He is the best living jazz pianist on the planet. The most original sound and brilliant improvisations. When he is gone, he will be remembered as one of the giants...if not already.
I will see Keith Jarrett and the trio on December 2 at the NJPAC in Newark This is the 4th time to see that at NJPAC which is one of the best music halls in the world!!
@progjazzfusion well you're correct in that major is typically thought of as happy and minor typically invokes a sadder emotion. However, the difference is essentially the intervals up through the scale. Or you could also look at it as being the same exact scale just a different tonic.
this is real. some believe only if they see. well, ive seen this, this is the thing, enjoy this music. jazz !!! ... and believe it or not im a big metal fan, but this mates, my god!!!
ummm most pianists who grunk and yell and sing their ideas say it is a bad habit that helps them hear the ideas before they play them, but they would stop if they could. Love them all!
@GaryNull - you must be joking, but if not...i like some wakeman/yes/prog stuff too, but jazz and fusion players are at another level way, beyond most any prog player, and that goes for on all the instruments, unless the prog player in question plays jazzy anyways, then they can get quite good (bruford, gavin harrison, etc) but there is no way even emerson or brian auger can touch the deeper jazz improv realms like a real jazzer who plays it all the time.
@jazzflea - you said major and minor cord? really...a cord? i know...a major cord is the one you plug into when you play happy music, and the minor cord is for sad music.
@Fox622003 - I agree, gavin doesnt sound jazzy enuff to be considered a jazz drummer. hes technical, but dejohnette is real deep jazz with feeling, invention, soul, creation, reaction to other players, etc...so now way was i comparing gavin to jack. jack is on his own level, way above most. jack is prob my fav drummer, way more than gavin...gavin is more progrock technical and fun to listen to. Check out his buddy here on youtube called 05ric who is a great jazz drummer as well as guitarplayer.
Keith should just shut his mouth...always hate when i hear him widdy widdy along like a crazy old geezer...jack dejohnette kills like usual!!! amazing.
@progjazzfusion i agree with you ,i have been playing drums for many year's and still don't have the knack,my buddy does,i recorded it off my phone,theres 1 about 25 min long under HACKDRUMMER8463 ,not bad ,the drummers name is mark ,he's one of the better drummer's arounrd toronto and he loves jack dejonetts playing ,his syle is pretty similar
yes, i don't doubt that he is one of the best piano players. but i think this whole screaming and acting is unnessecary. music is a thing you hear, you could be blind to be a great musician (stevie wonder; ray charles; etc.) or to have a understanding of what a good musician is.
@jazzflea - some low level vocalizing is ok, but come on with Keith it's often too loud and distracting, and never manly sounding at that...sounds like a little kid w/mental problems. We like Jarrett cuz of his piano playing, so that's all i want to hear from him...not his vocal noises. Let's hear him do his vocals without playing piano and see who likes it then...like a whole album of unaccompanied jarrett vocal solos.
@hackdrummer8463 - ok i checked out your buddys vid...the drummer on it is ok but he's still far off from being a real jazz or fusion drummer, especially jack D who is one of the tops of all and no one can touch him at what he does. the guitarist is not fusion or jazz at all...just random fingerings and noise...so I dont know why your bud calls it a fusion jam...that gives fusion a bad name, as if it means playing any random unrelated things fast. p.s. i play fusion guitar and drums...over 25yrs
