Keith Jarrett has a talent so enormous it’s like a ferocious monkey on his back, and you get a glimpse of the monkey’s wrath in this video clip, as Jarrett introduces a recording of Miles Davis’ appearance at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival. It’s no exaggeration to say that at this point in time, Miles was shattering musical boundaries and redefining jazz and blowing minds … again, for the third or fourth time in his career … and Jarrett, the acoustic purist, absolutely hated the volume and the electronic chaos — but at the same time, realized he was part of musical history. A great clip. (The rest of the concert is linked in the playlist below.)

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