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‘Köln 75’ Review: The Inside Story of Keith Jarrett’s Fabled 1975 Solo Improv Concert Becomes a Quirky and Diverting Music Biopic
Mala Emde plays the spitfire teenage promoter who convinced Keith Jarrett to perform on a broken piano, and in doing so made jazz history.
The central character, Vera Brandes (Mala Emde), is the 18-year-old spitfire who organized the concert, promoted it, and — at a crucial moment — cajoled Jarrett into going through with it, after he had decided to back out. “Köln 75” is a minor lark, but it has an infectious spirit, goosed along by fourth-wall-breaking jazz tutorials offered up by a rumpled music critic (Michael Chernus), who whets our appetite for Jarrett’s genius. She’s jolted from fan to businesswoman when Ronnie Scott (Daniel Betts), the British saxophonist and club owner, is just smitten enough with her that he asks her to book a tour for him (we see her teach herself how to do this on the fly).
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