355. JP Saxe on Keith Jarrett 'The Köln Concert' (1975)

Singer-songwriter and man probably coming out of your car radio right now JP Saxe joins me for a surprising favorite album pick - jazz piano legend Keith Jarrett’s 1975 live album “The Köln Concert”. We talk about the strange backstory behind the album - a dyspeptic artist, a teenage concert promoter, the wrong piano and a show that almost didn’t happen - and more including the time JP met and had a confrontation with Jarrett, how Jarrett improvises and how JP is able to improvise in his own shows, whether anger is productive as creative fuel, building and releasing tension and more. Plus, on the verge of releasing his debut album, JP talks about the albums he measured himself against and the pressure on your first LP.