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Keith Jarrett
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Allentown PA, United States (1945 – present)
Keith Jarrett (born May 8, 1945 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA) is an American pianist and composer. He is considered one of the most important jazz pianists, renowned for his elaborate solo improvisations.
He began piano lessons at the age of two and played for the first time on stage at the age of seven. In 1962 he played a self-composed two-hour concert, without the benefit of any prior formal instruction in orchestration or composition. After working with a wide variety of musicians, including Chet Baker, Lee Konitz and Art Blakey, he founded his own band in 1968 with Charlie Haden and Paul Motian. In 1971-1976 Dewey Redman (saxophone) joined the group and they played under the name the American Quartet. His work with Miles Davis between 1969 and 1971 gave his career an additional boost and the oportunity to play solo concerts such as the “Köln Concert” (1975, Cologne, Germany), honoured by Time Magazine as Album of the year.
Since the early 1970s, he has enjoyed a great deal of success, both artistic and commercial, in both classical and jazz music as a group leader and a solo performer. His improvisation technique combines jazz, classical, gospel, blues, and various ethnic-folk musics. He is considered by some, to be the “Bach” of jazz music. This title may have come from his recording of Bach`s Goldberg Variations, which, although it received many awards, was not entirely approved by critics.
In the 1990`s he suffered CFS (Chronic fatigue syndrome) only to take up the piano again in 1998. He now works in a trio form with Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette.
In 2003 he received the “Polar Music Prize”—the alternative Nobel prize for music.
He began piano lessons at the age of two and played for the first time on stage at the age of seven. In 1962 he played a self-composed two-hour concert, without the benefit of any prior formal instruction in orchestration or composition. After working with a wide variety of musicians, including Chet Baker, Lee Konitz and Art Blakey, he founded his own band in 1968 with Charlie Haden and Paul Motian. In 1971-1976 Dewey Redman (saxophone) joined the group and they played under the name the American Quartet. His work with Miles Davis between 1969 and 1971 gave his career an additional boost and the oportunity to play solo concerts such as the “Köln Concert” (1975, Cologne, Germany), honoured by Time Magazine as Album of the year.
Since the early 1970s, he has enjoyed a great deal of success, both artistic and commercial, in both classical and jazz music as a group leader and a solo performer. His improvisation technique combines jazz, classical, gospel, blues, and various ethnic-folk musics. He is considered by some, to be the “Bach” of jazz music. This title may have come from his recording of Bach`s Goldberg Variations, which, although it received many awards, was not entirely approved by critics.
In the 1990`s he suffered CFS (Chronic fatigue syndrome) only to take up the piano again in 1998. He now works in a trio form with Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette.
In 2003 he received the “Polar Music Prize”—the alternative Nobel prize for music.
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The Köln Concert
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Crustclock wrote:
Those little "oooh"s? I like them!
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barrettsnewpc wrote:
"keith jarrett plays the piano fantastically. unfortunately, he basically cries and whines like a baby throughout performances. which, uh, takes pretty much all of the music away from me. toneless blubbering is not what i want to hear when i pick up a jazz piano album, thanks very much. " lol, yeh thats one of the most irritating things i've ever heard. he doesn't do it all the time though, manages to shut up through most of the koln concert which is good, but he's ruined a few albums with his stupid moaning (gary peacock's tales of another springs to mind), he's also a massive fucking douchebag, which makes me want to hate him....but annoyingly i love a lot of his stuff, i probably have more records with jarrett on than any other musician in my vinyl collection. just dont listen to anything he says and filter out the ones with the whining shit on and you'll be alright.
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holdtheapplause wrote:
keith jarrett plays the piano fantastically. unfortunately, he basically cries and whines like a baby throughout performances. which, uh, takes pretty much all of the music away from me. toneless blubbering is not what i want to hear when i pick up a jazz piano album, thanks very much.
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glmx wrote:
отличная музыка..
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aEeoN wrote:
it's not music, it's metaphysic :) Listen "Changeless" if you like "Koln Concert", it's maybe even better than "KC" :)
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aEeoN wrote:
Keith Jarrett = god, "Koln Concert" and "Changeless" - my favourites :)
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nikkichocnut wrote:
his Koln concert is currently on loop in my ipod
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DoglessEndeavor wrote:
They new CD is awesome.
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Indian__ wrote:
wonderful
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freeaway wrote:
perfect
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Schrubbel wrote:
Welcome to Schru´s JAZZworldMusic http://www.lastfm.de/user/Schrubbel . Listen and Enjoy !
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schokone wrote:
hahaha i asked it myself too...good question. but he isn't jewish. read wiki :D anyways fucking brilliant!!!
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impronen wrote:
Crustclock : I think he's Jewish, so I think his ethnicity would be considered to be white. Not that it really matters. Love his work.
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fridafan wrote:
Keith Jarrett plays music the way God intends it to be.
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Crustclock wrote:
Is this guy black or white? Seriously.
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sergeeo wrote:
He creado un grupo en español para jazzeros, que no encontré nada cuando busqué... ¡Echadle un ojo y apuntaros si os apetece! "http://www.lastfm.es/group/Jazz+[español]"
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hanabixmaz wrote:
I Love Keith Jarrett 's Music! This is a special playing tune , a tribute to Keith Jarrett : The Köln Concert Part IIc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsePQQ8nWd8
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PopplagiWest wrote:
I cannot say what I think is right about this music; I only know the "rightness" of it. I know it when I hear it. There is a release, a flowing out, a fullness to it that is not the same as richness or musicality. I can talk about it in this way because I do not feel that I "created" this music as much as allowed it to "emerge". It is this emergence that is inexplicable and incapable of being made solid, and I feel (or felt) as though not only do you never step in the same river twice, but you are never the same when stepping in the river. The river has always been there, despite our polluting it. - Keith Jarrett
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e-jazz wrote:
Köln Concert = masterpiece
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maramos wrote:
listen my first track on last. - piano solo 8:22 http://www.lastfm.com.br/music/Marcos+Alexandre+Ramos/_/8:22
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