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Garzone / Bergonzi / Moses / Andersson: Splitting up in Boston

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by Jakob Baekgaard
November 27, 2015

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.

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George Garzone - Jacek Kochan - Dominik Wania - Andrzej Swies: Filing the Profile

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 17, 2011

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 ...

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Peter Schwebs: Stories from Sugar Hill

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 6, 2011

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. ...

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George Garzone: Among Friends

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by Jakob Baekgaard
November 21, 2009

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 ...

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3 Play +: American Waltz

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by AAJ Italy Staff
October 15, 2009

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 ...

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Film Review

The Music of George Garzone & the Triadic Chromatic Approach

by Tom Greenland
April 11, 2009

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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Profile

George Garzone: Steering Clear of Ideology

by Matthew Miller
May 21, 2008

An esoteric system and guru status among musicians makes for an easy target in today's niche-driven market. Terms like musician's musician and classicist start getting thrown around as a way to commodify and explain away public indifference. This, luckily, is a non-issue for George Garzone. The veteran saxophonist has avoided pigeonholing his entire career, letting his emotionally resonant music speak for itself. “We never put in any boundaries on the music," said the saxophonist of his longstanding group The Fringe ...