A Research On The Piano Art Of Keith Jarrett

Well-known as one of the most creative musicians, Keith Jarrett is considered as a genius of improvisation. He is not only a piano master of Jazz but an extraordinary player of classical clavier. He created hundreds of musical works including jazz, orchestral music, solo and chamber music. As for this great musician, we should know more about him and research further in his works.Through researching on the piano art of Keith Jarrett, we can know clearly about his outstanding achievements on two different fields:classical music and jazz as well as his amazing talent of spontaneous composition and lots of memorable solo concerts. Keith Jarrett’s great success in playing the piano leads us to a road of exploration. His music not only explores thoughts of creation and shows a strong fascinating power, but develops jazz, the folk music widely. Furthermore, in order to absorb and inherit Chinese folk music and traditional music, the piano art of Keith Jarrett provides us precious experience and thoughts.According to the success and influence of Keith Jarrett in his art, the creation of piano music and the style of playing the piano, this paper will be divided into three parts. The first part will introduce Keith Jarrett’s life, the success and influence of his art and music so as to make us know this great musician generally and clearly. The second part will discuss Keith Jarrett’s creation of piano music through comparing his classical music with jazz. The final part will discuss Keith Jarrett’s style of playing the piano totally under the guidance of forms and improvisation of playing.