Keith Jarrett solo improvisations

[diomedes]

For a very long time I admired his work, particularly the solo concerts that were close to the Koln concert (to me, that's the best). I'm aware of his Sun bear concerts too and like them.

Can anyone recommend more (doesn't have to be Jarrett) based on that style of playing.

[stevensk]

Well, Hiromi Uehara can play anything in jazz 

[ted]

It depends whether by "style" you mean the general principle of dynamic, spontaneous creation, or the use of restricted areas of keyboard vocabulary, such as those derived from jazz, as Jarrett mostly employs. There are many more interesting free improvisers in the former category than in the latter, Kyle Landry being an example. Some of his are very good, but he does restrict himself to more or less conventional romantic vocabulary. On the jazz side you could try players like Cecil Taylor or Jim Baker. You could also try using preference detecting applications such as Pandora to suggest players close to your favourite styles.

[diomedes]

By style i specifically refer to those concerts in particular that i mentioned. The reason for that being Keith Jarrett evolved radically, i intuitively am unable to relate to his later work (carnegie hall recital for example) and don't find wanting myself to make that effort at the moment either.

I have not listened to all the Sun bear concerts that he did and there are a few i found in my pile of things that are parallel to the year of the Koln Concert. But with those in mind i'd be interested to hear what else is out there. I'm completely uneducated as far as the jazz field goes.

I'll have a look at those you did mention, much appreciated.