Garzone is a member of the Fringe, a jazz trio founded in 1972 that includes bassist John Lockwood and drummer Francisco Mela, who fills the drum chair occupied for over 50 years by the late Bob Gullotti. The group has released several albums. Garzone has appeared on over 20 recordings. He began on tenor saxophone when he was six, played in a family band, and attended music school in Boston. He toured Europe with Jamaaladeen Tacuma and performed with Jack DeJohnette, Joe Lovano, John Patitucci, Danilo Pérez, Rachel Z, and Bob Weir and Ratdog.
In 1995 he recorded a tribute to Stan Getz on NYC Records called Alone. Four's and Two's followed a year later with Joe Lovano, and in 1999 Garzone returned with Moodiology. Fringe in New York was released in summer 2000. With the Joe Lovano Nonet he recorded at the Village Vanguard in September 2002.
The triadic chromatic approach is an improvisatory method created by Garzone while teaching at colleges in Boston and New York City. The method was developed to allow the improviser to be able to improvise freely without having to concern themselves with what is going on harmonically.[3]
This approach is applied by selecting one the four standard triads (major, minor, augmented, and diminished) and moving by a half step into another inversion of the same type of triad. This is a broad definition and there are many ways to be able to manipulate and change this approach.[3]
Educational Activities and Workshop
In 2008 and 2009, George Garzone taught jazz saxophone courses as part of the Jazz in Laurino summer seminar[4][5], an annual event held in Campania, Italy, dedicated to jazz education and promotion. On this occasion, he conducted training activities aimed at young musicians from across Italy, contributing to the dissemination of contemporary jazz language in both academic and workshop settings. During the seminar, he also performed in a concert alongside the other faculty members, as part of the event’s official program[6].
↑ Gilbert, Mark (2002). "Garzone, George (Sabato)". In Barry Kernfeld (ed.). The new Grove dictionary of jazz, vol. 2 (2nded.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries. p.19. ISBN1561592846.
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