Keith Jarrett ist einer der einflussreichsten Musiker des 20. Jahrhunderts, ein Jazzvisionär und glänzender Interpret der Klassik, ein Meister der Improvisation – sein legendäres «Köln Concert» von 1975 ist bis heute die meistverkaufte Soloplatte des Jazz überhaupt.Wolfgang Sandner kennt Keith Jarrett, über dessen Leben bislang nur wenig bekannt ist, seit vielen Jahren, war Gast in Jarretts Haus und hat in intensiven Gesprächen den Menschen hinter der Musik erlebt. Nun erzählt er di...

Poetry Book Society RecommendationKeith Jarrett's dazzlingly lyrical new collection asks how we process violence when it's lionised in our language, on city street signs, in the edicts of a vengeful god. Its title borrowed from an unknown songwriter, this book is a palimpsest, layering known and unknown verses: those sung in Pentecostal churches or whispered in silent worship, texted to a 3am suitor or redacted from a eulogy. These poems are requiem and carnival: for the dead, the ...

Among music lovers everywhere, Keith Jarrett is known as an artist of rare gifts. Here he brings those gifts to a captivating discussion of his work, especially the ineffable art of improvisation--or, as we termed it here, "jumping" (as in "jumping off the deep edge").

Keith Jarrett is one of the most acclaimed pianists in the world. Over the course of his career, he has collaborated with many jazz and classical luminaries, and worked in many musical forms, but he is perhaps best known for his ground-breaking solo work. In the 1970s, Jarrett pioneered a new genre -- the concert-length improvisation – within which he has created some of the most distinctive, beautiful and enduring records of the past century. His Köln Concert (1975) is the bestse...

Alessandro Balossino tratteggia la storia di uno dei pianisti più geniali della recente storia della musica: Keith Jarrett. Un viaggio all'interno della sua opera ma anche degli aspetti umani che hanno travagliato la sua vita materiale e spirituale, dai momenti terribili della malattia all'interesse per le illuminanti teorie filosofiche di Georges Ivanovic Gurdjieff, dalle intuizioni sul palco alla turbolenza nei rapporti con gli altri. E poi la musica, la sua ricerca dell'improvvisazione ...

Keith Jarrett ranks among the most accomplished and influential pianists in jazz history. His The 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. Since the album's 1975 release, it has sold over three million copies: a remarkable achievement for any jazz record, but an unprecedented feat fo...

Cinco músicas de jazz nomeiam os cinco contos de Keith Jarrett no Blue Note. A estadia no estrangeiro, o sentimento amoroso e erótico, a dúvida existencial marcam a tonalidade variada das histórias reunidas neste volume.As folhas secas na calçada que ninguém se lembrou de recolher, a revista pornográfica, a comunicação interrompida, a angústia da voz do outro lado do telefone, a pessoa amada que morreu — notas de alguns contos deste livro, em que a vida no...