Vienna Concert is a live solo album by American jazz pianist Keith Jarrett recorded on July 13, 1991 at the Vienna State Opera in Vienna, Austria, and released by ECM September the following year.[1][2]
A 2016 concert in Vienna was released in May 2025[3] and called New Vienna, in reference to this album.[4]
Reception
Jarrett reportedly defined it as his best concert.[5] The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4 stars, stating, “Jarrett’s exalted judgment is close to the mark; though more Eurocentric than ever, these are his most impressive solo performances since Sun Bear.”[6] It exemplifies what has been described as ”long arcs of improvisation that characterised his earlier landmark solo piano series”.[7]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [8] |
Track listing
- All music by Keith Jarrett
- “Vienna, Part 1” – 42:05
- “Vienna, Part 2” – 26:03
Personnel
- Keith Jarrett – piano
Technical production
- Manfred Eicher, Keith Jarrett – producer
- Peter Laenger – recording engineer
- Barbara Wojirsch – cover design and layout
- Kuni Shinohara – photography
References
- ^ a b ECM Records Keith Jarrett: Vienna concert accessed May 2020
- ^ Grillo, Tyran (June 15, 2012). “Keith Jarrett: Vienna Concert (ECM 1481)”. Between Sound and Space: ECM Records and Beyond. Retrieved January 1, 2026.
- ^ “Breves | Aos 80, Keith Jarrett lança “New Vienna – At the Musikverein, 2016”“. jazz.pt. Retrieved January 1, 2026.
- ^ “New Vienna”. ECM Records. Retrieved January 1, 2026.
- ^ “Keith Jarrett’s Vienna Concert: A Timeless Solo Masterpiece”. DeBaser. February 14, 2010. Retrieved January 1, 2026.
- ^ a b Ginell, R. Allmusic Review accessed September 9, 2011
- ^ “Keith Jarrett – Hear Everything”. Jazzwise. Retrieved January 1, 2026.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 768. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
