"How to Play Jazz" - *Jerry Bergonzi* Green Dolphin Street Changes Three-Note Shapes JazzHeaven.com
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Tenor saxophonist, Jerry Bergonzi, is an internationally recognized jazz performer, composer, author and educator. His music is renowned for its innovation, mastery, and integrity. Relentless drive, inner fire, total command, awesome technique, elastic lyricism, rich resonance, world-class, a musical visionary, are among the rave reviews credited to his sound. Bergonzi's music has been applauded throughout the world at festivals, concert halls, and jazz venues and his dedication to jazz music has been well documented by an extensive discography.
The Italian label, Red Records, was Bergonzi's greatest supporter. "Red Records was the first label that really believed in my music." says Jerry. They released four CD's with Bergonzi as the leader, including, Lineage, a live recording featuring Mulgrew Miller, Dave Santoro, and Adam Nussbaum. Jerry later played with the Red Record all-stars including Kenny Barron, and Bobby Watson, as well as on a number of other Red releases with Salvatore Tranchini, Fred Hersch, and Alex Riel. He has also performed and recorded with the George Gruntz Big Band, the Gil Evans Orchestra (Miles Davis in Montreaux), and 12 Jazz Visits in Copenhagan for Stunt Records. The Riel Deal, on Stunt, featured drummer Alex Riel, Kenny Werner and Jesper Lundgaard, and was awarded a Grammy in Denmark for best jazz recording in 1997. An association with Daniel Humair and the late J.F.Jenny Clark yielded a number of recordings for the French, Label Bleu. One of which was Bergonzi's CD, Global Summit, it featured Tiger Okoshi, Joachim Kuhn, Daniel Humair and Dave Santoro. This was the product of one of three National Endowments awarded Bergonzi. Another project with pianist Kuhn won the accolade Best Jazz Album in France 1992. Among the many other artists that Bergonzi has performed and recorded with are; John Abercrombie, Nando Michelin, Antonio Farao, Bill Evans (with the National Jazz Ensemble), Joe D'Orio, Eddie Gomez, Miroslaz Vitous, George Mraz, Billy Hart, Andy Laverne, Steve Swallow, Hal Galper, Roy Haynes, Charlie Mariano, Bob Cranshaw, Ray Drummond, Billy Drummond, Danny Richmond, Danny Gottlieb, Dave Holland, Jack DeJonette, Paul Desmond, Bennie Wallace, Gerry Mulligan, Hal Crook, Herb Pomeroy, Mike Manieri, Mark Johnson, Michel Portal, Marcel Solal, Pat Martino, Franco Ambrosetti, and many more.
The Double-Time Records label has released most of Bergonzi's recent work. Just Within, Lost in the Shuffle, Wiggy, and A Different Look, were recorded by Bergonzi's burning organ trio, with Dan Wall and Adam Nussbaum. Also on Double-Time, The Dave Santoro Standard recordings feature Bergonzi's swinging tenor along with drummer Tom Melito and pianists Bruce Barth and Renato Chicco. As a band leader, Bergonzi has performed worldwide at the Red Sea, San Remo, Moomba, and North Sea Jazz festivals, to name a few. He has appeared at the World Saxophone Congress in Montreal, Canada and Valencia, Spain with fellow saxophonist Philippe Geiss. Bergonzi's performance at the Subway in Cologne has been featured on the German TV series, Round Midnight. His quartet performs at Duc de Lombarde in Paris, the Fasching in Stockholm, the Jazz House in Copenhagan, and the Bird's Eye in Basel, and many others.
Today, Bergonzi makes his home in Boston area with his wife and two children. He continues to teach and perform worldwide. He endorses Selmer Saxophones, Rico Reeds and Zildjian Cymbals.
"This guy is the real tower of power.....His bold penetrating tone and furiously paced streams of notes make for a commanding voice indeed. His passionate improvisations are marked by a consistency of strength in every register and a penchant for harmonic development." Bill Milkowski Downbeat Review
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Apparently Jerry is as an insightful teacher who is adept at conveying musical ideas. Not all world-class players are equally gifted as instructors.
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Jerry is the man!
Bergonzi is a Great teacher!
That was great. It shows that even a very simple concept can still sound jazzy! I play guitar, and I will definitely be using this concept!
just impressive ...
What a brilliant little lesson.
Jerry is the real deal for next level
Great idea, this is hip. Sax man has a great tone, if you keep it simple and bluesy, it's always going to fly.
Since I had the chance to study with Jerry through my time in Boston in the beginning 80s I'm a fan of his teaching! Besides this - he is a fantastic player
Very nice and effective stuff. Thank you very much.
I now miss having lessons!!! Please, keep doing those great videos!
this so beautiful. really brings out the beauty of the starting note and the rich tenor of the tenor horn:)
A wonderful player that also can letothers understand is even greater because its about sharing skills and make the music world even better
Muchas Gracias !
Jerry is the best
Thanks Jerry Man You got me out of the rut I was in. Just to be able to think this stuff .
Some day I hope it comes out of my horn.
This might be the spark I was looking for to inspire my practice this month. So simple and so effective!
These are such simple but brilliant ideas.
Great leaps! Great exercise!
This totally makes me want to go study with Jerry (not that I didn't before)...
Smart approach.
He is the best, the great Jerry
The trick is molding all the shapes into an interesting contour of a melody which is pleasing to the ear of the player, as well as the listener! How you get through the changes depends on how you've programmed your mind. I came up with Clifford and Harold Land as my heros after J'S' Bach had filled my head since childhood. Ad Art Pepper, Cannonball, Coltrane, etc.
Hey Jerry, Sounding and looking good. Hope you are well♥
Lovely! Thank you!
Awesome video!
I like this!!
great lesson.
great lesson!
Nice ideas. I've been struggling with jazz improv for years. I'd even be happy just using it with 40's-50's ballads which is primary interest. One teacher told me you can do patterns and neighboring notes, but return to the target note. Target note being the melody, I think she meant. Thanks for the post. Hope you have more vids like this available.
teaching at its best
Thanks for sharing this awesome idea.
I like that!!!
Thanks for some new ideas. I am looking ar Hanon and some of the other classical styles to apply to my jazz licks.
Love the idea of space.
Barry
Great ideas
Interesting stuff
thanks !!
thanks
nice tips for me
Thanks, very useful
very good.....
Amazing, the sax player produces Very Coltrane-like sounds using this exercise.
+hermease well, Coltrane was a pattern master
I agree, another Coltrane Secret, unlocked for us.
Interesting. I love emphasis on melody, especially melody with space (silence or background, the carpet laid down by the rest of the band.) Your shapes correspond to the melodic concepts of legit music theory, for example, neighbor-tones, stepwise motion, and one I call dual melodies, i.e. when the interval gradually increases with shapes on either ends. (This one is a little more difficult to describe with words - it's better understood by listening to and playing. It can also get fairly complex, but of course it should never sound complex or contrived.) To me the best jazz sounds melodic, like it just happened, and has some correlation to the tune you are playing, and paints over the carpet laid down by the rest of the band. (notice I didn't say rhythm section. I think that phrase was made up by some educator who probably couldn't play and did not understand the music. To reiterate, a soloist constantly filling-up all the space in the music, working out his or her "stuff" is the worst. This is why I have difficulty absorbing Joe Lovano. I mostly like his older recordings. I have walked out of his recent concerts due to terrible balance and that constant need to see how many notes he can play, even though I would have loved to hear more of the nice Spaulding gal. Unfortunately she and the pianist were constantly covered by the obnoxious drummer and Lovano. Sorry, didn't mean to blow my cork but sometimes the artist themselves ruin their own music. If everything goes according to plan I'll meet you at bandcamp in a few weeks. I really look forward to your music. Win, always the "lowest" member of the band. (bass player)
wow! very astute:)
Nice
Brian Levy
oh man, this was a revelation!
great comment!
cool : )
I like!!!
ok! but what where from that first note supouse to be ? from the chord arpeggio? answer pls !
I've tried using Bergonzi book and I was sounding terrible. Now that I've transcribed many solos, transposed and applied phrases and so on I feel that Bergonzi's method can work for me. I just wasn't able to take "random" cells and make music, phrasing properly and make it sound good.
How did He uses these Shapes to improvise on Chords. Did He combine only Chord Tones with these Shapes ?
dont you guys love Bergonzi's accent??? What is it?? NY's accent??
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I jerry's song your song better than on green dophin street, what's it called?
what sax brand is that?
patterns patterns patterns patterns sticking together patters
second time playing saxophone lets see if this works
na don't like it I'm not that old I'm badly 13