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Keith Tippett (originally Keith Graham Tippetts, born 25th August 1947 in Bristol) is a British jazz pianist and composer.Tippett went to Greenway Boys Secondary Modern school in Southmead, Bristol. The son of a local policeman, he was the solo soprano singerin a school production of Tom Sawyer. He formed his first jazz band called The KT7 whilst still at school and they performed numbers popularat the time by The Temperance Seven. In the late 1960s, he led a sextet featuring Elton Dean on saxophone, Mark Charig on trumpet andNick Evans on trombone.Tippett married singer Julie Driscoll and wro ...read more
Keith Tippett (originally Keith Graham Tippetts, born 25th August 1947 in Bristol) is a British jazz pianist and composer.Tippett went to Greenway Boys Secondary Modern school in Southmead, Bristol. The son of a local policeman, he was the solo soprano singerin a school production of Tom Sawyer. He formed his first jazz band called The KT7 whilst still at school and they performed numbers popularat the time by The Temperance Seven. In the late 1960s, he led a sextet featuring Elton Dean on saxophone, Mark Charig on trumpet andNick Evans on trombone.Tippett married singer Julie Driscoll and wrote scores for television.In the early 1970s, his big band Centipede brought together much of a generation of young British jazz and rock musicians. As well asperforming some concerts (limited economically by the size of the band), they recorded one double-album, Septober Energy. He formed, withHarry Miller and Louis Moholo a formidable rhythm section at the centre of some the most exciting combinations in the country, Including theElton Dean quartet, and Elton Dean’s Ninesense. Around the same time, he was also in the vicinity of King Crimson, contributing piano toseveral of their records (and even appearing with them on Top of the Pops). His own groups, such as Ovary Lodge tended towards a morecontemplative form of European free improvisation. He continues to perform with the improvising ensemble Mujician and more recently(2006) Work in Progress.(From last.fm) « hide |
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