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Instrument: Saxophone, tenor
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by Jim Worsley
Any jazz cat will tell you that the art of improvising is the primary contributing factor in what sets jazz apart from other genres. It is the artists' ability to continuously and freely explore a composition. As they expand the notes and the feel, they expand and open our minds along with them. One of the finest examples of that process can be heard on 3 Nights in L.A.. Tenor saxophonist George Garzone, drummer Peter Erskine, pianist Alan ...
read moreGarzone / Bergonzi / Moses / Andersson: Splitting up in Boston
by Jakob Baekgaard
Back in 2013, renowned saxophonists George Garzone and Jerry Bergonzi recorded an album together that came out in 2014 on the Danish label Stunt. The name of the album was Quintonic and it sounded just as one might expect; wonderful music with fiery blowing, swinging tunes, tight grooves and razor-sharp twists and turns and lyric moments of beauty. They recorded it with two Danish musicians, pianist Carl Winther and drummer Anders Mogensen, and the Finnish bassist Johnny Åman.
read moreGeorge Garzone - Jacek Kochan - Dominik Wania - Andrzej Swies: Filing the Profile
by AAJ Italy Staff
Filing the Profile è un disco splendido da non lasciarsi sfuggire. Garzone è uno dei sassofonisti viventi più sottovalutati e basterebbero le parole di Michael Brecker a ricordarlo ("Non sono io il maestro del sax ma George Garzone"). In quest'incisione, ripresa a Danzica il 6 giugno 2008, suona con tre talentosi esponenti della scena musicale polacca, uno dei quali ha vissuto a lungo tra gli Stati Uniti e il Canada ed è abbastanza noto. Ci riferiamo allo strepitoso batterista Jacek ...
read morePeter Schwebs: Stories from Sugar Hill
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il disco del contrabbassista tedesco Peter Schwebs offre una istantanea del suo periodo a Sugar Hill “way up in Harlem," passato a studiare e suonare con tanti musicisti americani e ad incontrare connazionali passati a visitarlo a New York. Dopo numerosi progetti da sideman, lo troviamo al debutto nelle vesti di leader. Come spesso accade in questi casi, non potevano mancare gli ospiti di peso. In questo caso George Garzone, al sax in tre brani, e Ari Hoenig alla batteria. ...
read moreGeorge Garzone: Among Friends
by Jakob Baekgaard
George Garzone is one of the unsung heroes of the saxophone, who is known for playing fast and hard. Anyone who has heard his legendary group, The Fringe, whether live or on record, can testify to his ability to blow any competition off the stand, but there is also a softer side to his playing and it is this other aspect of Garzone's art that comes into full fruition on Among Friends, which finds him exploring the mood and aesthetic ...
read more3 Play +: American Waltz
by AAJ Italy Staff
Un contrabbassista (Lello Molinari) e un batterista (Marcello Pellitteri) italiani che insegnano alla prestigiosa Berklee College of Music, un pianista (Josh Rosen) che ama flirtare con la musica etiopica ed indonesiana, ed ecco formato il 3 Play. Un trombettista (Phil Granadier) che ha frequentato tanto Anthony Braxton che Dionne Warwick, Freddy Hubbard e James Brown, ed ecco il + presente nel nome del gruppo. Un'etichetta, la Ziggle Zaggle, che debutta proprio con questo American Waltz e lo fa in maniera ...
read moreThe Music of George Garzone & the Triadic Chromatic Approach
by Tom Greenland
George Garzone The Music of George Garzone & The Triadic Chromatic Approach Jody Jazz 2008 Boston-based tenor saxophonist George Garzone is one of the most overlooked giants of modern improvisation. Primarily designed for intermediate and advanced musicians interested in expanding their improvisational toolkit, this two-disc DVD set contains step-by-step instructions, narrated and demonstrated by Garzone, on how to develop a “Triadic Chromatic Approach." In simplified terms, the concept entails generating ...
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