Thelonious Monk to the melancholy lushness of
Bill Evans, jazz has produced many outstanding and unique pianists. One of the most influential piano players of the late 20th and early 21st centuries is Keith Jarrett, a musical polymath renowned for his lengthy, spontaneously composed solo recitals.
A child piano prodigy gifted with perfect pitch, Jarrett was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania in 1945. He started playing piano at the age of three, then appeared on a TV talent show a year later, and gave his first concert at the age of seven. In his late teens, Jarrett attended Boston’s prestigious Berklee School Of Music before moving to New York in 1965, where drummer Art Blakey recruited him for the vacant piano chair in his famous hard bop group, The Jazz Messengers. A year later, in 1966 – the year Jarrett made his first solo record – the pianist joined saxophonist Charles Lloyd’s groundbreaking quartet, and in 1970, played electric organ with
Last Updated: 02/04/2021 3:22 pm Three Pan Goddesses, a painting by Jennifer Coates, will be exhibited at LABspace in Hillsdale as part of the group show The Magic Garden, which runs February 20- April 11. Welcome once again to Chronogram s ongoing overview of area arts-related news during these politically wrought and pandemically plagued times. This month, as we anticipate brighter, safer days, we can take solace in the fact that creativity in the Hudson Valley region is non-stop, always finding new ways to survive and thrive. Peter Aaron
Prepare to Step Aside After 48 years of managing beloved independent movie theater Upstate Films, the business s founders, Steve and DeDe Leiber, who established the enterprise with board president Susan Goldman, have chosen to cede control of the operation to someone else. It was just one of those moments in the making, says Steve about the decision. We ve been ru