Keith Jarrett

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.

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".

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.

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.

Talks and interviews

 * 1998, Still Battling an Illness, Jarrett Ends His Silence
 * 1999, Jarrett Counts His Blessings
 * 2000, Back from the brink - The Guardian

Online presence

 * Twitter - Keith Jarrett
 * Facebook - Keith Jarrett
 * Website

Learn more

 * 2002, Keith Jarrett: Facing Now. An Interview Bill Shoemaker - Jazz Review
 * 2020, Keith Jarrett Confronts a Future without the Piano - New York Times
 * Wikipedia - Keith Jarrett