Keith Jarret playing. Footage from "Keith Jarrett: Last Solo". Tokyo '84 Encore.

Keith Jarrett is an American pianist and composer. He is ethnically Hungarian although his grandmother was Puerto Rican.

His career started with Art Blakey, Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis. Since the early 1970s he has enjoyed a great deal of success in both classical music and jazz, as a group leader and a solo performer. His improvisation technique combines not only jazz, but also other forms of music, especially classical, gospel, blues, and various ethnic-folk musics.