but I didn't care. From the
first gorgeous note to the last, this is utter brilliance. My favorite
Jarrett recording (and I have many). It still amazes me, since the whole
thing was totally improvised on the spot in front of a mesmerized German
audience who were obviously witnessing something VERY special. It has to
be heard to be believed. October 31, 2006

The memories

I guess my story with this album(s) is a lot like others; my roommate in college bought this set back in 1979 and I had the entire 3 LP collection burned into my consciousness a month later. We listened to this constantly in the 1979-80 school year; I can't count the number of times I would come back to my dorm room late at night and my roommate would be fast asleep and this record would be blaring out of the stereo speakers (perhaps blaring is not the right word...)

When we parted ways in May, I made sure to hold onto my cassette tape. I've listened to it every 5 years or so since then; 25 years later, I still have that tape and it's held up well, but I can't wait to pick up the CD version- I was not aware that it was on CD until I jostled the name out of my memory recently.

Few albums evoke more good memories for me than this album. October 1, 2005

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