George Garzone: tenor saxophone
Lenart Krecic: tenor saxophone
Ameen Saleem: bass
Vladimir Kostadinovic: drums
... And in „Giant Steps“ itself, Coltrane’s harmonic – steeplechase – étude, the band took special pains to play with expectations, flickering between a ballad tempo and the tune’s proper fast pace. But all through the set were surprises: solos, duos, four-way collective improvising, bass-clarinet interludes. With disparate phrasing and tone, the saxophonists varied the moods, and where they actually tried to replicate Coltrane’s loud, hard cry, they chose carefully. That keening almost always came from the fourth saxophonist, George Garzone, who could reproduce it without seeming glib, through a real understanding of Coltrane’s improvising strategies and his own modest gusto. It was good to hear, even better because he offered only a taste of it. (Ben Ratliff)
Kochender NY-Jazz mit österreichischer Würze! George Garzone, der neben Joe Lovano und Jerry Bergonzi wohl zu den innovativsten Saxophonisten italo-amerikanischen Herkunft zählt, spielt seit Jahrzehnten faszinierende Improvisationen voll Unabhängigkeit und Dynamik. Er ist Grammy-Gewinner für ein Album mit dem Joe Lovano Nonet, unterrichtet am renommierten Berklee College of Music in Boston sowie an der New School in NY (unter seinen Studenten Joshua Redman und Branford Marsalis) und spielte u. a. mit Dave Holland, Randy Brecker, Kenny Barron, Danilo Perez, Jack DeJohnette und Chick Corea. (Pressetext)
„I’m not the master of the sax, George Garzone is.“ (Michael Brecker)