About this Event
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
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Studio Saint Philip, 2413 Saint Philip Street, New Orleans, United States
USD 43.11
