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Jeff Gardner

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  • Genre: Jazz / Latin / Nu-Jazz

    Location Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro, Br

    Profile Views: 48068

    Last Login: 1/12/2013

    Member Since 1/18/2007

    Website www.jeffgardner.com.br

    Record Label Terramar & Universal

    Type of Label Major

  • Bio

    "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. **JUST POSTED - "LINE FOR CHARLIE BANACOS", A LIVE RECORDING FROM THE BIRDSEYE IN BASEL, SWITZERLAND featuring Robert Bonisolo, sax, Stephan Kurman, bass, and Julio Barreto, drums.****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******************************************************************* ** "A música brasileira emocionadamente agradece o que Jeff Gardner nos concede pelo intermédio de seu piano e de suas composições. Grande artista que com autoridade mergulha nas profundezas do choro, valsa, baião, samba, etc., transitando brilhantemente e enriquecendo os nossos estilos, com harmonias e improvisos belíssimos que servirão de agora em diante como fonte de estudo para todos nós compositores e instrumentistas. Penso que esse disco ajuda a fortalecer ainda mais a auto-estima da música brasileira. Muito obrigado, Jeff." [Guinga] 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 ******************** .. .. .. I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

  • Members

    ABOUT THE TRACKS ON THE SITE: "Breath" Trio - Drew Gress, bass + Anthony Pinciotti, drums * "Abraços" Trio - Alberto Continentino, bass + Carlos Balla, drums * or Adrian Barbet - bass Teo Lima - 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">........ .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtA3zMvfxs8&feature=email

  • Influences

    Coltrane, Bill Evans, Bird, Miles, Bartok, Bach, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Ravel

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  • Aaron Jaffet gutierrez …

    mucho gusto haber estado en su concierto, muy buen jazz! quisiera que aqui en jinotega-Nicaragua nos apoyaran en el jazz!

    2 years ago
  • Sondra NOlan



    Hello!thanx for the add!

    2 years ago
  • Tommaso Cappellato

    Hey Jeff happy new year to you!! Hope so too ;-)))

    2 years ago
  • Anderson Marquez

    Hola con gran cariño y admiracion desde venezuela... jeff gardner, mil exitos...

    2 years ago
  • Pascal (++ 110 000 visi…

    Bonjour Jeff
    thanks for the friendly add
    Beautiful sound and musical universe
    A real pleasure to listen you
    Best wishes from France
    Pascal

    2 years ago
  • Adrián Desimone

    Saludos desde Argentina

    2 years ago
  • Karl

    Hi Jeff,
    danke fürs freund sein.
    Gruß
    Karl

    2 years ago
  • The Brazilian Sound

    A pleasure to be connected...

    --Chris McGowan,
    author of the music guide
    "The Brazilian Sound: Samba, Bossa Nova
    and the Popular Music of Brazil"
    (Temple University Press, 2009)

    twitter.com/braziliansound
    www.thebraziliansound.com/the.htm
    thebraziliansound.blogspot.com

    2 years ago
  • Pat Fox

    Hi Jeff,
    You are a Class Act, Lovely Piano Player.

    Pat Fox Artist Songwriter Musician from Ireland.

    2 years ago
  • Marcia Kern

    Oi parceiro :)
    Passando para ver as
    novidades, amei o novo
    video :) Bj

    2 years ago
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