On July 16, 2016, Keith Jarrett performed at the Munich Philharmonic, concluding his European tour with a solo concert. The pianist, an outstanding improviser, was at the height of his powers, creating a diverse sequence of spontaneous musical forms with impressive ease.[1][4] He virtuously combined polyrhythmic and harmonically complex passages with hints of blues and folk-like lyrics.[1] The audience followed every detail of his playing attentively and with great appreciation, and was rewarded with heartfelt encores. Among the encores were pieces such as "Over The Rainbow," "It's A Lonesome Old Town," and Gerhard Winkler's "Answer Me, My Love," which was made internationally famous by Nat King Cole and has long been familiar to German audiences under the title "Mütterlein."[1]
