Keith Jarrett

Keith Jarrett 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.

8 May 1945

Born on the same birth day (8 May): Bill Lockyer • Chinmayananda Saraswati • Darren Hayes • Dave Rowntree • Don Rickles • Giovanni Battista Gaulli • H. Robert Horvitz • Harry S. Truman • John C. Bogle • Margarete Böhme • Peter McNab • Red Nichols • Rick Zombo • Tom of Finland

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