The Modern Jazz Trio feat. Jerry Bergonzi at Aarhus Jazz Festival

Tenor Giant Bergonzi with Nordic supergroupFew saxophone players today trace the lineage from John Coltrane to today’s modern jazz scene as clearly as American saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi.Now aged 72, but playing as strong as ever, the tenor giant rejoins The Modern Jazz Trio for Straight Gonz, their 6th album together.For more than a decade this Nordic supergroup has toured internationally in collaboration with star soloists including Dave Liebman, Tim Hagans and George Garzone.This latest outing was captured live at Denmark’s Dexter Jazz Club and showcases four Bergonzi originals alongside two timeless jazz standards: Cole Porter’s All of You and Johnny Green’s Body and Soul.Bergonzi joined Dave Brubeck’s Quartet almost 50 years ago and, in the following years, has played on most of the world’s biggest stages and recorded for renowned labels including Blue Note & Atlantic Records.As one of the original modern jazz educators, his series of books – Inside Improvisation – have inspired a generation of players and this mix of authentic jazz tradition and modern jazz methodology is on full display on Straight Gonz.The album is pulled together by prolific drummer and bandleader Anders Mogensen whose 30-year career has seen him tour with a ‘who’s who’ of the jazz world, winning various Grammy’s along the way.“Michael Brecker called Jerry ‘the best tenor player in the world’ – for me, it’s is a dream to record with him.”Anders Mogensen. ...

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Tenor Giant Bergonzi with Nordic supergroupFew saxophone players today trace the lineage from John Coltrane to today’s modern jazz scene as clearly as American saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi.Now aged 72, but playing as strong as ever, the tenor giant rejoins The Modern Jazz Trio for Straight Gonz, their 6th album together.For more than a decade this Nordic supergroup has toured internationally in collaboration with star soloists including Dave Liebman, Tim Hagans and George Garzone.This latest outing was captured live at Denmark’s Dexter Jazz Club and showcases four Bergonzi originals alongside two timeless jazz standards: Cole Porter’s All of You and Johnny Green’s Body and Soul.Bergonzi joined Dave Brubeck’s Quartet almost 50 years ago and, in the following years, has played on most of the world’s biggest stages and recorded for renowned labels including Blue Note & Atlantic Records.As one of the original modern jazz educators, his series of books – Inside Improvisation – have inspired a generation of players and this mix of authentic jazz tradition and modern jazz methodology is on full display on Straight Gonz.The album is pulled together by prolific drummer and bandleader Anders Mogensen whose 30-year career has seen him tour with a ‘who’s who’ of the jazz world, winning various Grammy’s along the way.“Michael Brecker called Jerry ‘the best tenor player in the world’ – for me, it’s is a dream to record with him.”Anders Mogensen.

Nordisk supergruppe med tenor-giganten Bergonzi i frontDer er kun få saxofonister, der i dag kan trække tråde fra John Coltrane til nutidens moderne jazzscene så tydeligt som den amerikanske saxofonist Jerry Bergonzi.Nu er han 72 år gammel, men spiller lige så stærkt som altid, og tenorgiganten er tilbage med The Modern Jazz Trio på Straight Gonz, deres sjette album sammen.I mere end et årti har den nordiske supergruppe turneret internationalt i samarbejde med stjernesolister som Dave Liebman, Tim Hagans og George Garzone.Deres seneste udgivelse blev optaget live på Dexter Jazz Club i Danmark og præsenterer fire Bergonzi-originaler sammen med to tidløse jazzstandarder: Cole Porters All of You og Johnny Green's Body and Soul.Bergonzi blev medlem af Dave Brubeck's Quartet for næsten 50 år siden, og i de følgende år har han spillet på samtlige af verdens største scener og lavet udgivelser under anerkendte pladeselskaber som Blue Note og Atlantic Records.Som en af de oprindelige moderne jazzundervisere har hans bogserie – Inside Improvisation – inspireret en generation af musikere, og denne blanding af autentisk jazztradition og moderne jazzmetodologi kan mærkes på Straight Gonz.Albummet er sammensat af den produktive trommeslager og kapelmester Anders Mogensen, der i sin 30-årige karriere har turneret med en lang række af jazzverdenens kendisser, og vundet adskillige Grammy'er undervejs.

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