Genius Guide to Jazz

Pianist Enlargement

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JEFF FITZGERALD, GENIUS,

Jeff Fitzgerald, Genius

Columnist since 2001

Jeff Fitzgerald is AAJ's resident genius and is often consulted on jazz-related matters of national unimportance.

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Published: October 24, 2003

Ultimately, Keith's place in jazz is vouchsafed not only by his ECM recordings and his Trio discography, but by his impact across the span of jazz piano and its inextricable kinship with the European tradition (there goes the ClichéMeter again). Perhaps only Wynton Marsalis has had an equivalent effect on both jazz and classical, but he's already had his turn here so forget I mentioned him.

Till next month, kids, exit to your right and enjoy the rest of AAJ.

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