Mala Emde plays the spitfire teenage promoter who convinced Jarrett to perform on a broken piano, and in doing so made jazz history. On January 24, 1975, Keith Jarrett gave a solo piano ...

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 ...

Keith Jarrett's 1975 double album, The Köln Concert, recorded at the Cologne Opera House earlier that year, sold over four million copies. If you flipped through the album stacks of just about ...

Her fifth concert involves her taking an enormous gamble: she books the 1,400-seat Cologne Opera House for a concert of improvised music by Jarrett. All does not go to plan.

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 ...

Keith Jarrett’s 1975 double album, The Köln Concert, recorded at the Cologne Opera House earlier that year, sold over four million copies. If you flipped through the album stacks of just about ...