Keith Jarrett Confronts a Future Without the Piano

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3 hours ago, bluesman said:

Peterson didn’t play a club for 4 1/2 years, and he never regained full facility in his left hand (the stroke caused left hemiplegia).  Sadly, a lot of musicians and other artists have suffered similarly.  
 

Pat Martino developed total amnesia along with a host of other problems when he bled into his brain.  Miraculously, he relearned his knowledge and skills even after major brain surgery and seriously debilitating treatments.  Jimmy Bruno was in a coma for weeks after falling.  I don’t know why he fell, but many serious falls in our age group are caused by cardiac or neurologic events.  He was then in rehab for many weeks, but he also got his chops back.

 

Growing older is a mixed blessing........

 

Jerry Garcia re-learned how to play guitar after coma and was performing for almost ten years after that.  

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A very long time ago, in the mid-70s, I bought an LP record of Jarrett's My Song. It's been years, but every time I hear the title song, I know that even though a whole life has passed, as someone might say, I haven't changed a bit, I'm the same as I was that day. There is no past, nothing ever happened.

 

 

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56 minutes ago, Musicophile said:

 

This was also my first ever Jazz album. I bought it in the late 80s/early90s, but still on Vinyl. Still have it somewhere in storage.

 

Here's my story with that particular album: https://musicophilesblog.com/2015/07/13/keith-jarretts-my-song-i-really-shouldnt-be-liking-this-album/

 

First ever Jarrett's album which I bought was Arbour Zena. My Song after that. Staircase, Koln Concert, Byablue followed... All those on LPs. I re-read your My Song story, thank you once more.