Geoffrey Graham Keezer (born November 20, 1970 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin) is a jazz pianist and composer. November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Eau Claire is a city located in west-central Wisconsin. ...

He came from a musical background, his father Ronald Keezer being a jazz drummer and now-retired professor and jazz band director at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He began his formal study of piano at five. In 1987 the National Association of Jazz Educators presented him with a NAJE Young Talent Award. After that he studied at the Berklee College of Music. Keezer had his first album soon after and in the early 1990s was in "Three Musicians" with Joshua Redman. He has also been a member of the Ray Brown trio, the Joe Locke / Geoffrey Keezer Group (with recordings in Japan as "The New Sound Quartet"), and his own Geoffrey Keezer trio. Further he has done composing work with orchestras in California. Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans at around the start of the 20th century. ... A drummer at practice A drummer is a musician who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ... The University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire was founded in 1916. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Berklee College of Music, founded in 1945, is an independent music college in Boston, Massachusetts with many prominent faculty, staff, alumni, and visiting artists. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Joshua Redman (born February 1, 1969) is a prominent jazz saxophonist who records for Nonesuch Records. ... Raymond Matthews (Ray) Brown (October 13, 1926 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania– July 2, 2002) was an American jazz bassist. ... Joseph Paul Locke (born March 18, 1959 in Palo Alto, California, USA) - US Jazz vibraphonist and composer. ...

Outside of jazz he works in several genres and did a duo with Hawaiian slack-key guitarist Keola Beamer in 2003. Slack key guitar is a style of guitar fingerpicking that originated in Hawaii. ... Keola Beamer (born Keolamaikalani Breckenridge Beamer) is a Hawaiian slack-key guitar player, best known as the composer of Honolulu City Lights and an innovative musician who fused Hawaiian roots and contemporary music. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Official Website
• Geoffrey Keezer on MySpace
• BBC Radio 2
• All music guide