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Keith Jarrett (ur. 8 maja 1945 r. w Allentown, w stanie Pensylwania w USA). Amerykanski pianista jazzowy,uznawany za jednego z najlepszych pianistów na świecie. Naukę gry na fortepianie rozpoczął w wieku 3 lat. Swoje pierwsze kompozycje układał już trzy lata później. Muzyczne studia zaczął w Berklee School of Music w Bostonie. Miał wtedy 15 lat. W 1966 roku dołączył do kwartetu Charlesa Lloyda, jednej z bardziej popularnych formacji międzynarodowej sceny jazzowej. W późnych latach 60-tych stworzył własne trio z Charlie Haden'em i Paul'em Motian'em, którzy w 1972 przerodzili się w kwartet dołączając do składu tenorowego saksofonistę Dewey'a Redman'a. Grupa rozpadła...

Winston “Flames” Jarrett, one of reggae music’s true pioneers, has witnessed Jamaica’s music transform from the ska explosion of the early 60’s through the vibrant periods of rock steady and reggae. Not content to merely watch this musical revolution, Jarrett proceeded to form one of Jamaica’s most popular groups, Alton Ellis and the Flames. In the early 1970’s Jarrett recorded over a hundred songs under his own name and pseudonyms released both in Jamaica and England, working with Joe Gibbs, Lee Scratch Perry and Duke Reid. Jarrett’s music has been released under the name Righteous Holmes, the Soul Stars, T-Man...

In 1983, acclaimed American jazz pianist Keith Jarrett asked bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Jack DeJohnette (the latter his colleague in the Charles Lloyd Quartet of the late 1960s) to record an album of jazz standards that was released simply entitled Standards, Volume 1. The three had previously worked on Peacock's 1977 album Tales of Another. Standards, Volume 2 and Changes, both recorded at the same session in New York, followed soon after. The success of these albums and the group's ensuing tour, which came as traditional acoustic post-bop was enjoying an upswing in the early 1980s, led to this...

A brilliant and criminally unsung roots reggae singer with a high, clear tenor voice similar to Horace Andy's, Wayne Jarrett recorded his key tracks in the late '70s and early '80s, including the classic Bunny Lee-produced "Satta Dread." Jarrett also worked with Jamaican producers Glen Brown (cutting "Youthman," another classic track) and Junjo Lawes, among others. His high watermark arguably came with the six tracks he recorded for Lloyd "Bullwackie" Barnes' Bronx-based Wackies label in 1982, which were combined with their dubs to make the Showcase, Vol. 1 LP, a true lost gem in the reggae universe. The album has...