Keith Jarrett is an American jazz pianist and composer born in Allentown, Pennsylvania in 1945. He is considered one of the most influential and accomplished jazz musicians of his generation, having ...

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"It's been a very slow ladder climb to get recognition," says Magaro, who plays jazz legend Keith Jarrett in the new film, world premiering at the Berlin Film Festival. By Scott Roxborough Europe ...

Mala Emde plays the spitfire teenage promoter who convinced Jarrett to perform on a broken piano, and in doing so made jazz history. On January 24, 1975, Keith Jarrett gave a solo piano ...

Keith remains to a large degree elusive ... Though it’s not touched on here, Jarrett in later interviews said his improvisational flights were also defined in part by the audience.

Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns (New York: Alfred Knopf, 2000), 324–331. “Interview with Jazz Pianist Keith Jarrett,” Fresh Air with Terry Gross, September 11, 2000. Conrad Silvert, “Joe Zawinul: ...