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Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond - Arranged By Laszlo Gardony)

"It's a confluence of musical styles in a highly interactive trio setting, where Laszlo's Central European folk roots come to the fore alongside his lifelong love of jazz standards and his youthful infatuation with '70s prog-rock. It's where Bartok meets Monk and King Crimson, filtered through Gardony's unique prism and expertly interpreted by his longtime simpatico rhythm tandem of bassist John Lockwood and drummer Yoron Israel. And he calls it New Prog Jazz."         -Bill Milkowski (Jazz Journalist Association Lifetime Achievement Award recipient)

Close Connection

"Close Connection" (Sunnyside Records) - Track Samples

"Finding Strength" is a track from Laszlo Gardony's all-improvised solo piano album, "Clarity."

Finding Strength (Laszlo Gardony) from Clarity (Sunnyside SSC 4014)

"Life In Real Time" (Sunnyside Records SSC 4019)
Laszlo Gardony (piano, composer, arranger)
Bill Pierce (saxophone)
Don Braden (saxophone)
Stan Strickland (sax, bass clarinet, vocals)
John Lockwood (bass)
Yoron Israel (drums)



Bourbon Street Boogie - Laszlo Gardony Sextet: "Life In Real Time" (Sunnyside Records)

Motherless Child (trad. arr.: L.Gardony) -L.Gardony Sextet "Life In Real Time" (Sunnyside SSC 4019)

Lady Madonna - from "Signature Time" (Sunnyside Records SSC 4011)

From Laszlo Gardony's new CD, "Serious Play" (Sunnyside Records)
Laszlo Gardony - solo piano

Georgia On My Mind ((Carmichael / Gorrell)

Serious Play

Georgia On My Mind

1, Just Do It
2, Mockingbird 
3, Seven Against Four
4, Reflection (for Duke)
5, St. Louis Blues
6, Lotus
7, You Can't Be Serious

All compositions by Laszlo Gardony except St. Louis Blues by W.C. Handy

Laszlo Gardony (piano)
Mick Goodrick (guitar)
George Jinda (African percussion, udu)
Satoshi Takeishi (taiko drums)
Stomu Takeishi (electric bass)

Laszlo Gardony: "Breakout" (Avenue Jazz Records)  Released in  1994

Laszlo Gardony: "The Secret" (Antilles) Released in 1987

1, The Secret
2, Soul
3, Big Red
4, Edith
5, Emeralds
6, Free

all compositions by Laszlo Gardony

Laszlo Gardony (piano)
Miroslav Vitous (bass)
Ian Froman (drums)

Gardony released 13 albums on the Sunnyside, Antilles,  Avenue Jazz/BMG labels. This is his first album.

The Secret - Soul -Big Red - Edith - Emeralds – Free

Motherless Child (Negro spiritual arranged by Laszlo Gardony)
Me and My Echo (Laszlo Gardony)
Hidden Message (Aaron Gardony arranged by Laszlo Gardony)

Laszlo Gardony piano
John Lockwood - bass
Yoron Israel - drums

from Laszlo Gardony's 2006 album, "Natural Instinct" (Sunnyside Records)

Motherless Child - Me and My Echo - Hidden Message

SAMPLER: Laszlo Gardony: "Clarity" (Sunnyside Records, SSC 4014)

Internationally acclaimed jazz pianist and composer, Laszlo Gardony is “A formidable improviser who lives in the moment,” (JazzTimes.) Gardony has performed in 27 countries and released thirteen albums during his distinguished decades long career.

After graduating from the Bela Bartok Conservatory and the ELTE Science University in his native Hungary, Gardony earned a full scholarship to Boston’s prestigious Berklee College of Music in 1983 and joined the faculty there not long after graduation.

His first prize performance at the 1987 Great American Jazz Piano Competition launched him into the international spotlight. Since then, Gardony has performed at major festivals and premiere jazz clubs around the world and has toured and/or recorded with jazz greats such as Dave Holland, Miroslav Vitous, Mick Goodrick, Bob Moses, Yoron Israel's High Standards, Matt Glaser's Wayfaring Strangers, and David "Fathead" Newman, as well as the Boston Pops, the Utah Symphony, and the Smithsonian Institute’s Traveling Duke Ellington Exhibit, among others.

In addition to his solo and sideman work, Gardony leads three of his own groups: a trio of 20 years featuring bassist John Lockwood and drummer Yoron Israel; a quartet featuring multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Stan Strickland; and a sextet with saxophone luminaries Bill Pierce and Don Braden.

Gardony’s 2015 Sunnyside recording Life in Real Time was named one of the 10 Best Jazz Albums of 2015 by the Boston Globe.

His 2017 release, an inspired solo piano album, "Serious Play" (Sunnyside.)
was also named one of the "Ten Best Jazz Albums of the Year" by the Boston Globe. Dan Bilawsky of All About Jazz wrote this about "Serious Play" : 	
"In less than forty minutes, Gardony manages to cycle through a series of thoughts and emotional truths that catalog what we're all experiencing in different ways. It's a statement that's both sobering and heartening in its unfolding."

Gardony's 2019 live solo release, "La Marseillaise" (Sunnyside) has also garnered critical acclaim. Jeff Tamarkin of JazzTimes writes: "“Gardony relishes variety and thrives on a skillful navigation of dynamics…The improvised [pieces] are bright and majestic examples of on-the-fly creativity at its most developed.”
Donald Elfman of The New York City Jazz Record writes: " ‘La Marseillaise’ is a grand organic take on creating music in the moment.”

Laszlo Gardony

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