Geoffrey Keezer
Geoffrey Keezer ( born November 20, 1970 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin) is an American jazz pianist and composer.
Biography
Keezer is a child piano playing and teaching parents and was proposed by James Williams 17 -year-old pianist Art Blakey for his Jazz Messengers, the last of which he was 1988-90. Furthermore, he says: "He ( Blakey ) has a way to unlock your sound, no matter what you play for an instrument He was three times as old as I am, but it was hard to keep up with him.. " He then played live and recorded with Art Farmer and others. For Roy Hargrove, he composed Proclamation and has recorded solo albums. He is the youngest member of the Contemporary Piano Ensemble.
In his Mitzwanzigern he played with greats such as Ray Brown, Benny Golson and Joshua Redman and accompanied the singers Diana Krall and Dianne Reeves.
He worked with Sting, Wayne Shorter and guitarist Jim Hall.
He toured with David Sanborn, Chris Botti, Joe Locke and Christian McBride; with Denise Donatelli he received three GRAMMY nominations.
Music
Keezer has a harder, more youthful stiff sound, the technique of two-handed guided parallel octaves in the way Phineas Newborns, introduced as a must for fledgling pianist James Williams at Blakey. In solo or trio playing him is a full, sometimes gruff piano sound succeed. He uses Newborns solo technique and plays Timmons ' Moaning the composer par and heavy, with rhythmic fun slots with Blakey together, doppelthändigem parallel voices guided style, in double tempo falling rhapsody and good feeling Blue. As a companion he has an accented easy game.
In September / October 2005, he toured with Lizz Wright and David Sanborn by Germany. The singer Lizz Wright, he accompanied unobtrusive, in the band of saxophonist David Sanborn, he delivered himself funny duels with the drummer.
He turned to with lyrical melodies, complex rhythms and harmonies of jazz piano renewal and integrated ethnic rhythms.
Discography
- With Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers 1988-90.
- The Art of Jazz recorded in 1989, out in . ZDF birthday party for Blakey with his oldsters
- Here And Now 1990 Blue Note. Quartet with Steve Nelson, Billy Higgins additionally Donald Harrison and original compositions
- Heart of the Piano, 2013 Motéma