Jeff Gardner - Solo Piano

Jeff Gardner was born in New York and has lived in Brazil for

the past 20 years. He studied jazz with Jaki Byard, Charles

Banacos, Don Friedman, and John Lewis, classical piano

with Ruth Schontal and Ivan Tcherepnin, and harmony with

Nadia Boulanger. He has performed and recorded with

Kenny Wheeler, Norma Winstone, Tony Dagradi, Johnny

Vidocavich, Eddie Harris, Steve Lacy, Freddie Hubbard,

Nelson Veras, Leny Andrade, Raul de Souza, Toninho Horta,

Bob Sheppard, Chet Baker, and the Piano Quartet with

Martial Solal, Jaki Byard, and Paul Bley.

Jeff has played clubs and festivals on five continents with

his own band and as a solo artist, performing his

compositions - a mix of Brazilian and Latin rhythms with jazz

and contemporary classical music. He has released a total of

22 CD’s as a leader, including “Sky Dance”, with Gilberto Gil,

“Continuum”, with Eddie Gomez and Billy Hart, “Alchemy”,

with Gary Peacock, and “Second Home”, with Rick Margitza.

His latest recordings include a compilation – “Stories”,

“Night Flight”, with Rosana Eckert, and “Sintonia - Jeff

Gardner Trio Plays Johnny Alf”, with Teo Lima and Adrian

Barbet. Active in jazz education, Jeff is the author of 20

books on jazz, blues, and popular music, including Jazz

Piano: Creative Concepts and Techniques (Ed. Henry

Lemoine, 500 pp.).

“Jeff is a great musician. I am speaking from the heart”.

Hermeto Pascoal

“Taste, touch, and a blockbuster technique; elegance and

eloquence in both conception and articulation. Arguably the

most convincing and unique post-Bill Evans pianist”

Dr. Michael Hittman - Radio WLIU

One of the great pianists of our time… a brilliant composer.” Donald Brown

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