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failure to perceive
Those who love Jarrett's music but don't like this DVD have to be loopy. People complained that there is too much of his face. If you had a DVD of Shakespeare, would you want to look at his writing hand the whole time? They don't realize who Jarrett is. He's one of history's greatest geniuses. If you don't want to see what his face looks like, then you really don't care about him or his music. You may think you do, but you don't. His body contortions are some of the strangest things I've seen--they are a performance in themselves. I didn't think people could look like this before watching Last Solo. Until you see him play, you can't really have any idea of the intensity with which he approaches his music. It can't be imagined. We're not talking about painful struggle. We're talking about ecstasy and transcendence. You have to realize who these negative reviewers must be. Do you really think the people entrusted to produce Keith Jarrett's last solo concert would be anything but masters of their art?

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buy the cd instead
The music is wonderful but the direction is awful. On this 92 minute DVD more time is spent looking up Jarrett's nostrils that at the keyboard.
An improv concert is not significant because of the particular sequence of Jarrett's facial contortions. It's the music, man. The music! So why all the face shots?
Now I'm familiar with Jarret's antics, and the verbailizations hardly interfere with my appreciation of the music, but I won't buy another Jarrett solo DVD without some assurance that I'll actually get to watch him play the piano.
(Actually there are a couple nice shots, but I wouldn't buy this one again).

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Looking at a genius at work
Although I very much admire Keith Jarrett's volume of work in performing solo improvisational piano concerts, I have never had the opportunity to see him in person. This DVD is, I suppose, the next best thing. When Jarrett plays, he does not sit passively at the keyboard. Instead, he literally throws his entire body into the effort, alternately standing and sitting and sometimes nearly crouching, his expression an ever-changing mask of fierce engagment with the music he is making. This DVD is a remarkable look at a remarkable musician.