"I'm not the master of the sax, George
Garzone is."
Michael Brecker
"Parallels with John Coltrane's classic
quartet are too lightly tossed around but this really did have
something of that monumental, wave-like energy, the tenor by
turns majestic and searing. "
John
Shand, Sydney Morning Herald
"Garzone
brings polished and emotional interpretations on a majority of
the cuts. It is the kind of gut-level honesty that's missing in
much of today's music."
Denai
Burbank
"You know the movie "The Natural?" They
named that after George Garzone..."
Dave Liebman
"Garzone as always, proves himself a
supreme and singular talent. Plenty has been said of his
playing, and he distinguishes himself song after song... " Jonathon Babu
"George Garzone, who could reproduce it
without seeming glib, through a real understanding of Coltrane’s
improvising strategies and his own modest gusto. It was good to
hear, even better because he offered only a taste of it."
Joe Lovano - Multiple Grammy
Nominee, Gary Burton Chair in Jazz Performance - Berklee College of Music
George Garzone
Among Friends
featuring: Steve Kuhn, Paul Motian, and Anders Christensen
available at cdUniverse, Amazon, iTunes and more ...
"Among
Friends" digs deeper and is an autumnal highlight of a so far
distinguished career ...
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April 13th LIVE
Performance on WGBH 87.9
Jazz In Performance:
George Garzone and Leo Genovese
For more video click the WGBH
button below this video.
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Review of recent London Tour:
George Garzone, Pizza Express Jazz Club, London
By Mike Hobart
Published: February 18 2010
Each month, bassist Michael Janisch curates a two-night
residency at the Pizza Express jazz club,
showcasing a transatlantic mix of lesser-knowns and
up-and-comings. This month was the turn of
saxophonist George Garzone, an ever present on the
Boston circuit since launching The Fringe jazz
trio in 1972, and a formidable educator who can
truthfully say he has taught the likes of Branford
Marsalis and Joshua Redman a thing or two.
George Garzone Trio
George Garzone - Tenor Saxophone
Michael Janisch - Bass
Pete Zimmer - Drums
*Special Guest: Soweto Kinch - Alto Saxophone
@The Yardbird, Birmingham, UK
February 18, 2010
Tenor saxophonist George Garzone was making a rare
appearance in London. George is know primarily
as an influential teacher (Mark Turner, Joshua Redman)
with a heavyweight conceptual approach - The
Triadic Chromatic Approach. That said, the performance
was anything but academic.
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Concert Review: The NEC Jazz Faculty All-Stars at the
Jazz Standard,
NYC 3/24/10 March 25, 2010
To steal a line out of the Jim
Macnie fakebook (he gets a shout-out because he’s on the side of the
angels), this was the coolest faculty meeting you could imagine. The
New England
Conservatory’s jazz faculty distinguish
themselves in a lot of ways but most of all because they maintain fulltime
live performance schedules.
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George Garzone and Leo
Genovese perform at the Regattabar,
Cambridge Mass ...
Interview with author Ben Ratliff ...
To view the entire
interview click the link below this video.
Check out video form the
Memorial Tribute
and Celebration
of the life of
Dave Wilczewski
George
Garzone performing with Ratdog, October 09
Check out
his solo at 4:00
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