Keith Jarrett News

I've recorded podcasts in the past of jazz musicians covering Latin sounds, rock tunes and other stylings.

Randall Kline, the Executive Director of SFJAZZ - 'the leading non-profit jazz organization on the West Coast and the presenter of the San Francisco Jazz Festival today announced the complete artist line-up for ...

In common with Sonny Rollins, Keith Jarrett, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, the late Miles Davis and only a handful of others in recent times, the Swedish pianist/composer Esbjorn Svensson was that rarest of ...

Life is full of many odd circles and repetitions, but it's a rare person who starts performing in a family country band at only 22 months old and then sails past his 70th year heading his own brood of ...

Throughout musical history, the influences of substantial artists, recorded works, or certain epochal periods, have their effect on contemporaries and ensuing generations.

As folks gather in the dusty hills of Tennessee to enjoy a rainbow of musical offerings this weekend, it's worth sparing a thought for one of the ancestors in Bonnaroo's DNA, the Montreux Jazz Festival .

Subsequent Lloyd quartet pianists have included Michel Petrucciani, Bobo Stenson, Brad Mehldau, and Geri Allen.

George Schuller's Circle Wide Playscape Recordings It's now some thirty-one years since the demise of Keith Jarrett's 'American Quartet,' uniting Ornette Coleman alumni Dewey Redman and Charlie Haden with ... via All About Jazz

CHOOSE TO FIND "exhibits some of the most spirited and accessible jazz sounds...breaking new compositional ground." -Northeast Performer Led by pianist Todd Marston, Choose to Find is an instrumental "power ... via Internet Archive

Comedian Don Rickles is 82. Naturalist Sir David Attenborough is 82. Singer Toni Tennille is 68. via Asbury Park Press Online

Blue & Red Records Rule Number 1 of writing a music review: try to be at least half as creative and spontaneous as the music at hand. via All About Jazz

While the recent proliferation of piano trios has proven the pop/rock world can provide plenty of grist for jazz exploration, few are as successful as e.s.t. in writing instantly memorable original material ... via All About Jazz

Enrico Pieranunzi / Marc Johnson / Joey Baron, Featuring Kenny Wheeler Cam Jazz Pianist Enrico Pieranunzi isn't the only artist influenced by Kenny Wheeler's classic Gnu High . via All About Jazz

“I think the artist should decide when and how to give away his music.”

Twenty-five years ago this January, pianist Keith Jarrett formed his trio with bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Jack DeJohnette. via All About Jazz

“Landscapes Suite - for Saxophone & Orchestra.”

Tenor saxophonist/composer/arranger Frank Macchia has made a significant album that follows-up his Grammy -nominated Emotions . via All About Jazz

“Equal parts Brecht and Ornette with a dash of Keith Jarrett”

Musician/performer/media artist solidad decosta has released her first album of solo piano improvisations. via All About Jazz

“Soul is not the color of your skin”

Kristjan Randalu and Bodek Janke If it is the ultimate compliment to suggest an improvising pianist is playing in a Keith Jarrett manner, then Kristjan Randalu can begin celebrating. via PittsburghLIVE.com

There is always room for one more piano trio when the leader, pianist Marc Copland, comes out of the modal school of Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett. via All About Jazz

While this week's menu of jazz and creative music offerings isn't quite as extensive as last week's, there's still some good stuff to be heard out there on St. via St. Louis Jazz Notes

FRINGE! PRODUCTIONS is presenting the launch of a new CD by Paris-based jazz quintet, WHITE RUSSIAN. via MaltaMedia News