Keith Jarrett Musical artist

Keith Jarrett (born May 8, 1945) is an American pianist and composer who performs both jazz and classical music.Jarrett started his career with Art Blakey, moving on to play with Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis. Since the early 1970s he has enjoyed a great deal of success as a group leader and a solo performer in jazz, jazz fusion, and classical music. His improvisations draw from the traditions of jazz and other genres, especially Western classical music, gospel, blues, and ethnic folk music.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 Prize.In 2008, he was inducted into the Down Beat Hall of Fame in the magazine's 73rd Annual Readers' Poll.

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Keith Jarrett
Birth dateMay 08, 1945
Birth place
Allentown Pennsylvania

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Musical artist

Career started1966
associated musical artist
Miles Davis
Jack DeJohnette
Kenny Wheeler
Airto Moreira
Charlie Haden
Gary Peacock
Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)
Art Blakey
Gary Burton
Dennis Russell Davies
Paul Motian
Dewey Redman
Sam Brown (guitarist)
BackgroundNon vocal instrumentalist
genre
Jazz
Classical music
Free improvisation
Jazz fusion
instrument
Electronic organ
Soprano saxophone
Melodica
record label
ECM Records
Impulse! Records
Atlantic Records
Universal Music Group

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