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Keith Jarrett
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American jazz/classical pianist and composer (born 1945)
OverviewAI-generated
Keith Jarrett is an American pianist, composer, and jazz musician who began his professional work in 1958. Born in Allentown, he is a citizen of the United States and has worked in New York City. He studied at Berklee College of Music and plays the piano, saxophone, and organ. His musical output includes works such as Solo concerts Bremen/Lausanne, Scattered words, Hainault, Via Newbury Park and Other Broken Tracks, The Well of Creativity, and I Speak Home.
Jarrett has recorded for ECM Records and Atlantic Records. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has received the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Léonie Sonning Music Prize, and the NEA Jazz Masters award. His works are held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. He is represented by Broadcast Music, Inc.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Solo concerts Bremen/Lausanne
- Scattered words
- Hainault, Via Newbury Park and Other Broken Tracks
- The Well of Creativity
- I Speak Home
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing
Known for
- Saturday Night Live — Self - Musical Guest1975
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1945
Discography
- Life Between the Exit Signs1968
- Restoration Ruin1968
- The Mourning of a Star1971
- Birth1972
- Expectations1972
- Facing You1972
- Fort Yawuh1973
- Ruta and Daitya1973
- Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne1973
- In the Light1974
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 650,695
- Total plays
- 11,039,579
Tags
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. As well as recording under his own name, he has recorded a number of albums as the Keith Jarrett Trio. In 2003, Jarrett received the Polar Music Prize, the first (and to this day only) recipient not to share the prize with a co-recipient, and in 2004 he received the Léonie Sonning Music Pri
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,617x
- 2015 American Thyroid Association Management Guidelines for Adult Patients with Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: The American Thyroid Association Guidelines Task Force on Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
· 2016 · cited 12,603x
- First principles methods using CASTEP
· 2005 · cited 12,259x
- Overview of the<i>CCP</i>4 suite and current developments
· 2011 · cited 11,955x
- Fostering implementation of health services research findings into practice: a consolidated framework for advancing implementation science
· 2009 · cited 11,240x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1945-05-08 ) May 8, 1945 (age 81) , Allentown, Pennsylvania , U.S.
- Genres
- Jazz classical jazz fusion free improvisation
- Occupations
- Musician composer
- Instruments
- Piano harpsichord
- Years active
- 1966–2018
- Labels
- Atlantic Columbia ECM Impulse! Universal Classics
- Website
- keith-jarrett .de /en
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Keith Jarrett (born May 8, 1945) is an American pianist and composer. Jarrett started his career with Art Blakey and later moved on to play with Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis. Since the early 1970s, he has also been a group leader and solo performer in jazz, jazz fusion, and classical music. His improvisations draw from the traditions of jazz and other genres, including Western classical music, gospel, blues, and ethnic folk music.
His album The Köln Concert, released in 1975, is the best-selling piano recording in history. In 2008, he was inducted into the DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame in the magazine's 73rd Annual Readers' Poll.
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