Jerry Bergonzi

Jerry Bergonzi at the Bennett Alliance Concert Series (Cambridge, MA, 2007)

Jerry Bergonzi (born in October 21, 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and educator.

Biography

He first gained recognition as the featured horn in the Dave Brubeck quartet during the late 1970s. Bergonzi teaches at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, and he plays a weekly gig at the Acton Jazz Cafe.^[1]

Bergonzi received a B.A. Degree in Music Education from the University of Lowell and is the founder of Not Fat Records.^[2] He is author of the Inside Improvisation, a multi-volume series of instructional books with play-along CDs and videos, published by Advance Music. He is also author of the book/CD set Sound Advice, published by Jamey Aebersold Jazz. Bergonzi is also an accomplished pianist. He is that author of a series of books about improvisation published by Advance.

Bergonzi has recorded on the Blue Note, Red, Not Fat, Concord, Atlantic, Label Bleu, Enja, Columbia, Deux Z, Denon, Canyon, Cadence, Musidisc, Ram, Ninety One, and Freelance recording labels.^[2]

Discography

• Lineage (Red Records, 1989) with Mulgrew Miller, Adam Nussbaum, Dave Santoro
• Inside Out with Salvatore Bonafede, Bruce Gertz, Salvatore Tranchini, 1989
• Vertical Reality (Musidisk, 1995) with Billy Hart, Andy LaVerne, George Mraz, Mike Stern
• Just Within with Adam Nussbaum, Dan Wall, 1996
• Lost in the Shuffle (Double Time, 1998) with Adam Nussbaum, Dan Wall
• Wiggy (Double Time, 1999) with Adam Nussbaum, Dan Wall
• A Different Look (Double Time, 2001) with Adam Nussbaum, Dan Wall
• Tenor of the Times with Renato Chicco, Dave Santoro, 2006

References

External links

• Official Website
• Allmusic