KEITH ROWE
Jazz Related Improv/Composition • United Kingdom
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Keith Rowe (born 16 March 1940 in Plymouth, England) is an English free improvisation tabletop guitarist. Rowe is a founding member of both the influential AMM in the mid-1960s and M.I.M.E.O.
Rowe has achieved a level of relative notoriety, and since the late 1990s has kept up a busy recording and touring schedule. He is seen as a godfather of EAI (electroacoustic improvisation), with many of his recent recordings having been released by Erstwhile Records.
Rowe began his career playing jazz in the early 1960s—notably with Mike Westbrook and Lou Gare. His early influences were guitarists like Wes Montgomery, Charlie Christian and Barney Kessel. Eventually, however, Rowe grew tired of what he considered the form's limitations. Rowe began experimenting, slowly and gradually. An important step was a New Year's resolution to stop tuning his guitar—much to Westbrook's displeasure. Rowe gradually expanded into free jazz and free improvisation, eventually abandoning
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The Room
Jazz Related Improv/Composition
2007
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Atomy (1678)
Jazz Related Improv/Composition
2010
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2002
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Rowe Fuhler
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2007
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Untitled
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2008
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September
Jazz Related Improv/Composition
2012
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