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Jack Garratt
English musician (born 1991)
Jack Robert Garratt is an English singer, songwriter, and composer from Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire. He released his debut studio album Phase on 19 February 2016, charting in the top-five of the UK Albums Chart.
At the 2016 Brit Awards he received the Critics' Choice Award. Garratt released his sophomore album Love, Death and Dancing in 2020, becoming his second top-ten album.
His third album, Pillars, released in August 2025.
genres: electronica, indie pop, alternative R&B, trip hop
plays: piano, guitar, bass guitar, trombone, drum kit, voice, musical keyboard, practice pad
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Early life
Jack Robert Garratt was born 11 October 1991 in High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire. His mother was a primary school music teacher and his father was a police officer. He grew up in the village of Little Chalfont. About his childhood he has stated that: "I just really enjoyed making noises and really enjoyed the reaction that I got from making those noises. So they [parents] put me on music lessons to encourage me to hone in on that talent rather than show off." He wrote his first song when he was 12 and learned to play a variety of instruments from the guitar, drums and piano to the harmonica, mandolin, trombone and ukulele. He attended St Clement Danes School in Chorleywood and the University of Roehampton in London, which he left after his...
