|  | Actor: Keith Jarrett
Studio: Euroarts
Category: DVD
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 43,296
Format: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), German (Subtitled), Italian (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 84 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 2054118
UPC: 880242541185
EAN: 0880242541185
ASIN: B0008JEK5Y
Theatrical Release Date: May 17, 2005
Release Date: May 17, 2005
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Showing reviews 6-9 of 9
 Mark August 24, 2005
Mark Johnson (Florida)
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
This should be a highly cultural experience for most people because Keith Jarrett is one of the rare musicians who has successfully performed solo perfomances where he was improvising on the spot. The story of his backround has enriched me as I have always listened to Keith Jarrett but had never really heard what he had to say.
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 AE Bio July 20, 2005
Brendan W. Burns (Boston, MA)
20 out of 22 found this review helpful
This DVD is a nice Biography of Keith Jarrett's musical life with good interviews from his contemporaries and collaborators, and some valuable footage of his performances.
br /The only drawback is in it's title: "Art of Improvisation." This led me to believe that the DVD would talk about how he improvises what he does to prepare, etc. I wasn't expecting a "how-to" video, or a clinic video, but I was a little disappointed that it was just a bio that I could have seen on AE (I would have rented it if I knew that).
br /I've read listened to interviews where he talks more about his playing and improvisation. This DVD should have been titled: "A Life of Improv."
the highest form of improvisation May 31, 2005
Mark T. Robinett (florida, usa)
7 out of 16 found this review helpful
Being a long-time fan (and student) of both Keith Jarrett and ECM, this DVD has given me a glimpse of Mr. Jarrett and the sheer intensity in which he approaches his art - this art, being of the highest form. "Expansive not contractive." This DVD, and Keith's music, continues to affect my life. Zen in practice. Thank you Mr. Jarrett! Don't miss this DVD - if you're open to it, it will affect your life also.
A Marvelous Documentary about Keith Jarrett Improvisation May 18, 2005
J Scott Morrison (Middlebury VT, USA)
54 out of 55 found this review helpful
"There's never been a time when improvisation was given the respect it deserves. By virtue of the holistic quality of it, it takes everything to do it. It takes real time, no editing possible. It takes your nervous system to be on alert for every possible thing in a way that cannot be said for any other kind of music." -- Keith Jarrett
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br /This wonderful documentary is all about improvisation, and particularly the kind of improvisation the superb jazz pianist Keith Jarrett does. It was made with the full cooperation of Jarrett and there are many minutes of conversation with him as well as with such collaborators as Manfred Eicher, Jack de Johnette, Gary Peacock, his brother Scott, his wife Roseanne, Chick Corea, Gary Burton and many more. Interspersed are many performance clips going back to the very beginning of his career (and including some scenes from his childhood) right up to the present. His ordeal with chronic fatigue syndrome in the mid-1990s is touched upon (but, not surprisingly, given Jarrett's reticence about personal matters, not dwelt upon). There is a ten-minute uninterrupted clip from a concert by his Standards Trio (Jarrett, de Johnette, Peacock). There are also clips of the Köln Concert, concerts with Jan Garbarek (particularly gorgeous), with Miles Davis, and many others. Jarrett comes across as a hugely intelligent and deeply thoughtful man who is nonetheless humble in the face of his talent.
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br /Sound PCM Stereo; Running time 84 minutes, plus 42 minutes of extras. Subtitles in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish.
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br /Strongly recommended to all fans of this amazing artist.
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