Keith Jarrett

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About Keith Jarrett

Keith Jarrett is one of the most idiosyncratic and innovative pianists to have emerged from the post-bop jazz world. Born in 1945 in Allentown, PA, he was a classically trained child prodigy. By his teenage years he developed a love of jazz, and he played with Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers and Charles Lloyd in the mid-’60s before temporarily going electric with Miles Davis in the latter’s pioneering jazz-rock period. His solo debut having appeared in 1967, by the early ’70s his vision was both fully realized and broadly embraced. Jarrett’s wildly original sound tapped into blues, ragtime, bebop, classical, and more, transcending jazz to create a reflective, impressionistic style. His live 1975 solo piano improv album The Köln Concert became a cultural phenomenon. Whether Jarrett was wailing without boundaries, rebooting bop with his revered Standards Trio alongside Jack DeJohnette and Gary Peacock, or playing classical music, his imprint was indelible. Strokes left him unable to perform from 2018 on, but the light of his artistry cannot wane.

HOMETOWN
Allentown, Pennysylvania, United States of America
BORN
1945
GENRE
Jazz
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