‘Köln 75′: How a Man on the Edge and a Broken Piano Created the Best-Selling Solo Jazz Record in History

Sometimes (and only sometimes) the small dramas of musical production give rise to indisputable masterpieces. This could be the summary of Köln 75, the German-Belgian film premiered during the Berlinale past (and which will arrive on July 11 to the Spanish theatres), which tells the real story behind one of the best-selling live jazz albums of all time, Keith Jarrett’s The Köln Concert (1975). The recital, which was about to be canceled, had bee…