Product Details

• Actors: Keith Jarrett
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: Unknown (DTS 5.1)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Ecm Records
• DVD Release Date: June 6, 2006
• Run Time: 110 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000F2C8EY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #87,155 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

• Experience the visual and audio power of a live Keith Jarrett concert experience.

• Tokyo Solodocuments Jarrett’s 150th performance in Japan and director Kanama Kawachi has made an elegant film that captures the process live at Tokyo’s beautiful Metropolitan Festival Hall.

• The DVD includes the ‘Tokyo’ selections from Jarrett’s acclaimed 2005 RadianceCD, plus more than one hour of previously unreleased material.

• The concert is structured in ‘episodic,’ self-contained pieces of music, with three standards as encores ("Danny Boy," "Old Man River" and "Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me").

Track Listing: Part 1a / Part 1b / Part 1c / Part 2a / Part 2b / Part 2c / Part 2d / Part 2e / Danny Boy / Old Man River / Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Radiant, May 18, 2006

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Gary Gackstatter (St. Louis MO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Keith Jarrett - Tokyo Solo (DVD)

Keith Jarrett is arguably the finest musician living today. A man who brings to the piano a lifetime of dedication, art, creativity, expression- all at the highest levels any human can hope to achieve, yet he continues to improve and push himself to the edge again and again. In this beautifully filmed DVD, one can find Mr. Jarrett doing what few musicians dare to do: improvise freely. These are not the longer solos of "Vienna" or "LaScala", but shorter, and I dare say, deeper. It is not without effort; Keith's performances are always intense, full of meaning, full of searching. After watching/listening to this, you will feel like you've been on a roller coaster, unbelievably drained. Mr. Jarrett returns to the piano and ends with "Danny Boy" and "Old Man River" played with such a tenderness that only years can bring to the fingers. It is his spirit and mind flowing through his arms, down to his hands, into his fingers and to our ears. We need this. As musicians and humans, we need Keith Jarrett to show us this every now and then.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Keith Jarrett - Master of Improvisation, July 18, 2006

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Michael Mazzatenta (Mesa, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Keith Jarrett - Tokyo Solo (DVD)

Keith Jarrett's Tokyo Solo is an excellent documentation of Jarrett's world of improvisation, beautifully filmed and recorded live. This is nothing at all like his playing with his Standards Trio, where one can swing along to the beat of Autumn Leaves or Oleo. No, these solo piano improvisations are free, abstract forays into what I'd call "pure awareness" and being "in the moment." Here we are witnessing an artist who is a human vessel through which the infinite creative energies of the universe flow! His genius is in harnessing these energies into coherent essays that maintain individual character and context throughout each piece, titled only as "Part" numbers. After enduring the eight Parts of the complete concert (inherently intellectual), Jarrett treats us to beautifully emotional encores of Danny Boy, Old Man River, and Don't Worry 'Bout Me.

Jarrett's improvisations typically fall into 3 catagories: the hymnlike ballad with lyric melodies; the spastic, atonal free-for-all; and the repeated, rhythmic groove - or various combinations of each of these.

Of course, his incredible technique allows for a very orchestral approach at the piano. An incredible variety of effects and textures are the result.

This is a great study of a master of improvisation at his finest. A must-have addition for any serious fan who can honor Jarrett's process as much as the music itself. A few of these tracks have also been included in Jarrett's latest CD, Radiance.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Do you like Jarrett? Aimez-vous Jarrett? Volite li Jarretta?, February 10, 2009

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Nikica Gilic - See all my reviews

This review is from: Keith Jarrett - Tokyo Solo (DVD)

If you do, you'll probably jump right at this brilliant DVD with almost two hours of amazing piano soloing; mostly pure improvisation, with couple of well liked standards/popular songs (Danny Boy, Ol' Man River, Don't worry 'bout me)... Jarrett is amazing, radiant, imaginative, subtle, witty, energetic and extremely intelligent, so everyone should check out something like this...

To be honest, I'm not a connosseur; I started with his recordings of standards and then decided I'm ready for his lengthier works... Boy, was I right! I guess this is not the last solo concert I'm gonna get me for birthday, christmas, new year, hanukkah, croatian independence day or any other such holiday....

This video of Keith's 150th concert in Japan was very aptly directed by Kaname Kawachi; audio recording and mixing is by Martin Pearson...It's recorded live at Metropolitan Hall in Tokyo in 2002.