Jerry Bergonzi

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Birth name Jerry Bergonzi Role Composer Name Jerry Bergonzi		Years active 1970- Genres Jazz, Hard bop

Born October 21, 1947 (age 77) Boston, Massachusetts, United States ( 1947-10-21 ) Occupation(s) Musician, Composer, Educator Website Jerry Bergonzi Official Site Education University of Massachusetts Lowell Albums Standard Gonz, Just Within, ETC Plus One, Vertical Reality, Tenor of the Times Similar People George Garzone, Hal Crook, Mick Goodrick, Bruce Gertz, Adam Nussbaum
Instruments tenor saxophone, piano

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Jerry Bergonzi (born October 21, 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and educator. Bergonzi received a B.A. Degree in Music Education from the University of Massachusetts Lowell in 1971 and is the founder of Not Fat Records. He has recorded extensively for Double-Time Records.

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Biography

He first gained recognition as he became a frequent guest-artist on several Dave Brubeck ensemble tours and recordings during the 1970s, and he held the saxophone chair in the Dave Brubeck quartet from 1979 - 1982. Bergonzi recorded nine albums with Brubeck, from 1973 to 1981.

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Bergonzi teaches at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.

He is the author of Inside Improvisation, a multi-volume series of instructional books with play-along CDs and videos, and another series of books about improvisation published by Advance Music. He is also the author of the book/CD set Sound Advice, published by Jamey Aebersold Jazz. Bergonzi is also a professional level pianist and bass guitarist.

Bergonzi plays a mouthpiece by Aaron Drake (Drake "Jerry Bergonzi" Signature Mouthpiece).

He has recorded on the Blue Note, Red, Not Fat, Concord, Atlantic, Label Bleu, Enja, Columbia, Deux Z, Denon, Canyon, Cadence, Musidisc, Ram, Ninety One, Freelance and Savant recording labels.

Discography

Two Generations of Brubeck [1] (1973) with Dave Brubeck

Brother, the Great Spirit Made Us All (1974) with Dave Brubeck

Back Home [2] (1979) Concord Records with Dave Brubeck

Tritonis [3] (1980) Concord with Dave Brubeck

To Hope! A Celebration By Dave Brubeck (A Mass in the Revised Roman Ritual) - Original now out-of-print 1980 recording conducted by Erich Kunzel (Pastoral Arts Associates (PAA) LP record DRP-8318).

Paper Moon [4] (1982) Concord Records with Dave Brubeck

Lineage (Red, 1989) with Mulgrew Miller, Adam Nussbaum, Dave Santoro

Inside Out with Salvatore Bonafede, Bruce Gertz, Salvatore Tranchini, 1989

Standard Gonz (Blue Note, 1991) with Joey Calderazzo, Dave Santoro, and Adam Nussbaum

TILT (Red, 1991) with Andy Laverne, Salvatore Bonafede, Bruce Gertz and Salvatore Tranchini

ETC Plus One (Red, 1993) with Steve La Spina, Fred Hersch, Jeff Hirschfield

Vertical Reality (Musidisc, 1995) with Billy Hart, Andy LaVerne, George Mraz, Mike Stern

Just Within with Adam Nussbaum, Dan Wall, 1996

On Again (Ram Records, 1996) with Mick Goodrick, Bruce Gertz, Adam Nussbaum

Together Again for the First Time (Red, 1997) with Victor Lewis, Bobby Watson

Lost in the Shuffle (Double-Time, 1998) with Adam Nussbaum, Dan Wall

Fast Company (Blue Jackel, 1998) with Joey Calderazzo, Lars Danielsson, Jukkis Uotila

Wiggy (Double Time, 1999) with Adam Nussbaum, Dan Wall

A Different Look (Double Time, 2001) with Adam Nussbaum, Dan Wall

Dreaming Out Loud (Whaling City Sound, 2003) with Bob Kaufman, Bruce Gertz

Tenor of the Times with Renato Chicco, Dave Santoro, 2006

Tenorist (Savant, 2006) with John Abercrombie, Dave Santoro, Adam Nussbaum

Tenor Talk (Savant, 2008)

Saxology (SteepleChase, 2009) with Dick Oatts, Dave Santoro, Tom Melito

Three Point Shot (Intuition, 2009) with Piotr Lemanczyk, Jacek Kochan

Simply Put (Savant, 2009) with Bruce Barth, Dave Santoro, Andrea Michelutti

Three for All (Savant, 2010) with Dave Santoro, Andrea Michelutti

Convergence (Savant, 2011) with Bruce Barth, Dave Santoro, Andrea Michelutti

Shifting Gears (Savant, 2012) with Phil Grenadier, Bruce Barth, Dave Santoro, Andrea Michelutti

By Any Other Name (Savant, 2013)

Gallery

Photos: Hreinn Gudlaugsson

References

Jerry Bergonzi Wikipedia

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