Brazilian Piano Workshops with Jeff Garner
Brazilian Jazz Workshop
Wed. October 19, 8:30 pm, MA 404
Jeff's Charts with the LAPME
Thur. October 20, 12:30-2:30 pm, Recital Hall
Brazilian Jazz Piano Masterclass
Thur. October 20, 2:30 pm, M361
Jeff Gardner was born in New York in 1953. After classical piano lessons with Ruth Schontal and Ivan Tcherepnin he studied jazz with Jaki Byard, Charles Banacos, and John Lewis, and harmony with Nadia Boulanger. He has performed with such musicians as Kenny Wheeler, Norma Winstone, Eddie Harris, Steve Lacy, Freddie Hubbard, Bob Sheppard, Paulo Moura, Dori Caymmi, and the piano quartet with Jaki Byard, Martial Solal, and Paul Bley. His recordings 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, and Noches Habaneras, recorded in Havana, Cuba, with Anga, Maraca, Julio Barreto, Diego Valdez, 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, Grace with David Friesen, and his newest, Abraços, with Carlos Balla and Alberto Continentino. 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).
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, and JEFF GARDNER'S BLUES BOOK (all published by Editions H. Lemoine), "24 JAZZ PRELUDES" (Terramar Music), and co-author with Niels Lan Doky of JAZZ TRANSCRIPTION (Advance Music).
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