Keith Jarrett: The Man And His Music [Paperback] Review

I'm not sure why the review below is so negative. Actually, I have been re-discovering Keith Jarrett and, once this reviewer complained about the reviews in the book, I was sold! Just what I was looking for to help mesort through the huge back catalogue! Mr Carr has written this bio in thetime-honoured fashion. He does not heap praise on Keith Jarrett's everyrecording. He reviews every disc (up to the end of the eighties) as onewould expect from a biographer - we can't all see an artist live wheneverwe want to - most of us rely on these "records" of the artist'ssound, style and progress or whatever. He gives examples of Jarrett'sgenius and of his to-be-expected-of-a-person-like-this idiosyncrasies andlets us make up our minds about the man.It's worth reading just for theincredible circumstances surrounding the "Solo Concerts" and"Koln Concert" recordings. Recommended. Hope he updates it in thefuture.

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Keith Jarrett is probably the most influential jazz pianist living today: his concerts have made him world famous. He was a child prodigy who had his first solo performance at the age of seven. In the sixties he played with the Jazz Messengers and then with the Charles Lloyd Quartet, touring Europe, Asia, and Russia. He played electric keyboards with Miles Davis at the beginning of the seventies, and went on to lead two different jazz groups-one American and one European. He straddles practically every form of twentieth century music-he has produced totally composed music, and has performed classical music as well as jazz. Jarrett has revolutionized the whole concept of what a solo pianist can do. And his albums such as Solo Concerts (at Lausanne and Bremen), Belonging, The Koln Concert, and My Song have gained him a worldwide following.Now, with Keith Jarrett: The Man and His Music, Ian Carr has written the definitive story of Jarrett's musical development and his personal journey. This is a revealing, fascinating, and enlightening account of one of the outstanding musicians of our age.

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