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a thought-provoking, tightly focused and scholarly piece of work, of considerable interest not only to Jarrett aficionados, but also to anyone fascinated by the processes involved in playing, listening to and marketing music. Chris Parker, LondonJazz

<br> In this outstanding study, Peter Elsdon provides fresh insights into the creation, marketing, and reception of Keith Jarrett's most famous album. Even more valuable, the book sheds new light on the processes and functions of musical improvisation, composition, recording, and listening as a whole. Smart, readable, and engaging from start to finish, Eldon's work is a must for anyone interested in the making and meaning of jazz since the 1970s. --David Ake, jazz pianist, musicologist, and Director of the School of the Arts at the University of Nevada, Reno<p><br> Elsdon's authoritative and thought-provoking study of Jarrett's famous K ln Concert is not merely the first substantial investigation of a seminally important recording: throughout his perceptive musical analyses and insightful cultural and historical contextualization, the author persuasively addresses fundamental questions about the nature of improvisation, the phenomenon of musical performance, and the significance of the recorded artifact. --Mervyn Cooke, Professor of Music, University of Nottingham<p><br>

a thought-provoking, tightly focused and scholarly piece of work, of considerable interest not only to Jarrett aficionados, but also to anyone fascinated by the processes involved in playing, listening to and marketing music. Chris Parker, LondonJazz Elsdon is very good at exploring the recurring motifs and styles of Jarretts improvisations, his rhapsodic virtuosity, lengthy groove passages ... He is strong on the theory of music and its performance Simon Adams, Jazz Journal REVIEW: C. Wadsworth Walker, Choice (August 2013). Quote loaded, 14/08/13

a thought-provoking, tightly focused and scholarly piece of work, of considerable interest not only to Jarrett aficionados, but also to anyone fascinated by the processes involved in playing, listening to and marketing music. Chris Parker, LondonJazz Elsdon is very good at exploring the recurring motifs and styles of Jarretts improvisations, his rhapsodic virtuosity, lengthy groove passages ... He is strong on the theory of music and its performance Simon Adams, Jazz Journal

<br> In this outstanding study, Peter Elsdon provides fresh insights into the creation, marketing, and reception of Keith Jarrett's most famous album. Even more valuable, the book sheds new light on the processes and functions of musical improvisation, composition, recording, and listening as a whole. Smart, readable, and engaging from start to finish, Eldon's work is a must for anyone interested in the making and meaning of jazz since the 1970s. --David Ake, jazz pianist, musicologist, and Director of the School of the Arts at the University of Nevada, Reno<p><br> Elsdon's authoritative and thought-provoking study of Jarrett's famous Koln Concert is not merely the first substantial investigation of a seminally important recording: throughout his perceptive musical analyses and insightful cultural and historical contextualization, the author persuasively addresses fundamental questions about the nature of improvisation, the phenomenon of musical performance, and the significance of the recorded artifact. --Mervyn Cooke, Professor of Music, University of Nottingham<p><br>

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Peter Elsdon is a lecturer in Music at the University of Hull, where he teaches Jazz and Popular Music. He also works as a jazz musician in his spare time.

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