Keith Tippett

Keith Tippett (1947-2020) was a British jazz pianist and composer, born in Southmead, Bristol. He worked across free improvisation, large-ensemble writing and progressive rock from the late 1960s onward. He is remembered for the 50-piece orchestra Centipede and its album Septober Energy, and for decades of improvised music on small labels such as Ogun and FMP. Keith Tippett played on King Crimson's In the Wake of Poseidon, Lizard (both 1970) and Islands. Centipede released the double album Septober Energy on RCA/Neon in 1971. His 1972 album Blueprint grew into the group Ovary Lodge.