Keith Tippett

Pianist

Birthday August 25, 1947

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace England

DEATH DATE Jun 14, 2020 (72)

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About

Known in the 1970s for founding the jazz-rock orchestra Centipede that incorporated numerous jazz and rock musicians.

Before Fame

He attended Greenway Boys Secondary Modern School where he established his first jazz band The KT7.

Trivia

He collaborated with King Crimson on their 1970 albums In the Wake of Poseidon and Lizard and Islands from 1971.

Family Life

He married famed English singer and actress Julie Driscoll with whom he frequently collaborated.

Associated With

He and George Shearing were contemporaries.