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Gene Bertoncini / Roni Ben-Hur: Jazz Therapy, Volume 1: Smile
by Karen Hogg
Smile, the inaugural CD from Motema's Jazz Therapy series, comes from guitarists Gene Bertoncini and Roni Ben-Hur and benefits a very worthy cause. The proceeds from the album, the first recorded collaboration between the pair, go to the Dizzy Gillespie Memorial Fund at Englewood Hospital, providing free medical care to jazz musicians in need.
Gene Bertoncini: Concerti
by Michael P. Gladstone
What could possibly be better than hearing guitarist extraordinaire Gene Bertoncini on Concerti? Simply, being ten feet away from the bandstand and viewing his quicksilver style of playing, astounding an appreciative audience. Bertoncini, over the course of several decades, has become an elder statesman plectrist, working in a number of settings--solo, duet, trio ...
Motema Music Will Release "Jazz Therapy, Volume 1: Smile" in November
Debut Duo Recording Featuring Roni Ben-Hur and Gene Bertoncini Will Benefit the Dizzy Gillespie Memorial Fund at the Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in New Jersey Release Event: Nov. 3rd at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, Jazz at Lincoln Center This November 11th, Motema Music, the Harlem based record label that is home to Rufus Reid, Marc ...
Gene Bertoncini: Concerti
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il chitarrista americano Gene Bertoncini ha alle spalle una lunghissima carriera a metà fra il jazz e la musica classica, senza dimenticare il suo lavoro come session man per sedute legate al cinema e alla musica commerciale e senza scordare la sua pluridecennale attività didattica. A settant’anni dimostra con questo lavoro di essere ancora in gran ...
Gene Bertoncini: Concerti
by Laurel Gross
At 70, guitarist Gene Bertoncini continues to make standards and classics breathe and shimmer, inviting listeners to experience them in new ways. On Concerti, his considerable skill at navigating a nylon-stringed guitar are complemented by a group of highly capable string players and clever arrangements, all crucial to this winning endeavor. Engineer Mark Conese deserves mention ...
Gene Bertoncini: Concerti
by Dan McClenaghan
Concerti is twenty-six strings vibrating: A string quartet--two violins, a viola and a cello--with a bass added on the bottom end, fronted by the nylon-string acoustic guitar of Gene Bertoncini.A top notch guitarist who has taught for forty years at the Eastman School of Music, Bertoncini enlisted some of his colleagues from the school ...
Guitarist Gene Bertoncini Interviewed at AAJ
Whenever people write about Gene Bertoncini's music, the same words tend to appear: elegant, graceful, versatile. Lyrical. Master. Virtuoso. Writer Gene Lees called him “the Segovia of jazz," the perfect term for one who creates such poetry with the acoustic, nylon-stringed guitar. Still a busy performer, teacher, and clinician, Bertoncini has played in many styles and ...
Gene Bertoncini: Architect of the Guitar
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
Whenever people write about Gene Bertoncini's music, the same words tend to appear: elegant, graceful, versatile. Lyrical. Master. Virtuoso. Writer Gene Lees called him “the Segovia of jazz," the perfect term for one who creates such poetry with the acoustic, nylon-stringed guitar. Still a busy performer, teacher, and clinician, Bertoncini has played in many styles and ...
Gene Bertoncini: Acoustic Electricity
by Jason Crane
Jason Crane interviews guitarist Gene Bertoncini. Raised in the Bronx, Bertoncini began his musical education at an early age, encouraged by his parents. He studied architecture at Notre Dame before deciding on a life of music. That decision was a smart one -- Bertoncini has since performed with the Metropolitan Opera orchestra, the Benny Goodman Sextet, ...
Gene Bertoncini: Art of Solo Jazz Guitar
by Karen Hogg
Gene Bertoncini Art of Solo Jazz Guitar Melbay 2006 The DVD Gene Bertoncini: The Art of Solo Jazz Guitar documents a Master Class with guitarist Bertoncini. A nylon-string guitarist who has worked with the likes of Buddy Rich and Wayne Shorter, Bertoncini answers questions from a small group ...
