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Keith Jarrett

(born May 8, 1945, Allentown, Pa., U.S.) U.S. jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader. He played with Art Blakey (1965 – 66) and with Miles Davis's jazz-rock group (1970 – 71) before making a series of solo recordings that won him broad popularity. His trio (from 1966) with bassist Charlie Haden (b. 1937) and drummer Paul Motian (b. 1931), later expanded to a quartet (1971 – 76), was highly regarded. By the 1980s his public performance had turned mainly to classical recitals.

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