As per our current Database, Keith Jarrett is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).
Currently, Keith Jarrett is 79 years, 5 months and 25 days old. Keith Jarrett will celebrate 80rd birthday on a Thursday 8th of May 2025. Below we countdown to Keith Jarrett upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Keith Jarrett |
| Occupation | Pianist |
| Age | 79 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
| Born | May 8, 1945 (Allentown, PA) |
| Birthday | May 8 |
| Town/City | Allentown, PA |
| Nationality | PA |
Keith Jarrett’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
Keith Jarrett was born in the Year of the Rooster. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rooster are practical, resourceful, observant, analytical, straightforward, trusting, honest, perfectionists, neat and conservative. Compatible with Ox or Snake.
First sole recipient of the Polar Music Prize. He blended gospel, blues, and folk into his works.
He performed cocktail piano while attending the Berklee College of Music. He was hired by Art Blakey for the Jazz Messengers after he moved to New York City.
His first solo piano album was Facing You from 1971, which was followed by Staircase in 1976, The Moth and the Flame from 1981, and several others.
He was a musical Prodigy as a child who was known for his absolute pitch. He started learning piano at three, had his first recital at age seven, and also appeared on a TV talent show.
He received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize in 2004, becoming the second jazzman behind Miles Davis to receive the honor.
