Jazz Articles about Jeff Gardner

About Jeff Gardner

Album Review

Simplicity and sophistication are not mutually exclusive, especially when it comes to music. Jazz pianist and educator Jeff Gardner's trio disc Breath illustrates the point extremely well. The setting is a pared down, piano-led trio. The tunes are straightforward, mellifluous and serve as launching pads for very sophisticated improvisations. The music, all composed by Gardner, is in the post-bop vein, and its introspective nature has hints of modern classical styles. The pianist has the lion's share of ...

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Jeff Gardner: Alchemy

by Martin Gladu
June 19, 2007

The alchemists' esoteric quest of transforming the mundane into the precious and pure, literally such as transmuting base metals into gold, but also figuratively, applies to art and artists as well. For their part, jazz musicians extricate vibrations from instruments to translate feelings and touch peoples' souls. Maybe inspired by the nobler aspirations of the age old science, virtuoso pianist Jeff Gardner released his self-produced Alchemy in 1990. The session also features bassist and Keith Jarrett Trio pillar Gary Peacock.