Incident at Umbria

The Industrial Jazz Group's setting of Keith Jarrett's opening tirade at the Umbria Jazz Festival, July 2007.

Performed live at Bakersfield's Metro Galleries, as part of the IJG's March 2008 CD release tour for their album LEEF.

The text is verbatim, except for the repeated section at the end.

More about the Industrial Jazz Group:

www.industrialjazzgroup.com

Category:

Music

Tags:

• ijg
• industrial
• group
• keith
• jarrett
• umbria
• jazz
• festival
• comedy

[casestudyification]

I only got halfway. Isn't there better things these people can do with their talent?

[danielbiro]

I was there when it happened and it was pretty nasty. Thank you for making this hilarious piece which deflates the pompousness of some artists, no matter how great they are. They often forget to remain human...

[EoN604]

@earthchild100 u mad bro?

[earthchild100]

@EoN604

And he's better than you. A fucking retard is better than you at the piano. That fucking retard has played with the greats and is a living legend of jazz. You will never accomplish as much in your life as this fucking retard. Now kill yourself.

[EoN604]

Keith Jarrett is a fucking retard. I don't mean that in an insulting way, but if you look at the movements he makes while he plays and the sounds he makes, he is ACTUALLY retarded. I'm talking fundamentally and technically retarded. That's right, I said it. Keith Jarrett is a technical fucken retard.

[dangerbooboo]

@earthchild100 Agreed. 100%. Keith could have been nicer about it, but who cares? The bottom line is that he was absolutely right.

@victorjuice stfu

[Sortiesjazznights]

love it love it love it !

[earthchild100]

the best performance that can come out of an artist

[victorjuice]

@cosmicjazzer Is it small to think yourself above an entire group of people?

[victorjuice]

@cosmicjazzer How is it that other performers can sustain that high level with all the distraction?