Behind one of the best-selling jazz records of all time, Keith Jarrett’s 1975 Köln Concert, how it almost didn’t happen, and how one formidable German teenager, Vera Brandes, breaks every boundary to set the conditions for the creation of a masterpiece. Vera, still in high school when she started producing and promoting music concerts in Cologne, puts everything on the line to put on this show. But Vera believes in the power of music, and she’s never seen anyone play like Keith Jarrett before.

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Mala Emde
Vera Brandes

John Magaro
Keith Jarrett

Michael Chernus
Michael Watts

Jördis Triebel
Ilse Brandes

Alexander Scheer
Manfred Eicher

Ulrich Tukur
Dr. Brandes

Susanne Wolff
Vera Brandes (age 50)

Patrick Joswig
Dr. Suter

Leo Meier
Fritz Brandes
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