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Keith Jarrett in Los Angeles 2012
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Many jazz fans consider him the greatest living pianist.
The last time he performed live in front of an audience was 2017 at New York's Carnegie Hall.
It will probably be Keith Jarrett's last concert.
As the 75-year-old now said in the "New York Times", his health is so bad due to two strokes that he will probably never be able to return to the stage.
He had the first stroke in February 2018, the second three months later.
His left side of the body is still paralyzed: "I can try to walk with a stick, but it took me over a year to learn. I find it very difficult to move around my house."
After the strokes, he spent almost two years in a care facility.
There he sat down in front of the piano with the limited possibilities - but without much success.
"I tried to pretend I was Bach with one hand."
It was even more depressing when he recently wanted to play a few old, familiar bebop numbers - he had simply forgotten them, he told the New York Times.
Many of his acclaimed works were created during live performances.
The album "The Köln Concert" (1975) is an integral part of the jazz canon.
Jarrett's last work was "Budapest Concert" on his house label ECM Records.
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