I know these websites that list the personal worth of stars and entertainers are making up the figures out of thin air. (I even stumbled on one that listed my supposed fortune - a wildly unrealistic conception of how much money there is to be made in music journalism).
Still, this entry on Keith
Jarrett really tickled me. Some kind of
madcap spirit of whimsical fabulism seems to have possessed whoever it was that
wrote this entry.
"The American pianist has an estimated net worth of $245 million. He owes his fortune to smart stock investments, substantial property holdings, lucrative endorsement deals with CoverGirl cosmetics. He also owns several restaurants (the “Fat Jarrett Burger” chain) in Washington, a Football Team (the “Allentown Angels”), has launched his own brand of Vodka (Pure Wonderjarrett - US), and is tackling the juniors market with a top-selling perfume (With Love from Keith) and a fashion line called “Keith Jarrett Seduction”.
Surely this is cobblers, Simon. I can find no other references online to the products mentioned. "Fat Jarrett Burger" - c'mon! It's not just the figures that these websites make up!
ReplyDeleteAh, now I see you're saying it *is* all cobblers! Doh!
ReplyDeleteLol... I was just marveling the other day at Jarrett's incredible versatility, from the Koln Concert to Handel keyboard suites to Arvo Part to Miles Davis's Live Evil. A burger chain and a football team would not seem like that much more of a stretch.
ReplyDeleteMy latest K.J. find is his transcendental late '60s-style jamming on "No End" (recorded 1986). The sleeve notes are a bit of a lament for the typical concerns of the '60s counterculture - so it would certainly have been disappointing if he had hitched his wagon to $$$ !
ReplyDeleteWell, he must have earned something after suing Steely Dan for publishing royalties on GAUCHO.
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