Keith Jarrett live in concert.
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Keith Jarrett

10
critic concert reviews
jazz

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

86
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Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Keith Jarrett is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 5% of all live performers. Based on 10 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Keith Jarrett is rated as an excellent live performer, with noteworthy shows that are worth seeing. Keith Jarrett concert reviews describe live shows and performances as improvised.

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Artist Info

Genre
jazz
Origin
Allentown, United States (5/8/1945) (5/8/1945)
Bio
Keith Jarrett (born May 8, 1945 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA) is an American pianist and composer. He is considered one of the most important jazz pianists, renowned for his elaborate solo improvisations.
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Critic Concert Reviews

San Diego Union Tribune (USA)

September 28, 2022
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Keith Jarrett at his peak on ‘Bordeaux Concert’

The Arts Desk (UK)

November 21, 2015
100
%
You got the feeling this music is just hanging in the air, ready to be pressed into service and given body

The New York Times (USA)

March 4, 2015
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In his improvised solo piano concerts, Keith Jarrett has made it a custom to save a familiar song or two for the encores — a gleaming prize at the finish line.

The Guardian (UK)

February 26, 2013
80
%
Royal Festival Hall, London, UK

Financial Times (UK)

February 26, 2013
100
%
There are strict rules – no coughing no photography (a blessing) no re-admittance – and elaborate rituals of bowing and acknowledgement between each number that reach a climax in drawn-out encores.

Financial Times (UK)

July 29, 2011
80
%
Their performances are a three-way dialogue of twists turns sub-clauses and sudden surprises that rigorously follow the contours of each song.

The Guardian (UK)

July 28, 2011
80
%
Over his momentous four-decade career – much of it spent in the company of this trio, who have sold out the Royal Festival Hall – Keith Jarrett has done everything he could to make audiences sense the illuminating precariousness of improvisation.

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Olivier Bruchez [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons