Roma is the fifth and final improvised recording from Keith Jarrett‘s last solo European tour of 2016. In 2018 he suffered two strokes that left him unable to play. Roma follows ECM’s releases of the other shows in the tour: Munich 2016 in 2019, Budapest Concert in 2020, Bordeaux Concert in 2022, and New Vienna in 2025.
This album contains a ten-part improvised suite, and two standards in the encore. “Part I” opens in full pointillistic motion, as Jarrett rumbles across fragmented chord voicings and interwoven single lines. It’s easy to hear this nearly 11-minute journey as spontaneous composition. There are fugue-like moments à la Bach, but the piano’s movement and intricacy move afield to embrace color, varying dynamics, and canny…

You need to be logged in to view the rest of the content. Please .

«