"The Köln Concert" is a transcription authorized by Keith Jarrett of the legendary concert of 24 January 1975 at the Opera of Cologne. The attempt to visually represent this brilliantly improvised music through the use of music notation to make it accessible to a whole generation of young pianists is so daring that Keith Jarrett consistently refused in the first years to agree to such a project. And as is apparent from his preface to the sheet music edition, he still recommends using the recording as "final-word reference".
