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{{NeedsImage}} '''Keith Jarrett''' is an American composer and classical and jazz pianist, who worked with Miles Davis. He was diagnosed with [[chronic fatigue syndrome]] (CFS) in the late 1990s.<ref name="ends-silence">{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/08/arts/still-battling-an-illness-jarrett-ends-his-silence.html | title = Still Battling an Illness, Jarrett Ends His Silence | last = Teachout | first = Terry | date = 1998-11-08|work=The New York Times|access-date=2021-12-06|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> == Illness == Keith Jarrett was diagnosed with [[chronic fatigue syndrome]] in 1998, and "vanished" from performing and composing to recover. Jarrett said CFS was nothing like [[burnout]] and should be called "forever dead syndrome".<ref name="ends-silence" /> {{Quote box|quote=There's been such a mystery surrounding what I have...that it's led to all this speculation -- does he have AIDS? What kind of cancer does he have? So far as I know, my condition isn't life-threatening, but at the same time, it's not like a singer saying, 'Oh, I have a sore throat today, I don't feel like singing!' If I were to invent the most mind-boggling disease imaginable, I couldn't do better than this.<ref name="ends-silence"/> | author = Keith Jarrett}} {{Quote box|quote=No one knows how debilitating this sickness is unless they have it. It’s like if you get migraines, someone may say, ‘Oh, I get headaches so I know what it’s like.’ But you can’t imagine how bad they are unless you’ve had a migraine yourself. But this is a much more horrible disease.”<br> [Interviewer asks:] So, it’s more than just being tired or [[burnout|burned out]], a common perception? “Are you kidding? I’ve met people who have had it for 10 years, 25 years. Some are bedridden, some can’t walk across the street. It’s stupid to call it chronic fatigue syndrome. It should be called the forever dead syndrome.<ref name="forever-dead">{{citation | date = 1999 | title=Jarrett Counts His Blessings|website=Downbeat | url = http://downbeat.com/microsites/ecm-jarrett/post_5-jarrett-counts-his-blessings.html}}</ref> | author = Keith Jarrett}} == Career == Keith Jarrett fell ill with chronic fatigue syndrome at the height of his career. After taking time out for treatment and rest, Jarrett began doing limited performances again, but did not fully recover.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/friday_review/story/0,3605,345455,00.html | title = Back from the brink | last = | first = | authorlink = | date = 2000-07-21 | website = The Guardian|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2021-12-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.pointofdeparture.org/archives/PoD-1/PoD-1_the_turnaround.html | title = Keith Jarrett: Facing Now. An Interview by Bill Shoemaker. | last = | first = | authorlink= | date = Nov 2002 | website = Jazz Review Issue 38|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref> In 2020, when in his mid 70s, Jarrett announced he would not perform again, and no longer saw himself as a pianist due to having two strokes in 2018, which left him partially paralyzed and unable to play the piano with both hands.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/arts/music/keith-jarrett-piano.html | title = Keith Jarrett Confronts a Future Without the Piano | last = Chinen | first = Nate | date = 2020-10-21|work=The New York Times|access-date=2021-12-06|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ==Talks and interviews== *1998, [http://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/08/arts/still-battling-an-illness-jarrett-ends-his-silence.html Still Battling an Illness, Jarrett Ends His Silence] *1999, [http://downbeat.com/microsites/ecm-jarrett/post_5-jarrett-counts-his-blessings.html Jarrett Counts His Blessings] *2000, [https://www.theguardian.com/friday_review/story/0,3605,345455,00.html Back from the brink] - The Guardian ==Online presence== *[https://twitter.com/_keithjarrett Twitter - Keith Jarrett] *[https://www.facebook.com/keithjarrettsolo/info/ Facebook - Keith Jarrett] *[http://www.keithjarrett.org/ Website] ==Learn more== *2002, [https://www.pointofdeparture.org/archives/PoD-1/PoD-1_the_turnaround.html Keith Jarrett: Facing Now. An Interview Bill Shoemaker] - Jazz Review *2020, [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/arts/music/keith-jarrett-piano.html Keith Jarrett Confronts a Future without the Piano] - New York Times *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Jarrett Wikipedia - Keith Jarrett] ==See also== *[[Arts]] *[[Burnout]] *[[List of famous people with ME, CFS, and/or FMS|List of famous people with ME, CFS, and FMS]] ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:People with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]] [[Category:Famous people with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]] [[Category:American famous people with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]]
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