As Helen Cobbett speaks emotionally about her grandfather surrounded by abstract paintings on the white walls of her gallery at the end of the second chapter of Fire Answers Fire, the piano coming through the high-quality speakers in the ceiling is being played by Keith Jarrett, specifically this 38-minute solo improvisation, which is called simply “October 17, 1988” on the track listing of his Paris Concert CD:
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