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Awards (3)
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Awards
  • 2003 – Polar Music Prize The Polar Music Prize for 2003 is being awarded to the American musician Keith Jarrett, pianist, composer and master of the field of improvisational music. Keith Jarrett’s musical artistry is characterised by his ability to effortlessly cross boundaries in the world of music.
  • 2014 – NEA Jazz Master Prize Keith Jarrett's talent for playing both abstractly and lyrically, sometimes during the same song, continues to astound and delight audiences around the world. His ability to work in both the jazz and classical fields as both performer and composer demonstrates the breadth of his creativity. A master of many instruments, Jarrett also plays harpsichord, clavichord, organ, soprano saxophone, and drums. However, during the last 20 years, he has performed and recorded mainly on the acoustic piano.
  • 2018 – Golden Lion La biennale di Venezia Lifetime Achievement A pianist, improviser and composer, Keith Jarrett is one of the leading figures in contemporary music, thanks to the protean versatility of his career which over the decades has developed in various directions, apparently parallel yet indivisible, with many points of contact and intersections. Unanimously acclaimed as one of the most important pianists in the areas of improvisation and jazz (with the extraordinary landmark piano solo sets that brought him planetary fame in the 1970’s), Keith Jarrett is an artist who has shown extraordinary talent and creativity in his work across many musical genres, including the classical repertoire, composing scores that are sophisticated and incisive at the same time.
Books
  • 1994 – Il mio desiderio feroce Questo libro è una mappa per esplorare con intelligenza e commozione la complessa geografia esistenziale e artistica - pianoforte e improvvisazione, jazz, interpretazione dei classici, composizione - di Keith Jarrett. Per la prima volta il musicista, che è sempre stato considerato difficile e misterioso, indulge - in articolate conversazioni con Kunihiko Yamashita - al racconto di episodi e personaggi chiave della sua vita, svela i segreti della sua musica, cita i suoi auctores prediletti.
  • 2005 – A Deep Joy Inside It: The Musical Aesthetics of Keith Jarrett Keith Jarrett is an American pianist whose music and aesthetics stand out as dynamic, polarizing forces not only in jazz, but within the entire contemporary American musical world. The breadth of Jarrett's musical activities, crossing jazz, classical, and even "world music" boundaries, is unprecedented, yet his name is rarely mentioned outside of jazz. Aside from one biography and a handful of dissertations, academic writing dealing with Jarrett is scant. Jarrett's philosophical justifications for his music offer a rare example of a creative musician unafraid to grapple publicly with self-analysis.
  • 2012 – Keith Jarrett’s The Köln Concert by Peter Elsdon Keith Jarrett ranks among the most accomplished and influential pianists in jazz history. His Köln Concert stands among the most important jazz recordings of the past four decades, not only because of the music on the record, but also because of the remarkable reception it has received from musicians and lay-listeners alike
History
  • 1998 – Still Battling an illness TWO years ago, Keith Jarrett found himself, as he put it, ''completely drained of energy'' midway through a concert tour of Italy. It wasn't one of the short-lived spells of exhaustion with which touring musicians are often afflicted, but something far more drastic. ''I don't know what fuel I was using to do those concerts,'' he recalled, ''but I felt as if aliens had entered my body, and that perhaps it would be the last time I'd be able to play. At the last concert, I actually played a dirge -- for myself.''
  • 1999 – Piano Great Overcomes His Mysterious Illness Though Keith Jarrett has performed thousands of concerts during his 35 years as one of the most influential pianists in jazz, stepping onto the stage of Roy Thomson Hall tomorrow evening will not be an act he takes for granted.
  • 2000 – Back from the brink Keith Jarrett's epic solo piano concerts captivated audiences with their mix of jazz and classical music. But four years ago, he was struck down with chronic fatigue syndrome. Now he is back and, as he tells Richard Williams, the pyrotechnics have given way to a calmer, more heartfelt sound
  • 2001 – History of Cologne Concert Paul Gambaccini presents the award-winning series that re-visits the occasions on which a classic live album was recorded. He hears from those who were there, on-stage, backstage and in the audience, to re-create the event for all of us who, each time we play the album, think: 'If only I could have been there'.
  • 2001 – Keith Jarrett Trio Showsthe Power of Distillation Listening to the Keith Jarrett Trio (with bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Jack DeJohnette) Sunday night at Royce Hall, a thought kept recurring: “If it’s this easy to play this well, why can’t more players do it?”
  • 2015 – The 40th Anniversary of Keith Jarrett’s Legendary ‘Köln Concert’ 2015 marks the 40th anniversary of The Köln Concert, a landmark album by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett, who played a solo concert at Carnegie Hall last week. Few albums have touched me as deeply as this one.
  • 2018 – Keith Jarrett Commemorates a Great Night in Newark “I think it’s a mistake to ever look for hope outside of one’s self.” Arthur Miller put that line in the mouth of a character from After the Fall, which premiered on Broadway in 1964. It’s an argument worth reconsidering as we welcome a new album bearing the same title from Keith Jarrett, a pianist with rare perspective on both the merits of self-reliance and the grasping pursuit of hope.
  • 2020 – #Jazz Keith Jarrett: 75 anni aspettando il ritorno Diamo i numeri: 75 e 79. Che cosa sono? Rispettivamente gli anni che l’8 maggio scorso ha compiuto Keith Jarrett e gli album che, in quasi mezzo secolo di carriera, il geniale quanto controverso pianista di Allentown ha registrato per l’Ecm
  • 2020 – The pianist at 75: Keith Jarrett & Digital Culture On July 7, 2013, Keith Jarrett bracingly took to the stage at the Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia, Italy. The momentousness of the occasion was not lost on anyone: just six years earlier, Jarrett had become the first artist to ever be banned from the festival by director Carlo Pagnotta, for delivering a profanity-ridden condemnation of photographers in the audience.
  • Gary Peacock, Master Jazz Bassist, Is Dead at 85 – The New York Times He was a free-jazz pioneer early on before becoming part of Keith Jarrett’s enduring trio, where he infused American standards with a Zen sensibility.
  • Keith Jarrett – Musicista – Banca dati musicale – Radio Swiss Jazz Radio Swiss Jazz Jarrett Page Profile, nice bibliography and links attached
Interviews
  • 1986 – Keith Jarrett Speaking of Music Charles Amirkhanian interviews the great jazz pianist, Keith Jarrett, before a live audience on January 23, 1986, as part of the San Francisco Exploratorium’s Speaking of Music series
  • 2009 – Conversation with Keith Jarrett The trio is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year with re-releases of classic performances on CD and DVD as well as concerts.
  • 2009 – Ethan Iverson Interview with Keith Jarrett Reprinted from old DTM; originally posted September 2009.
  • 2009 – No alla musica mediocre ora per me c’è solo Bach In un mondo senza speranze neanche Obama può fare miracoli e l'unica salvezza è la grande musica. Il pessimismo cosmico di Keith Jarrett, uno degli ultimi eroi del jazz, dilaga dal suo eremo nel New Jersey dove vive dopo la recente, traumatica separazione dalla moglie Rose Anne
  • 2009 – NPR Marian McPartland and Keith Jarrett Radio Broadcast Host Marian McPartland tried for years to line-up elusive pianist Keith Jarrett for a Piano Jazz session. Following his stellar performance at Carnegie Hall in 2005, McPartland confronted the elusive performer and convinced him to put in an appearance on her show
  • 2017 – Keith Jarrett Speaks About Reinventing His Approach to Solo Piano, Before Carnegie Hall Solitude can be a complicated proposition for Keith Jarrett. He’s the most celebrated improvising solo pianist in the world, and has held that distinction for the last 40 years.
  • 2019 – Keith Jarrett Whisper Not In any conversation about music, bringing up pianist Keith Jarrett’s name is sure to stir up a lively debate. The 58-year-old has appeared on more than 130 recordings, which range from him playing electric jazz-fusion music with Miles Davis to improvising marathon solo concerts.
  • NRK TV – Jazz med Keith Jarrett trio 19 min interview to keith jarrett in norway ( Gus Nemeth, Paul Motian)
Reviews
  • 2011 – Royal Festival Hall Over his momentous four-decade career – much of it spent in the company of this trio, who have sold out the Royal Festival Hall – Keith Jarrett has done everything he could to make audiences sense the illuminating precariousness of improvisation.
  • 2013 – Keith Jarrett’s Dark Night in Perugia Bad behavior and arrogance mar what could have been a sweet return
  • 2019 -Dionisiaco e apollineo Jarrett torna a “Rio” Munich 2016 Review Corriere della Sera
Videos
  • 1966 – Charles Lloyd quartet in portugal Keith Jarrett was 21 years old ,recorded live during first european tour for keith jarrett
  • 1968 – Charles Lloyd quartet live in Prague Keith Jarrett (23 ans !) au piano de concert Bechstein, Jack DeJohnette à la batterie et Ron McClure à la basse. Vidéo prise par la télévision tchèque à Prague.
  • 1972 – Keith Jarrett – Molde Keith Jarrett playing in Molde, Norway the 2nd of August 1972 at Molde Jazz-festival. The concert is one continuous improvisation and Keith Jarrett called the piece for "Molde-72 ". Produced by NRK, who's filming a 5-camera production on this one.
  • 1973 – Keith Jarrett In Molde, Norway Keith Jarrett - Piano Solo Piano Concert in Molde, Norway August 13, 1973
  • 1974 – European Quartet Live Oslo From NRK Studio in Oslo in 1974. Probably recorded in the period they were recording "Belonging" in Rainbow Studio.
  • 1977 – Keith Jarrett Solo in Vermont Recorded live in Shelburne, Vermont, August 26, 1977.
  • 1978 – Keith Jarrett- My Song 1978 This is another version of Keith's timeless "My Song" from Tokyo on December 12 1978
  • 1985 – Keith Jarrett Trio Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival Keith Jarrett Trio Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague, The Netherlands, 07/12/1985.
  • 1988 – Keith Jarrett Piano Solo Madrid © 2020 SRMEDIAS. Video edited & remastered by Sébastien Ridé (SRMEDIAS). Original music improvised & performed by Keith Jarrett
  • Keith Jarrett – The Art of Improvisation COMPLETE (full documentary* including the extra interviews) – YouTube Keith Jarrett - The Art of Improvisation COMPLETE (full documentary* including the extra interviews)
Web Inspiration
  • Between Sound and Space: ECM Records and Beyond – The only archive reviewing every ECM album in existence. The purpose of between sound and space is to provide a subjective and open forum for all things ECM. In May of 2015, I achieved my goal of reviewing every album released on the ECM and ECM New Series imprints and will be using this blog primarily to keep step with the label as it continues to expand it catalogue.
  • KeithJarrett.org Olivier Bruchez site is the oldest and most accurate source of informations for every Jarrett fan right now since more than 15 years
  • Peter Losin – Miles Ahead A true treasure of informations for every Miles Davis fan. Compete discography, session list
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