Jan 22, 2025 2:13 AM
Keith Jarrett Greenlights Release of ‘More From The Deer Head Inn’
Last November, Keith Jarrett, who has not played publicly since suffering two strokes in 2018, greenlighted ECM to drop…
The Old Country: More From The Deer Head Inn arrives 30 years after ECM issued the Keith Jarret Trio live album At The Deer Head Inn.
Jan 22, 2025 2:13 AM
Last November, Keith Jarrett, who has not played publicly since suffering two strokes in 2018, greenlighted ECM to drop…
Two ECM reissues of historic albums by saxophonist Jan Garbarek, shown here with pianist Keith Jarrett, celebrate his 50 years on the label.
Apr 23, 2024 9:49 PM
It has become standard practice for jazz labels of any substance and historical depth to revisit, remaster and re-issue…
The 313 Partnership from Third Man Records and Blue Note Records.
Dec 19, 2023 1:20 PM
Between Record Store Day’s still-fresh Black Friday releases and a bevy of reissues and new vinyl releases, there is…
“There was a time I decided I was not a composer, only an improvisor, and I find that very difficult to do with one hand,” Jarrett says. “Jumping off a cliff takes two hands and two feet.”
Mar 21, 2023 11:19 PM
Keith Jarrett can do more with his right hand than most pianists can with two. As he pulls the protective cloth from…
“Keith’s thing was startling,” pianist Craig Taborn says of Facing You.
Apr 26, 2022 3:02 PM
A half century has passed since Keith Jarrett released his first solo piano album, Facing You (also his first recording…
Kenny Garrett’s Sounds From The Ancestors is among DownBeat’s latest crop of 5-star reviews.
Dec 28, 2021 12:49 PM
Welcome to DownBeat’s best-reviewed albums of 2021. Below you’ll find the 5-star recordings, both new and…
Bassist Christian McBride (left), saxophonist Joshua Redman, drummer Brian Blade and pianist Brad Mehldau reconvened in the studio after more than two decades for RoundAgain.
Dec 31, 2020 8:44 AM
In 2020, DownBeat sought to cover the breadth of jazz, while also working to represent what was going on in the country…
Pianist Keith Jarrett is set to release the archival Budapest Concert on Oct. 30 through the ECM imprint.
Oct 21, 2020 3:47 PM
Renowned pianist Keith Jarrett, whose 1975 ECM album The Köln Concert remains one of the most recognizable jazz albums…
Gary Peacock (1935-2020)
Sep 22, 2020 10:27 AM
Bassist Gary Peacock, who performed and recorded alongside trailblazing bandleaders Albert Ayler, Keith Jarrett and…
Pianist Keith Jarrett turns 75 on May 8.
May 11, 2020 8:49 AM
Transcendent music is timeless. That’s the thought that comes to mind as fans around the globe mark Keith…
Frost School of Music Dean Shelly Berg discusses pianist Keith Jarrett’s style in a scene from the first video in the Frost Music Masters series.
Apr 11, 2019 10:40 PM
The University of Miami’s Frost School of Music has launched a new educational video series titled Frost Music…
Montreal-based pianist and jazz educator John Roney will perform his reimagining of Keith Jarrett’s landmark 1975 album The Köln Concert at three major Canadian jazz festivals in June.
Jun 8, 2018 5:25 AM
John Roney will be channeling his inner Keith Jarrett, circa 1975, at three Canadian festivals this month. The…
Pianist Keith Jarrett—along with bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Jack DeJohnette—released After The Fall (ECM) in March.
Sep 13, 2019 5:42 PM
As ECM Records wades deeper into its 49th year, the German imprint has maintained a stunning persistence of vision—in…
Keith Jarrett (seen here in a publicity photo) performed a solo concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Feb. 15.
Jul 22, 2017 6:25 PM
As his longtime fans well know, the cornerstone of any improvised concert by pianist Keith Jarrett is tension. Jarrett…
Keith Jarrett
Dec 22, 2016 4:36 PM
As he has almost every year since 2009, pianist Keith Jarrett will return to Carnegie Hall’s Stern…
Keith Jarrett
Oct 17, 2016 3:50 PM
Just in time for the holidays comes a perfect gift for Keith Jarrett fans. On Nov. 18, ECM will release A Multitude Of…
Keith Jarrett, seen here in a publicity photo, performed at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles on April 29.
May 18, 2016 11:56 AM
Fifty years after arriving on the international jazz scene, pianist Keith Jarrett remains one of its greatest…
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