Keith Jarrett - Bordeaux Concert LP (MARKDOWN)

Keith Jarrett's final French solo concert is captured on the new ECM Records release Bordeaux Concert. The album documents the trailblazing jazz pianist's July 6, 2016 performance at the Auditorium de l'Opera National de Bordeaux. Though Jarrett has logged plenty of time redefining jazz standards with his pioneering post-bop approach to the piano over the last half-century or so – most notably with his Standards trio featuring bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Jack DeJohnette – he's always had a special gift for improv. His free-form concerts are among the most celebrated not only in Jarrett's career but in jazz itself. Jarrett's Bordeaux performance lives up to that legacy. He unspools a 13-part improvisational suite, moving through a wide range of dynamics, stylistic modes, and emotional moods. At the time, some French reviewers even favorably compared the event to Jarrett's milestone 1975 Köln concert, which altered the trajectory of the pianist's career when released as an album. I