Keith Jarrett

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Keith Jarrett was a major part of the jazz scene for over 50 years until a 2018 ended his career.

While Jarrett played early on with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Charles Lloyd, and Miles Davis (reluctantly switching to electric keyboards with the latter), he gained fame as a bandleader (separate and notable American and European quartets in the 1970s), as a solo pianist who often created free improvisations, and the leader of a longtime trio with bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Jack DeJohnette.

“If I Were A Bell” features Jarrett (who was 48 at the time) in peak form with his trio.

While the playing is boppish, it is very much in Keith Jarrett’s style as he stretches out while having short spots for Peacock and DeJohnette.

This is one of the group’s more swinging performances and finds Jarrett in prime form.

-Scott Yanow

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