Home / Music / Keith Jarrett improvised The Köln Concert in one 66-minute takeMusic linernotes album music keith-jarrettKeith Jarrett improvised The Köln Concert in one 66-minute takeThe entire Köln Concert is a single continuous improvisation, roughly 66 minutes long. Keith Jarrett walked on stage and made it up as he went — split across two LP sides. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesKeith Jarrett's Facing You: eight improvised solo piano pieces across 47 minutesFacing You is Keith Jarrett's introspective studio sibling to The Köln ConcertFacing You was Keith Jarrett's first solo album — three years before the Köln ConcertThe Keith Jarrett Standards Trio redefined the American songbook starting in 1983ECM Records released the Standards Trio recordingsExploreThe Head and the Heart's self-released debut: 10,000 copies by word of mouth, then PlatinumThe Joshua Tree sold 25 million copies and won Album of the YearThe Stranger became Columbia Records' best-selling album, with 10 million units worldwideAlèmyé reached global audiences through the Éthiopiques reissue seriesAlela Diane's debut was recorded by her father in a home studio and released on hand-sewn CD-RsPrevious Keith Jarrett's Köln Concert was a single night at the opera houseNext Grace Jones's Nightclubbing arrived in 1981 on Island Records