Artist:Keith JarrettSong:Mushi Mushi
Album:The Impulse Story
Keith Jarrett has been one of the most significant jazz pianists to emerge in the 60s. He was born May 8, 1945 in Allentown, PA and started playing piano at age three. This child prodigy was already playing professionally while in grade school. He played local clubs in Boston while attending the Berklee School Of Music in 1963. Jarrett moved to New York City in 1965 and after a brief time with Art Blakey, he was pianist for Charles Lloyd from 1966-69. He recorded his first solo album in 1967 with long time associates Charlie Haden & Paul Motian. Miles Davis saw Jarrett in a club and invited him to join his band to play electric piano. Chick Corea was also in the band at the time. Keep in mind that neither had played electric piano before and neither was crazy about the idea. Jarrett remained with Davis through 1971 but completely renounced electronic keyboards and has played acoustic piano ever since. In 1971, Jarrett formed the American Quartet with Dewey Redman on sax, Charlie Haden on bass and Paul Motion on drums and recorded several albums for Impulse. Those are the recordings we're talking about on this Impulse Story comp. Mushi Mushi is from the 1977 album Bop-Be. He also formed a European Quartet with Jan Garbarek on sax, Palle Danielsson on drums and Jon Christensen on drums and began his long association with ECM Records. He formed his Standards trio with bassist Gary Peacock & drummer Jack DeJohnette in 1983. Jarrett became known for his solo piano recordings and has also written classical music. Jarrett was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome in the 90s so has been less active in recent years. His latest CD Setting Standards celebrated 25 years of his Standards trio with Gary Peacock & Jack DeJohnette and was released Oct. 2007 on ECM. This Impulse comp is worth checking out for newcomers. Here's Keith Jarrett performing with Charlie Haden & Paul Motian. Based on Jarrett's afro, I would say this is from the mid-70s.
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