Results for "Laszlo Gardony"

Laszlo Gardony

A formidable improviser who lives in the moment" (JazzTimes), Laszlo Gardony has performed in 27 countries and released a dozen albums on the Sunnyside, Antilles, and Avenue labels during his distinguished, decades-long career. Winner of the Great American Jazz Piano Competition, Gardony has been noted for his "fluid pianism" by The New York Times. The legendary Dave Brubeck called him "a great pianist." Gardony's new live, solo piano album, "La Marseillaise" (Sunnyside) will be released on October 25, 2019. His previous solo piano album "Serious Play" (Sunnyside) was named one of the Best Jazz Albums of 2017 by DownBeat Magazine: "Serious Play combines spontaneity and intent

Revolution

Album: La Marseillaise
By LASZLO GARDONY
Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2019
Duration: 05:02

La Marseillaise

By LASZLO GARDONY

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: 1, Revolution (L. Gardony; inspired by "La Marseillaise" by Rouget de Lisle) 2, O Sole Mio (E. di Capua / A. Mazzucci arranged by L. Gardony) 3, Four Notes Given (improvised piece by L. Gardony) 4, Misty (Erroll Garner) 5, Quiet Now (D. Zeitlin arranged by L. Gardony) 6, On the Spot (improvised piece by L. Gardony) 7, Mockingbird (L. Gardony) 8, Bourbon Street Boogie (L. Gardony)

Christian Artmann: Our Story

By TROY DOSTERT

There are a number of different stories woven into Our Story, flautist Christian Artmann's first offering since 2015. Quotations in the liner notes from Zen sages Thich Nhat Hanh and Yasutani Roshi point to Artmann's Buddhist faith, but the fifth cut of the record, “Amazing Grace," makes a bit of room for the Christian narrative as ...

Laszlo Gardony: Serious Play

By ANGELO LEONARDI

Questo solo piano di Laszlo Gardony segue l'approccio usato nel 2013 in Clarity, quando, dopo vent'anni, riprese a incidere un disco senza accompagnatori (Changing Standards, Sunnyside 1993). Trasferitosi negli Stati Uniti alla fine degli anni ottanta per frequentare il Berklee College of Music (di cui poi è divenuto insegnante), il pianista ungherese realizzò alla fine di ...

Serious Play

By LASZLO GARDONY

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Georgia on My Mind; Naima; Serious Play; Night Light; Forward Motion; Watchful Through the Night; Folk at Heart; Truth to Power; Reverberations; Over the Rainbow.

Serious Play

Album: Serious Play
By LASZLO GARDONY
Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2017
Duration: 3:49

Laszlo Gardony: Serious Play

By DAN BILAWSKY

The beauty of personal expression may be the greatest and most effective balm to soothe our hearts in troubled times. That's the message that pianist Laszlo Gardony gifts us with Serious Play. Following the approach used on Clarity (Sunnyside, 2013), Gardony delves deep into his own subconscious in real time to create a ...