Dorian Ford Interview
Following the 50th Anniversary Performance at Christuskirche in Cologne Dorian was interviewed by Breandáin O’Shea for Deutsche Welle, 30th January 2025. Full transcript
Review: Liverpool International Jazz Festival
Dorian Ford’s reinterpretation of ECM’s best selling album of all time and the best selling jazz solo album ever was quite stunning in its execution and intensity. He fully channelled the vibe and I felt it. I was totally engrossed from start to finish. In awe of how someone can play such an intricate jazz … Review: Liverpool International Jazz Festival
Leicester Jazz House
Leicester Jazz House presents: Dorian Ford, Solo piano, Köln Concert 50 Dorian will perform Köln Concert 50 at The Leicester Jazz House, Attenborough Arts Centre. 8pm Thursday 15th May 2025. Tickets
From The Heart
Keith Jarrett’s Köln Concert is a wonderful record. I adore it, and have done ever since I first heard the ECM Records release of American pianist and composer Keith Jarrett’s 1975 live performance in Germany at some point in the 1980s. The emotional intensity of Jarrett’s improvised solo piano on the album, recorded live in Köln Opera House … From The Heart
Slippedisc. Were You Part Of This Historic Record?
We’re searching for original 1975 audience members to attend the 50th anniversary gig in Cologne on 24th January. Lovely piece in Sliipedisc, the classical music news site, by Norman Lebrecht.” Were You Part Of This Historic Record? January 24th marks the 50th anniversary of the bestselling solo piano album of all time: The Köln Concert, … Slippedisc. Were You Part Of This Historic Record?
Aberdeen Jazz Festival. Sunday 23 March 2025. 2pm.
Aberdeen Jazz Festival. Sunday 23rd March at 2pm concert. We’re delighted that Dorian will be performing Köln Concert 50 at the Aberdeen Jazz Festival. Details and tickets available here.
Edinburgh Festival Fringe August 2024
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024. Winnie Wen. To mark the 50th anniversary of Keith Jarrett’s legendary Köln Concert, internationally acclaimed jazz pianist Dorian Ford, whose career has been profoundly influenced by Jarrett’s genius, takes the stage to recreate and reinterpret the magic of that night from 1975 and seeks to honour this seminal work in the … Edinburgh Festival Fringe August 2024
Köln on the 50th Anniversary
Dorian will perform Köln Concert 50 at Christuskirche Cologne on the evening of Friday 24th January 2025. The exact date of the 50th Anniversary of the original concert.