ABOUT THE TRACKS ON THE SITE:
"Breath" Trio - Drew Gress, bass +
Anthony Pinciotti, drums *
"Abraços" Trio - Alberto Continentino, bass +
Carlos Balla, drums *
"Silver Sea" from Lovelight CD, just released in spring 08 with
Drew Gress and Anthony Pinciotti * "Lightsong" is the title track from upcoming
release of a duo CD with S'Ange Susan Belling*
"Trance Dance" from Noches Habaneras CD, recorded in La Habana with Diego Valdez, bass, Julio Barreto, drums, and Miguel "Anga" Diaz, percussion,********
Also Touring with: Trio with Xavier Padilla, bass and Karim Ziad, drums
Quartet with Rick Margitza or Nelson Veras *
LOOK INSIDE - With Pierre Comblat, computers, Nelson Veras, guitar,
Fifi Chayeb, bass, Sergio Leon, vocals and percussion, Rick Margitza, sax*
Duo with Nelson Veras or Max Frankl *
ALSO, in Brasil - with CHORO NOVO - Caio Marcio, Luis Barcellos, and Sergio Krakowski. Trio and Quartet with: Rafael Barata, André Neiva, Augusto Mattoso, Adrian Barbet,
Xande Figueiredo, Pascoal Meirelles, Marcelo Mariano, Marcelo Martins,
Sidinho Moreira, DiSteffano Wolff, Marcia Kern**
NEW CD: "LOVELIGHT" - JEFF GARDNER TRIO WITH DREW GRESS AND ANTHONY PINCIOTTI, UPCOMING RELEASE: "LOOK INSIDE" - JEFF GARDNER & PIERRE COMBLAT - CHECK OUT TRACKS FROM "LOOK INSIDE" ON WWW.MYSPACE.COM/JEFFGARDNER-PIERRECOMBLAT, http://look.inside.free.fr, & MYSPACE.COM/MARCIAKERN,**** Born from the meeting of a virtuoso pianist and a cutting edge « sound designer », LOOK INSIDE mixes grooves from Brasil, Cuba, Africa, New Orleans, and New York: electro, rap, funk, salsa, NuJazz, baião, bossa, rai, hip hop, and lyrics in english, portuguese, spanish, arabic, and french. Jeff Gardner and Pierre Comblat take us on a world tour of the music scene with stellar musicians such as: - Rick Margitza (Miles Davis, Maria Schneider, Eddie Gomez) - Nelson Veras (Michel Petrucciani, Steve Coleman, Mark Turner) - Linley Marthe (Joe Zawinul, Bobby McFerrin, Trilok Gurtu) - Karim Ziad (Cheb Mami, Joe Zawinul, Nguyen Lê) - Flaco Nuñez (Orishas) - Miguel « Anga » Diaz (Irakere, Chucho Valdez, Roy Hargrove) - Carlos Balla (Djavan, Gal Costa, Maria Bethania) - Sidinho Moreira (Gal Costa, Djavan, Paul Simon) - Fifi Chayeb (Michel Legrand, Larry Carlton, Robben Ford) - Sergio Leon Ruffin (Sergent Garcia, Mad Sheer Khan) - Samir (Cheb Kader), and Marcia Kern. CHECK OUT THESE VIDEOS FROM LOOK INSIDE: JAZZ HISTORY (VOL. I) AND GOD IS GREAT. PLUS A DUO CONCERT
WITH CAIO MARCIO ON GUITAR, AND A TRIO PERFORMANCE AT CACHAÇA IN NYC WITH GARY WANG AND ANTHONY PINCIOTTI. JUST ADDED! LIVE TRIO CONCERT WITH KARIM ZIAD AND XAVIER PADILLA AT DUC DES LOMBARDS, PARIS
http://www.youtube.com/v/by_5WjsOh-k&hl=en">..
"Jeff Gardner’s playing on his “Breath” CD is luminous. Taste, touch, and a blockbuster technique; elegance and eloquence in both conception and articulation, notes that come splashing aurally with brilliance and ebullience; virtuostic piano playing alongside vibrant musical collaborations with sidemen Drew Gress and Anthony Pinciotti. This is not a global music (i.e., commercial and bland) but an original transcendental type of post-modern music, and one that syncretizes the best from diverse traditions such as Brazilian music with American classical improvised jazz piano and classical composed non jazz piano. An artist whose ambition and drive seems nothing less than to create and sustain originality in his presentation of original works that make Jeff Gardner arguably the most compelling and unique post-Bill Evans pianist."
Dr. MICHAEL HITTMAN – producer "IN THE POCKET" - Radio WLIU *******
"I went to your Myspace site and almost had a heart attack !!!!! YOU PLAY FUCKIN' GREAT !!!!!!!!!! Right now I'm going to listen to the music AGAIN !!!!!"
EUMIR DEODATO
*************************************************************************** "O SOM ESTA LINDO E GOSTOSO,
E SO ESPERAR PARA CONFERIR,
JEFF E UM GRANDE MUSICO,
FALO DO CORAÇAO".
"THIS MUSIC IS TASTY AND BEAUTIFUL,
WAIT AND SEE,
JEFF IS A GREAT MUSICIAN,
I AM SPEAKING FROM THE HEART".
(HERMETO PASCOAL) * *
Jeff Gardner was born in New York and moved to Brasil in 2002. After classical piano lessons with Ruth Schontal and Ivan Tcherepnin he studied jazz with Hall Overton, Jaki Byard, Charles Banacos, Don Friedman, and John Lewis, and harmony with Nadia Boulanger. He has performed with such musicians as Kenny Wheeler, Gary Peacock, Norma Winstone, Eddie Harris, Steve Lacy, Freddie Hubbard, Bob Sheppard, Rick Margitza, Nelson Veras, Dominique di Piazza, Paulo Moura, Lisa Ono, Clark Terry, Slide Hampton, Victor Assis Brasil, Dori Caymmi, Karim Ziad, Sheila Jordan, Ron McClure, Drew Gress, Ndugu Chancler, Dave Carpenter, Charlie Mariano, André Ceccarelli, Riccardo del Fra, Hein van de Geyn, Lars Daniellson, Guillermo Anderson, and the piano quartet with Jaki Byard, Martial Solal, and Paul Bley. Jeff's 17 CD's as a leader include ”SPIRIT CALL” (solo), “CONTINUUM”, with Eddie Gomez and Billy Hart, “ALCHEMY”, with Gary Peacock, “SECOND HOME”, with Rick Margitza, “SKY DANCE” (recorded in Rio de Janeiro) with Gilberto Gil, Carlos Malta, Nivaldo Ornellas, Mou Brasil, Artur Maia, etc. and “NOCHES HABANERAS”, recorded in Havana, Cuba, with Anga, Maraca, Julio Barreto, Diego Valdes, and Felipe Cabrera. Jeff’s CD, “THE MUSIC OF CHANCE” is a collection of music inspired by the writings of Paul Auster and features Rick Margitza, Ingrid Jensen, and Drew Gress. Other recent recordings include ”STREET ANGELS ”, also recorded in Rio with Marcos Suzano, Marcelo Martins, Alexandre Carvalho, Jorge Helder, etc., “GRACE” with David Friesen, and “ABRAÇOS”, with Carlos Balla and Alberto Continentino. "BREATH" (Terramar), features Drew Gress and Anthony Pinciotti. This trio has just released a second CD, "LOVELIGHT", (check out "Silver Sea" and "Waiting on You"). Jeff is a versatile musician, equally at home with jazz, new music (his duo with Andrew Schloss on radio drum), and Brazilian sounds. He recently wrote and performed his first piano concerto in Sao Caetano do Sul (Brasil). Upcoming releases also include 24 JAZZ PRELUDES (solo piano CD + score), LIGHTSONG, jazz-classical fusion with soprano S'Ange Susan Belling, and "LOOK INSIDE", Jeff's first "Nu Jazz" outing, with co-leader Pierre Comblat and an all-star cast including Rick Margitza, Nelson Veras, Carlos Balla, Karim Ziad, Fifi Chayeb, Linley Marthe, Sergio Leon Ruffin, Flaco Nunez (ex "Orixas"), Anga, Sidinho Moreira, and Marcia Kern. Check out cuts from "LOOK INSIDE" on Myspace.Com/Jeff Gardner - Pierre Comblat and Marcia Kern's Myspace pages. Active in jazz education, Jeff has given workshops in many different countries and is the author of JAZZ PIANO: CREATIVE CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES, SENTIMENTO BRASILEIRO, JEFF GARDNER’S BLUES BOOK , and EASY JAZZ PRELUDES (all published by Editions H. Lemoine), 24 JAZZ PRELUDES (Terramar Music), and co-author with Niels Lan Doky of JAZZ TRANSCRIPTION (Advance Music). **************** CDS & BOOKS ON SALE AT WWW.INTERJAZZ.COM/JEFFGARDNER & WWW.CDBABY.COM**MP3 ON ITUNES & CDBABY.COM*******************************************************************
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JEFF GARDNER
, pianista e compositor, nasceu em
Nova York. Suas influências passam pelo clássico, jazz
e, principalmente, pela música brasileira. Estudou
com nomes lendários do universo jazzístico, entre
eles, John Lewis, Don Friedman, Jaki Byard, Charles Banacos,
e Hall Overton, além
de Nadia Boulanger, Ruth Schontal, e Ivan
Tcherepnin (música erudita).
Seu interesse pela música brasileira se
intensificou em suas inúmeras vindas ao Brasil, onde
teve oportunidade de tocar ao lado de Hermeto Pascoal,
Victor Assis Brasil, Toninho Horta, Paulo Moura, Hélio
Delmiro, Mou Brasil, Dori Caymmi, Carlos Balla, João de Aquino,
Mauricio Einhorn, Bocato, Robertinho Silva, Nilson
Matta, João de Aquino, Bocato, Nivaldo Ornellas, Arismar do Espirito
Santos, Pascoal Meirelles, Marcelo Martins, Sizão Machado e Nelson Veras.
Em 1985 criou na França o Quarteto de Pianos com
Martial Solal, Jaki Byard, e Paul Bley. Entre os
artistas com quem Jeff tem se apresentado incluem-se
tambem Freddie Hubbard, Eddie Harris, Steve Lacy,
Kenny Wheeler, André Ceccarelli, Charlie Mariano, Lars
Danielsson, Hein van de Geyn, Norma Winstone, Rick
Margitza, Sheila Jordan, Johnny Vidocavich, Karim Ziad, e Alfredo Rodriguez. Sempre
aberto a novos sons, formou o duo “Blind Data”
misturando jazz e “new music” com Andrew Schloss no
radio drum. Jeff tem se apresentado com seu grupo no
Nice Jazz Festival, Jazz Festival San Rafael, Jazz a
la Plantation Festival na Martinica, Paris Jazz
Festival, Jazz D'Or Festival, New Morning, Groningen
Jazz Days, Madajazzcar Festival em Madagascar e
sinumeras turnês européias. Em 1996 Jeff se
apresentou durante três semanas nos Blue Note Clubs de
Japão com seu trio e a cantora brasileira Lisa Ono. Na
América Latina, Jeff também tem marcado presença no
Festival de Jazz do Paraguai, Jazz en Lima, e turnes
de Honduras, El Salvador, Ecuador, Republica Dominicana,
Chile e Colômbia.
Entre os seus 17 CDs como lider podemos citar CD “Sky Dance”, gravado no Rio de Janeiro
com a participação especial de Gilberto Gil como
vocalista, alem de Artur Maia, Alexandre Carvalho, Carlos Malta,
Marcelo Martins, Sizão Machado e Carlos Balla, entre outros. Outros CDs incluem-se
“Continuum” com Eddie Gomez e Billy Hart, “Alchemy”
com Gary Peacock, “Second Home” com Rick Margitza e
“Spirit Call”, em solo. O CD “Noches Habaneras”, foi
gravado em Havana, com Felipe Cabrera, Julio Barreto,
“Maraca”, “Anga” e Diego Valdes. “The Music of Chance”
é inspirado pelos livros de Paul Auster e conta com a
participação de Rick Margitza, Ingrid Jensen e Drew
Gress. "Street Angels" é o seu segundo CD gravado no
Rio, com a participação de Carlos Balla, Marcos
Suzano, Marcelo Martins, Alexandre Carvalho e outros.
O CD "Grace", gravado ao vivo com o baixista David
Friesen, foi consagarado pela revista “Jazz Times”
como um dos 10 melhores de 2002. O CD
“Abraços”, o terceiro gravado no Rio, é um trio acustico
com Carlos Balla e Alberto Continentino - uma homenagem aos
grandes mestres da música instrumental brasileira, em
ritmo de samba, bossa nova, baião e afoxê. O CD "Breath",
lançado em 2007, é um trio jazz com Drew Gress e Anthony
Pinciotti. O mais recente lançamento é o segundo CD com Drew and Anthony
"LOVELIGHT", e, em breve,
"LOOK INSIDE", o primeiro CD "Nu Jazz" de Jeff, com co-lider Pierre Comblat e um
elenco incluindo Rick Margitza, Nelson Veras, Carlos Balla, Karim Ziad, Fifi Chayeb, Linley Marthe, Sergio Leon Ruffin, Flaco Nunez (ex "Orixas"), Anga, Sidinho Moreira, e Marcia Kern. Escuta musicas desse novo trabalho no Myspace.Com/Jeff Gardner - Pierre Comblat e na pagina Myspace de Marcia Kern. Os videos nessa pagina - "Jazz History" e
"God is Great" são desse CD.
Inúmeros elementos musicais se reorganizam em seu
trabalho e suas interpretações revelam uma sutileza
própria de quem incorporou essas influências. Sua
clareza ao lidar com a música brasileira e nossos
ritmos como afoxé e baião surpreendem, confundindo o
ouvinte a respeito da origem do próprio artista.
Fortemente envolvido no ensino musical, Jeff lecionou
na New York University e dá workshops e masterclass em
muitos países. Ele é autor de um método completo de
técnica pianística e improvisação - “Jazz Piano:
Creative Concepts and Techniques” (500 pg + CD),
“Sentimento Brasileiro”, “Jeff Gardner’s Blues Book”
e “Easy Jazz Preludes” (todos editados por - Ed. Lemoine – Paris)
além do “24 Jazz Preludes (Vol. I)” (Terramar Music),
e co-autor com Niels Lan Doky de “Jazz Transcription” (Advance Music).
No ano de 1999, escreveu e tocou como solista, “Voltas” - seu
primeiro concerto para piano e orquestra, em São Caetano do Sul.
**************************************************************************** CDS E LIVROS A VENDA NO WWW.INTERJAZZ.COM/JEFFGARDNER CDBABY.COM***************************************************************COMPRA MP3 TRACKS NO CDBABY:
JEFF GARDNER: Street Angels
http://cdbaby.com/cd/jeffgardner
JEFF GARDNER TRIO: Breath
http://cdbaby.com/cd/jeffgardner2
JEFF GARDNER: Spirit Call
http://cdbaby.com/cd/jeffgardner3
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