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2010-10-19
7:30PM
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The Berklee Global Jazz Institute Combo will open the Laszlo Gardony Trio's show.
"The trio of pianist Laszlo Gardony, bassist John Lockwood, and drummer
Yoron Israel is among the most seasoned, soulful, sensitive, and
swinging groups around."
-Kevin Lowenthal, BOSTON GLOBE
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FEATURING:
Laszlo Gardony, piano
John Lockwood, bass
Yoron Israel, drums
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Laszlo Gardony is a critically acclaimed artist who has brought his
soulful and elegant improvisations to audiences in 23 countries. Winner
of the Great American Jazz Piano Competition, Gardony has been called “a
pianist worthy of praise within the highest pantheon of performers" "
Jazz Review.com and "a great pianist" by Dave Brubeck. He has released
eight albums as a leader collaborating with Dave Holland and Miroslav
Vitous among others. His latest CD "Dig Deep" (Sunnyside) was released
in 2008. It features bassist John Lockwood and drummer Yoron Israel, his
working trio of eight years.
Laszlo Gardony has performed with the David "Fathead" Newman Quintet as
well as with Randy Brecker, Dave Liebman, John Abercrombie and John
Blake who all appeared as guest soloists with his trio. Gardony has been
featured with the Boston Pops, the Utah Symphony and The Smithsonian
Institute's "Beyond Category" Traveling Duke Ellington Exhibit. He also
wrote and arranged for The Danish Radio Big Band.
Gardony has been praised for his "fluid pianism" by The New York Times
and for his "uniformly high quality of compositions" and "harmonic
complexity" by All About Jazz Magazine. JazzTimes has called him "one of
contemporary music's truly original voices."
Artists who featured Laszlo on their recordings include guitarist
Garrison Fewell, guitarist Steven Kirby, the bluegrass-jazz group The
Wayfaring Strangers, and singer Shelley Neill. Laszlo has been living in
Boston for the past twenty years, where he is a Professor of Piano at
Berklee College of Music.
Born in Hungary, Laszlo Gardony has come a long way in the world of
jazz. He started piano lessons at the age of seven, and soaked in rock,
blues and classical styles. He fell under the spell of Bill Evans, Miles
Davis, Dave Brubeck, and John Coltrane in his teens. At the age of
twenty he entered the Bela Bartok Conservatory, studied African music,
jazz, twentieth century, and eastern European composers, while also
attending the Science University of Budapest. After graduating from both
institutions, Gardony worked as a much sought-after sideman in Europe,
and released his first recordings as a leader. He matriculated to
Berklee College of Music on a full-scholarship, and after graduation he
joined the faculty. |
