La Scala cover

I threw this on last night as we sat down for dinner. Halfway through we kind of just gave up on eating and fell into a trance. Keith Jarrett’s solo piano concerts are some of the most remarkable feats of improvisation ever recorded. The Koln Concert from ’74 is his most famous, but La Scala, recorded 20 years later in an 18th century Italian opera house, might just be his masterpiece. The first track is a single 45 minute improvisation that weaves together the lyrical worlds of jazz and classical with dissonant, indian-sounding drones. This is a musician reaching for something far beyond music - a state of grace where the music plays the musician and the musician dissolves into the instrument. On my desert island list.
(La Scala on YouTube)

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