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KÖLN 75 Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: Keith Jarrett’s legendary performance in January 1975 nearly didn’t happen. Based on a true story, Köln 75 follows how the concert was conceived and orchestrated by the efforts of a teenage up and coming concert promoter, Vera Brandes, (played by German actress Mala Emde). Her enthusiasm set her to multitasking – from organizing the concert venue (the Cologne Opera House), promoting the event, and selling the tickets, to convincing Jarrett to perform when he almost dropped out when the Bösendorfer Imperial Grand piano he was promised was nowhere to be found. John Magaro plays Jarrett with his own intensity, a sublime counterpoint to Mala Emde’s joyful portrayal of the enthusiastic and unstoppable Vera. Köln 75 captures the compelling, entertaining and, until now, unknown back story about Jarrett’s one-hour, entirely improvised concert, which became the best-selling solo album in jazz history.

KÖLN 75 will open in theaters on October 17, 2025.
Transcript
00:00The End
00:13Will Keith play?
00:15I'm booking a tour for the Ronny Swat Trio.
00:17If you're in your life, you'll be able to achieve it.
00:19If you're in your life, you'll be able to achieve it.
00:21If you're in your life, you'll be able to achieve it.
00:23How do you do that?
00:25What?
00:26Do you want to do that?
00:27I don't know how to do that.
00:29How old are you?
00:3125.
00:37I'm a concert director.
00:39I'm booking a tour for the Ronny Swat Trio.
00:43If you're in your life, you'll be able to achieve it.
00:50He's a dentist.
00:54What do you think, where are you going now?
00:55Berlin. Jazz-Tage. I'm back on Monday.
00:59In Berlin, I saw Keith Jarrett play for the first time.
01:04I'm going to play a concert.
01:06Keith, Jarrett.
01:09I'm going to fill the hall.
01:11Jazz is museum music. Jazz is tour.
01:14I'm not a jazz concert.
01:15I'm a Keith Jarrett concert.
01:17Complete improvised freedom.
01:19No one knows where this is headed.
01:21Even if this is the last instrument in the world, Keith will not play on it.
01:32Keith Jarrett will not play on the Kölner opera on a broken violin.
01:36A violinist!
01:37Come with me!
01:39Artists like Keith show up once a generation.
01:42He will be short of time.
01:45He will be short of time.
01:48They can't do that.
01:49I have no choice.
01:51Music can win yourself.
01:54Maybe that's what good music can do.
02:00You're Vera Brandes.
02:01But if anyone here finds a way, you'll find it.
02:03You're welcome.
02:04You're welcome.
02:05You're welcome.
02:06You're welcome.
02:07.