个人翻译 Keith Jarrett AMG 生平简介

（Biography by Scott Yanow ） One of the most significant pianists to emerge since the 1960s, Keith Jarrett maintained a career that went through several phases. He gained international fame for his solo concerts, which found him spontaneously improvising all of the music without any prior planning, but he also led a couple of dynamic quartets/quintets, performed classical music, and later played explorative versions of standards with his longtime trio. Although his tendency to "sing along" with his piano now and then is distracting, Jarrett continued to grow as a powerful improviser after decades of important accomplishments. Jarrett started on the piano when he was three, and by the time he was seven he had already played a recital. A child prodigy, Jarrett was a professional while still in grade school. In 1962, he studied at Berklee, and then started working in the Boston area with his trio. He moved to New York in 1965, and spent four months with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. As a member of the very popular Charles Lloyd Quartet (1966-1969), Jarrett traveled the world and became well-known; he also began doubling occasionally on soprano (which he would utilize through the 1970s). During 1969-1971, he was with Miles Davis' fusion group, playing organ and electric keyboards; Chick Corea was also in the band for the first year. Jarrett can be heard "battling" Corea throughout Davis' Live at the Fillmore, but is in more creative form on Live/Evil. Upon leaving Miles Davis, Jarrett permanently swore off electric keyboards. He had cut sessions as a leader for Vortex (1967-1969) and Atlantic (1971), but starting in November 1971, he recorded extensively for ECM (in addition to some sessions in the 1970s for ABC/Impulse), an association that continued into the 2000s. In the 1970s, Jarrett led two groups: an exciting unit with Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian, and occasional percussionists (often Guilherme Franco); and a European band with Jan Garbarek, Palle Danielsson, and Jon Christensen that recorded the popular "My Song." In addition, starting in 1972 Jarrett began his famous series of improvised concerts that resulted in such popular recordings as Solo Concerts, Köln Concert, and the mammoth Sun Bear Concerts. By the 1980s, Jarrett was performing classical music as much as jazz, but in the 1990s he recorded extensively (including a six-CD live set) with his "standards trio," which included Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette. Although initially influenced by Bill Evans, Jarrett has had an original and influential style of his own since the early '70s, and remains a vital force in jazz. 中文持续翻译中（个人翻译，如有转帖或者使用，请尊重作者劳动，注明转帖出处作者）： 作为乐界上世纪60年代开始崭露头角的最重要的钢琴家之一，Keith Jarrett （基斯.加雷特）在自己演绎生涯的几个不同阶段中，完美地书写着自己未完的音乐人生。尽管其生涯初期，主要通过一系列完美得不可思议的即兴个人演奏作品取得举世瞩目的名望，但同时他也引导参与了几个自由组合的四重奏和五重奏形式的乐团演出，尝试古典音乐方面新型的演奏，并以前卫探索的方式尝试各种经典曲目的再表现和再创作。尽管现在的 Keith Jarrett 已经渐渐远离早期即兴独奏的演奏方式，但他仍然在之前数十载即兴创作的非凡造诣之上继续前进探索。 1965年，他前往美国在 Art Blakey 的 Jazz Messengers 乐团演奏了四个月。稍后，作为当时极受欢迎的 Charles Lloyd Quartet (1966-1969) 四重奏乐团中的钢琴手，Jarrett 随团世界巡演并开始被人们认识接受。这期间，他也接触了一些高音萨克斯的演奏，在稍后整个70年代四重奏创作的时期，始终出现了高音萨克斯的组合搭配。在1969 至 1971 年间，他在迈尔斯戴维斯的乐团里担任管风琴收和电声键盘手。1969年间，自由爵士钢琴家 Chick Corea 也在乐团中，Jarrett 当时在戴维斯在旧金山 Fillmore 音乐堂的现场演出期间听取了不少 Corea 即兴演奏的灵感火花，因此稍后在Davis Live/Evil 录制期间，个人的演奏也变得更有灵性。 离开迈尔斯戴维斯的乐团后，Jarrett 永远放开了他在戴维斯乐团中演奏的电声键盘（他不喜欢演奏电声乐器）。稍后的一段时间里，他在 Vortex 公司(1967-1969) ，ABC/Impulse公司（1970）和Atlantic 公司(1971) 发表了一些作品。真正伟大的时候，开始于 1971 年，他开始在 ECM 创作录制音乐，两者的完美合作关系一直维系2000以后。在整个70年代中，Jarrett 一直主导者自己的两个乐团：其一通常被称为美国四重奏，主要搭配 Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian 和偶尔加入的打击乐手（通常是 Guilherme Franco)；另一个则是称为欧洲四重奏的组合（创作了专辑 My Song），包括 Jan Garbarek, Palle Danielsson, and Jon Christensen。同时，自1972年开始，Jarrett 也以个人即兴独奏音乐会的形式，开始大量演出和音乐录制，比如著名的独奏音乐会，科隆音乐会，以及太阳熊音乐会。80年代，Jarrett 转而开始倾向古典音乐的演奏。而90年代开始，又是爵士的回归。Jarrett 携手Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette 录制了大量的爵士三重奏作品。 虽然 Jarrett 早期深受酷爵大师 Bill Evans 的影响，但是很显然，自70年早期他便开始形成自己的风格和特点，并最终使自己功成名就称为爵士音乐史上最重要的一股中坚力量。 ************************************** 翻译得不好，很多是字面意思直译的。需要多了解 Keith Jarrett 的更多细节，才能补强这个翻译。暂时定稿，保持更新吧。 2010.03.31 slowghost