Keith Jarrett

Keith Jarrett (born May 8, 1945 in Allentown, Pennsylvania) is considered one of the most important living jazz piano players. His career started as a keyboardist for Art Blakey, Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis. Since the early 1970s, he has enjoyed a great deal of success in both classical and jazz music, as a group leader and a solo performer.

Classical music

In addition to his jazz career, Jarrett also recorded classical music for ECM's "New Series" over a ten year period:

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• Johann Sebastian Bach, Das wohltemperierte Klavier, Book 1 (1987)
• Johann Sebastian Bach, Goldberg Variations (1989)
• Johann Sebastian Bach, Das wohltemperierte Klavier, Book 2 (1990)
• Dmitri Shostakovich, 24 Preludes and Fugues (1991)
• Johann Sebastian Bach, 3 Sonaten für Viola da Gamba und Cembalo (1991)
• Johann Sebastian Bach, The French Suites (1991)
• Georg Friedrich Händel, Suites for Keyboard (1995)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concertos, Masonic Funeral Music and Symphony in G Minor (1994)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concertos and Adagio and Fugue (1996)

Jarrett also recorded four of his own classical orchestral compositions on the album Bridge of Light (1993), and Arvo Pärt's Tabula Rasa (1983, with violinist Gidon Kremer).

Related Topics:
Arvo Pärt - Gidon Kremer

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In 2004, Jarrett was awarded the Léonie Sonning Music Award. The prestigious award usually associated with classical musicians and composers has only previously been given to one other jazz musician: Miles Davis. The first person to receive the award in 1959 was Igor Stravinsky.

Related Topics:
2004 - 1959 - Igor Stravinsky

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