Tokyo 2002 Solo Concert - Part I

[terrinakamura]

Usuallly love Keith Jarrett, but this definitely wasn't my favorite

[bazzatt1]

AFTER LISTENING RICHARD STRAUSS,RICHARD WAGNER,RACHMANINOV YOU CAN'T HELP IT NOT TO DITCH THIS WORTHLESS jazz.

CLASSICAL MUSIC RULES!!!!!

[bazzatt1]

Most of the time he is playing the best jazz ever,but this is pure crap.You can call it,modern,atonal music but translates in simple english crap.

It's somthing like the second Wien School; Schonberg,webber.Music without real substance.

[bazzatt1]

Somebody call 911,.This guy is sick!!!!!!!!!!

[spooner1957]

what a monster player! the emotion he conveys hits you right in the gut!

[bazzatt1]

it's pure shit,.,.,.,.

People without inspiration anymore play like that

[raffaninov]

@bazzatt1 you mean that KJ is playing without inspiration?

[bazzatt1]

@raffaninov

yeah,.

it's crap.,The second song is better.

[bazzatt1]

@raffaninov

yes.,at this song he's not.

Most of the time he is playing the best jazz ever,but this is pure crap.You can call it,modern,atonal music but translates in simple english crap.

It's like the second Wien School; Schonberg,webber.Music without real substance.

[ap1027]

@bazzatt1

it's just 2deep4u

[hirgons]

@bazzatt1 : Hi bazzatt, you have to know that one day I'm going to go to your house, I will attach you on a chair and sew your eyes, I'd have brought some great headphones and I'll put on it Keith Jarrett playing in Kyoto then in Sapporo at different precis moments.

Off course your mouth will be closed too.

All of this is a joke, I won't ever do that effort so go on deezer and listen to Kyoto Part.1, a great surprise arrives at 8mins.

I hope you'll do it and I even hope that you'll like it !

[brenoguarana]

@bazzatt1 you should watch part 2 of the video before saying that

[bazzatt1]

@brenoguarana

I did watch it and it's amazing music,but we've also got to be able to say what is not that great,without getting hammered for it.

[Mattiaciancaleoni]

The master is back in Tokyo this week!!

[raffaninov]

@Mattiaciancaleoni Oh god!!! I really want to be there. Are you going to the concert?

Solo, Trio or with Charlie Haden???

[hjuniform]

Total control of the piano.

A state of anxiety.

[cosmicjazzer]

This is very, very fine indeed

[cosmicjazzer]

Love at 1.37 etc.

[Alex65052]

j'adore Jarrett et c'est pour cela que je me permets de le critiquer parfois...maintenant il joue clairement de sa notorieté pour faire n'importe quoi

[bluenblue01]

5/5.

[HEBSYBA]

hi is possesed of my love....

[rodostroke]

he is the best

[FrancescoGuardi]

He's not possessed. Look at his hands playing, you can see the total control. He has got all the piano-music ever done in his head and he's giving us his own part which maybe is inspired by Prokoffieff and others. He's a unique genius and sometimes this is shocking.

[josh437781]

i didn't know a piano could make thows sounds

[potterman83]

he is possesed

[assaissa]

and what? :)

[aiwendilciunio]

If he is, I would like to be possessed in the same way.

[pianoboss1]

he has/is taking some SERIOUS drugs

[earthga]

drug that he is taking is produced by human body and is the best one you can find...

[mrpossibilities]

Yes. It's called music

[teatro33]

just friggin' uncanny....

[ronartis]

Keith Jarrett

[nkupianist]

I used to hate any of Keith's recent, more experimental improvised stuff...but on second listen, and after hearing a lot of other, more "outside" things since, I hear so many amazing things going on here...this is really phenomenal stuff!

[trevster2905]

Right at the start it sounded a bit similar to my mum dusting the keys on our piano. But the difference is that Keith Jarret is a genius and my mum is not.

[101eastbound]

Bill Evans says improvisation is Japanese "Sho", and this is also

"Sho".

[godswiph]

almost?

[altonoir]

wow...every is so coherent but so complex...wow...speechless...

[KindredHyperion]

Please, please please PLEASE if you have the section immediately following this, put it up! I'd be so grateful.

[oscartheone]

Iyou want to really have your mind blown away, try some Steve Reich as well! Then again, many "purists" will blame me for having invented that "kind of music" but who cares...geniuses like Keith, Steve, Brian Eno, and company can make grandiose comments anyway...Remember Einstein?!!!

[amrein]

saw him 2006 in lucerne the second half was one of my best musical experiences of my life

[oscartheone]

Keith surely inherits and enhances the likes of Bill Evans and John Cage with intensive melodic approaches that can only mesmerize the least alert of listeners..when you see the exceptional rising from the days of the Miles Davis band through traditional jazz and classical music...even Glen Gould would be proud of this guy...and we are lucky he is still around and providing great atmosphere of everlasting change and exchange....GREAT!!!!

[iwanttowatchsomethin]

Not often that I hear comparisons to John Cage where Jarrett is concerned. Could you explain further what you mean?

[oscartheone]

When you hear closely what improvisations Mr Jarrett has given us along his long-standing carreer and when you compare with the modifications Mr Cage made inside the piano in order to have a broader sound you will understand this. thanks for commenting!!!

[iwanttowatchsomethin]

So each had his own way of broadening the possibilities of the instrument -- one by altering the mechanics of the instrument itself, the other in his approach as a performer? I wonder if either musician was particularly aware of the other.

[strav81]

when you talk about music you shouldn't bring john cages name in the conversation, because to me cage is not music, it's experimenting with sound, and the result is noise, nothing harmonic or melodic. Keith Jarret your one of the best.

[oscartheone]

You could be right if that closed the enourmous gap between philosophy and music, but you dont have to worry because John Cage and Keith Jarret had several conversations in NY -one of which I was eye and ear witness- and I´m sure some of these geniuses will always be misunderstood. I still go to Jarrett concerts when I can and it will always be a great experience-same as was with

Cage.

[Justino111]

musicians before making such "grandiose" comments. More often than not, jazz musicians are not open to things that are not orbiting jazz. Then when a musician like Jarrett uses contemporary music language, people think that what he is doing is the ultimate creative enterprise on Earth and that's not true. Anyways, he is a great musician and the trio has done some fantastic music too. And since I brought that up: eternal life to Bill Evans Trio.

[iwanttowatchsomethin]

I agree.

[Brahmstein99]

crazy

[thajonester]

Genius.

[handdancin]

Also, around 2:30... sound like prokofiev piano sonatas to anyone else? thats so cool...

[John11inch]

No?

[altonoir]

yeah the no# 7...aka the "War sonata"...i hear stuff like that too...lol...around 3:24 I hear Hindemith's "Ludus Tonalis"

[handdancin]

This is lame, it isn't even music, just random notes....

just kidding, this is orgasmic.

[talkingtees]

That's funny, I bet your joke had a small army of 300 Spartans ready to fight and die for a subscription to that POV. Thank God for musicians like Keith, and Youtube. Our true escape from minimalism.

[simonesighinolfi]

This in not a man!

Simply the best!

[Justino111]

please, try listening to some Cecil Taylor, one of the fathers of Free Jazz. Cecil is still around playing some totally improvised concerts. Keith Jarrett is great...but there is not such thing as 'the best'.

[iwanttowatchsomethin]

Taylor and Keith have such different approaches. Even when there is some superficial correlation between the two, as when Keith does this more "abstract" kind of work. There is a completely different kind of continuity and attack he brings to the piano. It always seemed to me that Keith actually plays with greater endurance, subtlety, and variety than Cecil does, and sort of arrives at this abstract in a more mysterious way, than Cecil, who seems more conscious about it.

[Justino111]

no need to do an analysis of Taylor and Jarrett.Obviously they have different approaches. But if you read what I wrote again, you will see that I mentioned Taylor in response to what the other gentleman said: "this in not a man" (sic).I suggested some highly physical performances of Cecil Taylor, who has an immense energy when playing. KJ is more linked to tradition in all levels, even when he is more abstract. Actually,Taylor is much more interesting in that sense: real ruptures from the past.

[iwanttowatchsomethin]

Maybe I overstepped with my comparisons. I can't disagree that Jarret is more traditional, and therefore his gestures towards abstraction seem more evolutionary than revolutionary. But Jarrett plays even standards with such freedom. I think Jarrett's creativity works "through" tradition, whereas Taylor presents as if he has already passed through the other side, if you will. Thanks for your comment. I love both players -- in fact, they are my favorites.

[Justino111]

thanks for your comments. I really respect Taylor and Jarrett. Now, there is one thing that bugs me a bit: Jarrett is definitely tuned to what some contemporary composers are writing for the piano. I am referring specially to Ligeti and his amazing Etudes, which are very physical pieces. Jarrett last impro concert at Carnegie was full of such gestures (polyphonic cascades of sounds). I read some comments from jazz musicians saying that that was absolutely genius. People must listen to other...

[ODRADEK111]

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[loigenil]

ouai mai il a des putins de main oci trop musclées lol

[rueaumonevie]

ca m'ecoeure drolement ce morceau. ce passage est incroyable. c'est comme si je lis dostoievsky.

[bboycarmos]

for this guy, there should be a 6th rating-star

[Saxysellig]

You got it right about the 6th star! I know it sounds cliché, but man: how many hands has this guy?! And how many brains? Even in ten hours, at one tenth of his tempo and with four layers of overdubbing, I wouldn't be able to create one minute of piano music half as inspired as this genius. And when I think this was improvised, whaoo, respect! This man is a UFO... sorry: a UMO!

[lesproduitsdugers]

absolutely wonderful!!

C'est vraiment de la superbe musique contemporaine.

Keith sait tout faire! lol

[jimbosingleton]

astounding music. some of the strongest improvising i've heard. i find the video distracting. no way i can hear all of this while watching. more!