Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrettis an American pianist and composer who performs both jazz and classical music...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth8 May 1945
CityAllentown, PA
CountryUnited States of America
music art jazz
Jazz is one of the least learnable art forms.
art media creative
We accept so many things that come through the media; we get used to them, however vigilant we are. But for any creative art, you have to remain 110% conscious, and in a world that's losing consciousness, that's getting harder.
believe artist tasks
I believe that a truly valuable artist must be an artist who realizes the impossibility of his task -and then continues to do it.
except studios
I don't like recording studios - except my own, which is just a little room above the garage.
jazz present
Jazz is there and gone. It happens. You have to be present for it. That simple.
We really never know what we're gonna play when we get on stage.
musician chance should
I realized that improvisers should probably always have time off. But musicians are always gigging and never have a chance to stop for a minute - unless something drastic occurs.
silence arise silence-is
Silence is the potential from which music can arise.
band tunes jazz
When I joined the band I didn't know any of the tunes, and when I left the band I didn't know any of the tunes!
thinking
I think you have to be completely merciless with yourself.
bmw way
Wynton Marsalis is jazzy the same way someone who drives a BMW is sporty.
play long sound
If a person plays dissonance long enough, it will sound like consonance. It's a language that was alien and then it's less and less alien as it continues to live.
sound strange stage
When you're on stage you have a very strange knowledge of what the audience is. It isn't exactly a sound - it's a hum, like the streets.
ideas musical keyboards
I can't even tolerate my own playing on electric keyboards. It's not about the musical ideas - the sound itself is toxic. It's like eating plastic broccoli.