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Gene Bertoncini
…”the Segovia of Jazz” – Gene Lees
Photo: Michael Stewart
Gene Bertoncini
211 East 60th Street
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212 421-3079
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: www.GeneBertoncini.com
Meet the Artist
Gene Bertoncini is one of the pre-eminent jazz guitarists’ active today. His fluid technique
and lyricism have won him international praise and accolades as the "Segovia of jazz." An
eloquent and versatile improviser, Mr. Bertoncini has been heard with an extraordinary
range of jazz greats, including performances and recordings with Benny Goodman, Buddy
Rich, Wayne Shorter, Hubert Laws, Paul Desmond among others, as well as such
distinguished singers as Tony Bennett, Lena Horne, Nancy Wilson, Vic Damone, and Eydie
Gorme.
The Washington Post proclaimed his solo appearance in New York City the best jazz concert of
the year 1999. Mr. Bertoncini's acclaim is hardly confined to this country. His CD, "Someone
to Light Up My Life" which features his own arrangements of the compositions of the great
bossa nova composer Antonio Carlos Jobim, won international raves. Brazilian critic's and
listener's polls also named him the best acoustic jazz guitarist. Gene Bertoncini has just
released a striking new solo CD, "Quiet Now" on the heels of his highly successful "Acoustic
Romance," which reached the top ten of the jazz playlists. Jazziz magazine's March 2004
issue ranked it Number 1 in their list of the top 20 acoustic guitar CDs.
His newest CD is called “Concerti” and features Gene with a string quartet and bass.
A prolific and popular studio musician, Bertoncini honed his professional chops as a member
of the Tonight Show band during Johnny Carson's tenure, and he has worked with
composers and arrangers such as Lalo Schifrin and Michael Legrand and has performed with
the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. According to the New Yorker magazine, "Bertoncini is an
affecting, highly original guitarist that moves easily back and forth between classical and
jazz guitar."
Mr. Bertoncini’s teaching credits include William Patterson University, the Eastman School of
Music where he regularly performs and conducts summer workshops for jazz guitarists, the
New England Conservatory, New York University, and the Banff School of Fine Arts. He has
been a highly sought-after guest clinician in colleges and universities throughout the
country.
Gene was just nominated as the best jazz guitarist of the year (08) by the New York Jazz
Press Association.
Born: April 6, 1937
Bertoncini’s musical roots go back to his early years in the Bronx where he grew up in a
house filled with music. His love affair with the guitar began when he was seven, and by the
time he was sixteen, he was appearing on New York television.
His career took an unusual turn when he decided to fulfill another long-standing interest,
and took a degree in architecture at Notre Dame. He was quickly swept into the musical
scene at the university, and the first thing he did after picking up his degree was to work
opposite Carmen McRae in Chicago. He returned to New York to work with vibraphonist Mike
Manieri, and then with a quintet led by drummer Buddy Rich
CD REVIEWS
• A COUSTIC R OMANCE
• B ODY A ND S OUL
• T HE ART OF SOLO G UITAR
• QUIET N OW
• C ONCERTI
• 2008 T OP 10
I NSTRUMENTAL CD’ S
• J AZZ T HERAPY
SONS OF SOUND
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Brian Coleman
Braithwaite & Katz Communications
617.547.3377
[email protected]
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Acoustic Romance
GUITAR MASTER GENE BERTONCINI LEADS TRIO WITH AKIRA TANA & RUFUS REID
A guitarist who takes “soft, seductive jazz to new levels of grace and adventure…”
— Daniel Gewertz, The Boston Herald
New York, NY – Sons of Sound proudly announces the September 2, 2003 release of
Acoustic Romance (SSPCD017), a quietly beautiful jazz recording featuring the guitar and
arrangements of Gene Bertoncini on a program of classic songs that includes “The Shadow
of Your Smile,”“Gone With The Wind,”“Stella By Starlight,”“Two For The Road,”“Emily,” and
other love themes.
In a piece written for The New Yorker, Whitney Balliet described Bertoncini as “an affecting,
highly original guitarist who moves easily back and forth between classical and jazz
guitar.” Bassist and frequent collaborator Michael Moore describes Bertoncini as “a melodic
improvisor. What he’s after is a beautiful melody.”An architect by training, Bertoncini
is acutely aware of arrangement and harmonic structure while applying his prodigious
technique to express that beauty.
Gene Bertoncini is unique in his application of classical, nylon-stringed guitar to jazz, an
instrumentation that allows him to explore classical and Brazilian styles in his arrangements
and improvisation. A recognized master of the instrument, his improvisational sensitivity is
melodic, his approach disciplined and respectful.
Audiences are currently being treated to live solo performances of these arrangements. Mr.
Bertoncini’s concert performances have been described by Bob Blumenthal in The Boston
Globe as “the most beautiful jazz to be heard.” Now these arrangements can be enjoyed for
the first time in a trio context, supported by a rhythm section of comparable stature.
Drummer Akira Tana is an active performer and clinician whose credits span 22 years
and include Kenny Burrell, Sonny Rollins, Zoot Sims, Sonny Stitt, Cedar Walton, and Dizzy
Gillespie. Bassist Rufus Reid has played among legends such as Gene Ammons, Kenny
Dorham, Eddie Harris, Sonny Stitt, Don Byas, Philly Joe Jones,Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, Dexter
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Gordon, Bill Evans, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, and Art Farmer.
Sons of Sound is an independent jazz label founded in 1997 to support musicians who
support music education. Among many educational endeavors, Mr. Bertoncini was
the musical director of the first annual Swing ‘N Jazz event in Rochester, NY, a threeday celebration of music education with workshops, concerts, and a fund-raising golf
tournament for the benefit of The Commission Project, a music education nonprofit. Messrs.
Tana and Reid are dedicated music educators in their own right.
Through commerce as well as education, the label strives to bring artistic jazz and classical
music to a broader popular audience, under the marketing tag “Popular Culture.”With
Acoustic Romance, the label is making a conscious attempt to bridge a love of jazz artistry
with an appreciation for contemporary graphics and popular music.The Acoustic Romance
recording has much to offer traditional jazz audiences as well as contemporary listeners
drawn to the vibe of ‘60s Bacharach or ‘00s lounge or chill-out. Indeed it was Mr. Bertoncini
who originally provided the guitar work many of Mr. Bacharach’s resurgently popular hits.
Akira Tana and Rufus Reid are set to return in 2004 with another trio project for Sons of
Sound, Moon Over The World with pianist Ted Lo. Until then, they may be heard on Mr.
Tana’s Secret Agent Men (Sons of Sound SSPCD012). Mr.Tana also provides the groove for
Girl Talk by Jodi Stevens (Sons of Sound SSPCD011).
For additional information see the label’s web site at http://sonsofsound.com/. For more
about The Commission Project, see http://tcp-music.org/.
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Gene Bertoncini: Art of Solo Jazz Guitar
Gene Bertoncini - Published: December 1, 2006
By Karen Hogg
Gene Bertoncini
Art of Solo Jazz Guitar
Melbay
2006
The DVD Gene Bertoncini: The Art of Solo Jazz Guitar documents a Master Class
with guitarist Bertoncini. A nylon-string guitarist who has worked with the likes
of Buddy Rich and Wayne Shorter, Bertoncini answers questions from a small
group of off-screen students, while explaining the concepts behind his graceful
technique.
Bertoncini discusses how many guitarists tend to memorize chord fingerings
without really being aware of what’s inside these chords. Switching from electric
guitar to the nylon string forces him to slow down to develop the technique for
this instrument while also allowing him sufficient time to explain how he started
playing scales on the nylon string— not across the neck but up and down each
string. Moreover, he analyzes each note in relationship to its complementary chord.
Besides a master's knowledge and insight, Bertoncini demonstrates his consummate mastery of the
instrument itself, applying the aforementioned concepts to several jazz standards, including frequentlyplayed albeit challenging tunes like All the Things You Are," Lush Life," and It Had to Be You."
The guitarist also stresses the importance of melody, reminding the assembled students that jazz guitar is
not about playing hot licks." Rather, the role of the musician, he emphasizes, is to communicate and tell a
story.
The DVD closes with Bertoncini offering up some practical exercises for students to work on, such as keeping
the top note the same throughout a tune, demonstrating the application of the technique to various chord
tones and their extensions. Finally, he encourages students to expand their ears, advice that might be well
heeded by all musicians, regardless of instrument.
For the student guitarist who is a beginner to intermediate, the material covered here would be over their
head. For the advanced guitarist, there is a treasure trove of ideas in this DVD, a sufficient number, in fact,
to lead the extra-motivated student to virtually total knowledge and freedom on the fret board.
Tracks: Introduction: Half Diminished Scale and Applications; All the Things You Are (Improv); Invitation;
Girl Talk; Alone Together; Medley: Sophisticated Lady/ Mood Indigo; Lush Life; Round Midnight; Creating a
Melody; The Shadow of Your Smile; Exercises; Medley of Tunes; Here's a Rainy Day.
Personnel: Gene Bertoncini: guitar.
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Body and Soul
Chase Music Group
By Jim Ferguson
Gene Bertoncini-who plays the nylon-string acoustic guitar with his fingers, a
situation ideally suited for solo work-creates sounds that are refined,
elegant, and complex. His playing works a tune from the inside, fully
exploring its harmonic, melodic, and textural implications much like a
classical composer develops an idea on paper. While most of the material
here is exceedingly familiar ("The Shadow of Your Smile," "Edelweiss,"
"Greensleeves") Bertoncini's treatments transform each tune into a unique
statement that is constantly changing
Quiet Now
Gene Bertoncini | Ambient Records (2005)
By Dr. Judith Schlesinger
If I had to pick one word to describe Gene Bertoncini’s luminous
guitar playing, it would be especially since my local dictionary offers
five meanings of that word, all of which apply to Bertoncini’s music:
1) marked by intricate and beautiful design or execution; 2) of such
beauty or delicacy as to arouse delight; 3) excellent, flawless; 4)
acutely perceptive or discriminating; and 5) intense, keen.
But there’s more to say. (Isn’t there always?) It's important to note
that Quiet Now has exceptional clarity as well as warmth; apparently
the newest technology (DSD, SACD) has resurrected the nuanced analog truthfulness that
we once had to trade for shelf space. On this CD the guitar sounds both clean and
refreshingly naturalistic.
As for the track list, it's as eclectic as Bertoncini himself. More interested in melody and
meaning than genre, it’s typical for him to juxtapose Strayhorn, Coltrane, Schumann,
Puccini, and The Streets of Laredo in the same set. ( is part of the “Bang the Drum Slowly
theme, and it sounds very Irish in Bertoncini’s vision.) His acoustic guitar utterly transforms
the familiar aria "Nessun Dorma, although his performance is just as moving and passionate
as Pavarotti's.
Bertoncini's medleys highlight the commonalities between two compositions—like his pairing
of Coltrane “Giant Steps with Tadd Dameron’s surprisingly compatible “On a Misty Night”
the two Strayhorn pieces that bend and stretch in similar ways, and the pair of Bill Evans
tunes that underscores those composers wistful harmonies. Perhaps his training as an
architect helps him focus on the basic elements of a tune—certainly he's known for paring
away schmaltz and convention to expose underlying structure and flow. It may be no
coincidence that Tom Jobim, another of our great melodist’s, also studied architecture. (He's
represented here by his beautiful, lesser-known “Olha Maria.)
Whatever the occupational roots of this music, the serene purity of Quiet Now offers a
perfect antidote to the day's jangly information overload. So does Bertoncini’s first solo CD,
Body and Soul (Ambient Records, 1999), which is also exquisite in all five senses of the
word. [Note to the producers: do we have to wait another six years for the next one??]
Track listing: Lush Life/Isfahan, My One and Only Love, Giant Steps/On a Misty Night,
Traumerei, So in Love/The More I See You, Olha Maria, Quiet Now, Nessun Dorma, Waltz for
Debbie/Very Early, Theme from “Bang the Drum Slowly”
Personnel: Gene Bertoncini (Buscarino acoustic guitar)
Published: April 22, 2005
Concerti
Gene Bertoncini | Ambient Records (2008)
By Michael P. Gladstone
What could possibly be better than hearing guitarist extraordinaire
Gene Bertoncini on Concerti? Simply, being ten feet away from the
bandstand and viewing his quicksilver style of playing, astounding
an appreciative audience.
Bertoncini, over the course of several decades, has become an
elder statesman plectrist, working in a number of settings—solo,
duet, trio or larger ensembles. On Concierti , Bertoncini works with
members of The Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York,
where he has been a teacher for many years. With the exception of "Invitation," all of the
arrangements were written by Bertoncini's colleagues at Eastman.
For purposes of presentation, the guitarist is working here with a string quartet that consists
of Mark Feldman (first violin), Rob Morse (second violin), Kelly Dylia (viola) and Dana Leong
(cello). In addition, ubiquitous New York jazz bassist David Finck is also a member of the
ensemble.
The classical influence and jazz tendencies of Mark Feldman's work with guitarist John
Abercrombie's quartet and his own ECM (2006's What Exit) can also be heard here.
The tunes selected for this album consist of six compositions that loosely fit under the
heading of the Great American Songbook, including Bronislaw Kaper's "Invitation," Brooks
Bowman's "East of the Sun," and even the Lennon/McCartney Beatles tune, "Eleanor Rigby."
The remaining tracks include Bertoncini's "For Chet," with the late trumpeter Chet Baker in
mind (and a frequent Bertoncini employer), and a 13-minute version of Joaquin Rodrigo's
"Concierto de Aranjuez," segueing into piano icon Chick Corea's "Spain."
A most interesting aspect of the album is the way that Bertoncini and colleagues take turns
emphasizing his acoustic nylon-string guitar, while keeping the strings tamped down on
"East of the Sun" or quite the opposite for "Eleanor Rigby," where the melody's sharp edges
are undertaken by the strings thus giving it a keener presentation than usual.
Likewise, a medley of Frederic Chopin's "Prelude (excerpt Opus 28 #4)," which melds into
Jobim's ballad "How Insensitive," is played with the strings far in the background, while Cole
Porter's "Every Time We Say Goodbye" provides an unusual take with the viola, cello and
violins all ablaze.
This is an album that is full of surprises and one that is worthy of the Bertoncini's
unmistakable musicianship.
Track listing: East Of The Sun; You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To; For Chet; Eleanor Rigby; Every
Time We Say Goodbye; Prelude (excerpt Opus 28 #4)/How Insensitive; Invitation; Concierto de
Aranjuez/Spain.
Personnel: Gene Bertoncini: acoustic guitar; David Finck: bass; Mark Feldman: first violin; Rob Moose:
second violin; Kelly Dylia: viola; Dana Leong: cello.
Smile: Jazz Therapy Volume 1
Gene Bertoncini / Roni Ben-Hur | Motema Music (2008)
By J Hunter
In November 2007, Roni Ben-Hur and his bassist Earl May approached Motema
Records with a great idea: They would record a duo CD, pro bono, as a
fundraiser for the Dizzy Gillespie Memorial Fund, a trust created by Englewood
Hospital and Medical Center to fund health care for jazz musicians who can't
afford it (i.e. just about every player not named Wynton Marsalis). May's
sudden death the following January could have sent this worthy concept off the
rails; instead, Gene Bertoncini stepped into the breach, and the results are
absolutely brilliant.
Smile (dedicated to May, whose ever-present grin inspired Ben-Hur to include
Charlie Chaplin's timeless ballad in this 10-song set) is a living definition of the word "simpatico." These two
guitarists have played together on and off since the early '90s, but their interplay and mutual sense of
musical space sounds like it comes from a years-long collaboration. In fact, the tunes themselves become
secondary to experiencing the entrancing sound that comes from the multi-layered dialogue between BenHur's hollow-body electric and Bertoncini's nylon-string acoustic.
Bertoncini leads off on the Charles Fox/Norman Gimble classic "Killing Me Softly," instantly achieving an
intimacy that almost eclipses Roberta Flack's signature performance. When Ben-Hur joins in on the chorus,
none of that intimacy is lost; instead, a conversation ensues between two people who witnessed the same
thing. Although both speakers are passionate about what they experienced, the conversation stays hushed,
as if they don't want anyone to hear about the singer who "sang as if he knew me/In all my dark despair..."
While the standards on Smile seem straightforward, Ben-Hur and Bertoncini add a few personal touches.
The chorus of "Killing Me Softly" gets a little bit of a stagger, as if the protagonists are slightly stunned at
their antagonist's insight, while Cole Porter's "I Concentrate on You" has a sheen that comes from the
Brazilian sun. Meanwhile, "Besame Mucho" is as rich and romantic as it's supposed to be, just as the title
track has the stiff upper lip that it should, and Dizzy's own "That's Earl, Brother" gets down and swings even
as it stays within the date's relatively sedate boundaries.
Both players bring originals to the party—Ben-Hur with "Anna's Dance" and "Sofia's Butterfly" (each tune
named for one of Ben-Hur's daughters), Bertoncini with "You Are a Story" and "Set Blue" (a deconstruction
of "Bluesette")—but none of them have any sense of ownership, or an attitude of "This is my song!" The
spirit of simpatico remains strong, as does the air of cooperation and collaboration. It gets to the point
where the only way to discern who's playing what is with a good set of headphones. Happily, that makes the
experience all the more enjoyable.
Apart from being a beautiful set, Smile literally enriches an aspect of Dizzy Gillespie's legacy that many
people may be unaware of. If that isn't a win-win situation, it will do until a better example comes along.
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Acoustic guitar master returns
A glance at Gene Bertoncini's date­
book over the past yearwould reveal
the sort of career many musicians
can only dream of.
Start with his last album release
about a year ago. While Concerti
(Ambie.ll t Records 2008) is a little
more arranged and a little less jazzy
than most of Bertoncini's projectS,
it's still a gorgeous recording. The
New York-ba sed acoustic guitar
m aster is featured in front of a lush
string quintet on a mix ofstandards
as well as the beautiful adagio from
Joaquin Rodrigo's famous Concerto
de Aranjuez.
Since that release Bertoncini has
done a mix of solo and small group
performances. He has continued to
put in periodic shifts as an educator
at a couple of the top colleges in the
NewYork area, and he's just finished
three nights playing with Wyntan
Ma rsalis a nd the J azz At Lincoln
Center Orchestra paying tribute to
Mary Lou Williams. Then there are
h is frequent touring gigs, includ­
ing the one that brings him back to
Edmonton to head up a trio at the
Yardbird today and Saturday.
"I feel blessed to have been born
with a certain amount of taste that it
gets me all these opportunities," says
the soft-spoken Be.rtoncini.
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are anotherpart of the story. Oh, and
Bertoncini is also an extremely nice
guy.
Alllhings considered, he doesn't
fit the stereotype of someone who
grew up in the Bronx.
Bertoncini admits he neverhad any
interest in playing loud rock 'n' roll or
pop music. H e was playing clubs at
16, a protege of Johnny Smith, but
he claims he owes m uch to his first
guitar teacher Chuck Wayne.
Ove r the years Ber toncini has
worked with a long list of music
greats, including Tony Bennett,
Benny Goodrnan and Wayne Short­
er, along with a stint in the Tonight
Show Band during the Johnny Car­
son era.
Later on, Bertoncini's friendship
w ith bossa nova pioneer J oao Gil­
berto gave him an expert grou nding
in Brazilian grooves, and in return
Gilberto used to borrow Bertoncini's
guitar for his performances in New
York.
It's not for nothing that the man got
a degree in architecture before he
decided to devote himself to music
full time.
Just listen to the measured w ay
that Bertoncini constructs soulful
improvisations w ith the precision
of a classical player.
In fact, last year the New York Clas­
sical Guitar Society did a tribute con­
cert to honour the artist theyd ubbed
"the Segovia ofjazz."
While Bertoncini gets a kick out of
playing solo, he allows that trio work
"really frees you up" from carrying
both the rhythm and melody parts
to take extended musical manoeu­
vres.
This weekend he will enjoy the ex­
pert company of bassist Mike Lent
and drummer Sandro Dominelli.
Bertoncini's trio plays today and
Saturday at 9 p.m. at the Yardbird
Suite (corner of 102nd Street and
86th Avenue).
Tickets are $20 for members, $24
for guests, in a dvance from Ticket­
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The Best 10 Jazz Instrumental CDs
Os 10 melhores CDs instrumentais
Danilo Perez & Claus Ogerman: “Across the crystal sea” (Decca)
Gene Perla, Elvin Jones & Don Alias: “Bill’s Waltz” (PM)
Carla Bley Big Band: “Appearing nightly” (WATT)
Sonny Rollins: “Road Shows Vol. 1” (Doxy)
Gene Bertoncini: “Concerti” (Ambient)
Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez & Airto Moreira: “The Boston Three Party” (Stretch)
Tim Hagans: “Alone Together” (Pirouet)
Delta Saxophone Quartet: “Dedicated to you - The music of Soft Machine” (MoonJune)
Bill Mays & The Inventions Trio: “Fantasy” (Palmetto)
John Stein: “Encounterpoint” (Whaling City Sound)
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POST-GAZETTE, JULY 1, 2005
AMBIENT-B&K/ Gene Bertoncini ­
Quiet Now (CD) Gene Bertoncini is. an ac­
claimed
guitarist/ com­
poser/ arranger in the world'
of ja~z .. ForQu~et Now. he
chose beautiful sOpgs' which
are hi~ personal 'favor~tes,
and made them his own. His
wide-ranging medley choices
are music to anyone's ears,
: arid very easy to digest. Cuts
, of note include a medley, of
BiUy Strayhorn's "Lush Life/
Isfaha,n," the haunting "My
One and Only' Love," the
legendary John Coltrane's
."Giant Steps" done with Tadd
. Dameron'S "A MiSty Night,"
plus a medley' of Cole Porter's
"So In Love" and' "The More
, I See' You." , Second half
happenings :have, Antonio
Carlos
Jobim's
bossa nova
--"
--_.
gem "Olha Maria," the ballad.
and title cut "guiet Now,"
an excellent rendition of
Puccini's "Nessun Dorma, ~
a memorable Bill Evans
medley of "Waltz For Debbie/
Very Early," finishing up
with the moving "Theme
From,; Bang. ' The Drum
: JSloWlY'." Berto,nciniis. a
:'masterl .
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ax
Acoustic Guitar Albums to have:
While most jazz gUitarists prefer
an electric axe, a small group
remains loyal to the subtlety and
warmth of an acoustic
instrument. This is their story.
By BILL MILKOWSKI
Ever since Charlie Christian plugged his
Gibson L-5 electric guitar into an amplifier and
wailed with legato abandon back in 1939, the
acoustic guitar has taken a backseat in jazz.
Through the years, certain virtuoso players
have switched back and forth regularly
between acoustic and electric guitar, making
significant statements on both axes - fusion
guitar heroes Larry Coryell, John McLaughlin,
and AI DiMeola spring to mind. Individually or
together with Spain's flamenco master Paco de
Lucia as the fabled Trio, these players have
added to the canon of acoustic-guitar music
since the early '70S.
"I love the sound of acoustic guitar," said
McLaughlin, after a recent performance in New
York with his dazzling Remember Shakti
ensemble. "It's something I can't be without for
too long. I don't know what it is, it's just so ...
evocative. It's an antique sound. And it makes
some very different resonances inside of you ­
your heart or your soul, your subconscious or
\Nhatever you want to call it. But it touches
ant)ther part of you. And it has this kind of
pathos built into it that electric gUitar doesn't
have. It's got its own thing."
Many electric-guitar players have recorded
an occa~ional all-acoustic album (see Sidebar),
but precious few players have specialized in
acoustic playing over the course of their
careers. With 18 adventurous outings on the
ECM label, Ralph Towner is an obvious figure­
head among nylon-string acoustic players. So
too is smooth-jazz icon Earl Klugh, as well as
classically-trained Fareed Haque, vyho recorded
a series of adventurous CDs for Blue Note in the
'90S and now plays with the jamband Garage
MahaL And the late Charlie Byrd was a pioneer
who brought classical-guitar elements to jazz,
and also helped introduce Brazilian music to
North American audiences with 1962'S Jazz
Samba, on which he was co-billed with Stan
Getz.
Anqther pioneer of the nylon-string
acoustic - or classical- guitar in jazz is Gene
Bertoncini. A one-time sideman to Buddy Rich,
accompanist to Lena Horne and Tony Bennett,
'.46 rnarch 2004 jazziz
Gene Bertoncini Acoustic Romance
(Sons of Sound, 2003) Wayne Johnson One Guitar (Solid Air, 2003) Ken Hatfield The Surrealist Table (Arthur Circle Music, 2003) Fred Fried When Winter Comes (Ballet Tree, 2003)
Paco de Lucia Cositas Buenas
(Blue Thumb, 2003)
John McLaughtin Thieves and Poets
(Verve,2003)
.
Pat Metheny One QUiet Night
(Warner Bros, 2003) Al DiMeola Winter Nights (Telarc, 1999) The Trio Friday Night in San Francisco (Columbia, 1981) I(evin Eubanks World Trio (Intuition, 1997) Earl Klugh The Best ofEarl Klugh, Vol. 1
(Blue Note, 1991) Fareed Haque Opaque (Blue Note, 1995) John Abercrombie Characters (ECM, 1977) Bill Connors Swimming with a Hole in My Body (ECM, 1979) Steve Khan Evidence (RCA/Novus, 1980) Larry Carlton A/one/But Never Alone (MCA, 1986) Joe Pass Unforgettable (Pablo/Fantasy, 1992) John Scofield QUiet (Verve, 1996) Bill Frisell Ghost Town (Nonesuch, 2000) Larry Coryell Twelve Frets to One Octave (Shanachie, 1991) - BILL MILKOWSKI
and a member of the late-'60s Tonight Show
Band, the 66-year-old Bertoncini began playing
the classical guitar in 19 62, just as the bossa
nova craze hit the States. "I started listening to
that music and I became very friendly with the
great Braziliiin artist [singer-songwriter-gui­
tarist] loao Gilberto, who used to hang out
where I played," he explains. "Joao was. still
married to Astrud [Gilberto, of 'Girl From
lpanema' fame1in those days. Later on, he used
to borrow my guitar whenever he came to
New York. Actually, I learned how to play bossa­
nova style just by listening to loao's recording
of 'Quiet Nights: And from there, I began blend"
ing the classical techniques with bossa nova
and jazz."
Bertoncini's interest in classical guitar goes
back further than his association with Gilberto.
While taking lessons during the '50S with
George Shearing's guitarist, Chuck Wayne, he
was urged to check out the great classical play­
er Julian Bream. "I put on a record by him and
heard him doing Ravel's Pavane, and I just
flipped," Bertoncini recalls. ':And in that
moment 1said, 'I gotta study classical guitar:
That was the beginning of playing nylon-string
classical gUitar for me.
"Ultimately, 1began practicing a lot of linear
stuff and started trying to play Jazz lines on it,
which involved a lot of slurring techniques and,
you know, just trying to sound like a saxo­
phone. If you try to articulate every note, it
sounds kind of stiff, but 1developed this feel fot
playing jazz lines on it, too. Then, of course, that
mstrument just opens up the world harmonically,
too. You start thinking orchestrally and in a differ­
ent way when you're playing the classical guitar."
While Bertoncini continues to play both electric
and nylon-string acoustic guitar, he has developed
a more distinctive voice on the classical axe. On his
most recent release, Acoustic Romance (Sons of
Sound), he demonstrates his pleasantly melodic,
countrapuntal approach in an acoustic trio setting
with bassist Rufus Reid and drummer Akira Tana
on a set of familiar yet inventively reworked jazz
standards like "The Shadow of Your Smile," "Girl
Talk," "Stella by Starlight" "'Round Midnight," and
IITn'irit'::ltinn "
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JAZZ, BOSSA & BEYOND
MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2008
FAVORITE SITES & BLOGS
All About Jazz
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YouTube site
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30th annual
Jazz Poll is in
The 30th Annual Jazz Station Poll - The Best Jazz
of 2008!
A seleção dos “melhores do jazz”, feita pelo historiador Arnaldo
Clube de Jazz
s
DeSouteiro, publicada pela primeira vez em 1979, chega ao 30º ano.
CTI Fan Blog
Chick Corea (foto), Airto Moreira, Claus Ogerman, Raul de Souza,
CTI Records
Gene Bertoncini e Carla Bley estão entre os artistas que brilharam em
CTI RECORDS: A DISCOGRAPHY
2008.
Dedicado a Diana Krall
Os melhores do jazz em 2008 - The Best Jazz of 2008!
All Music Guide
Billboard
Cal's Temple
City of the Angels
***********
The 30th Annual Jazz Station Poll results by Brazil-born jazz
historian & jazz educator Arnaldo DeSouteiro
Doug Payne: Sound Insights
IWGH
Jazz Corner
JazzWax
Los Angeles Jazz Society
Never Enough Rhodes
Paintings and the Mystery of Life
Palms
Passion
Penthouse TV
SALAH-JALUR
Sound Insights - The Doug Blog
Talhe
The CTI Never Sleeps
(Chick Corea at the 2008 Montreux Jazz Festival, performing with
RTF)
The Magic Castle
The Music Discographies at
bjbear71.com
Esta é a lista dos que mais se destacaram, em 2008, no panorama
jazzístico internacional. Atendendo aos pedidos dos leitores, que
desde 1979 acompanham essa votação, incluímos – após o nome do
primeiro colocado em cada categoria – o título do disco pelo qual o
artista foi avaliado, com base apenas em lançamentos realizados no
decorrer deste ano. A queda nas vendas foi violenta em 2008 mas,
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paradoxalmente, o número de edições e reedições aumentou muito.
Para variar, foram necessárias várias semanas para a preparação de
todas estas listas, reouvindo discos, revendo DVDs, checando fichas
técnicas e, às vezes, reavaliando opiniões. Tudo isso com o objetivo de
fornecer o mais fiel possível retrato do cenário jazzístico em 2008, a
partir de bases reais de análise. O que significa, por exemplo, que
artistas que não lançaram novos trabalhos este ano, seja como líderes
ou sidemen, tornaram-se, por mais geniais que sejam,
automaticamente inelegíveis. Tal critério explica a ausência de feras
como Diana Krall, Mark Murphy, Urbie Green, Hubert Laws e Andy
Bey, que, apesar de terem realizado muitos shows, não lançaram novos
trabalhos em 2008.
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Explicando alguns critérios para melhor compreensão da lista, vale
ressaltar que nem sempre um disco no qual certo artista tem uma
grande performance (Ron Carter em “Jazz & Bossa”, por exemplo) é
um álbum fabuloso. Isto explica porque Ron aparece em primeiro
lugar na categoria de “contrabaixo” (ninguém teve uma performance
tão fantástica neste instrumento em 2007), embora o disco não
mereça figurar entre os melhores CDs. Aí estão os resultados
▼ December (151)
The 30th Annual Jazz Station
Poll - The Best Jazz ...
R.I.P.: Freddie Hubbard
CD of the Day - "Freddie
Hubbard: The Love Connect...
completos:
Vinyl of the Day - "Freddie
Hubbard: The Baddest H...
Piano acústico/Acoustic Piano: 1º Ahmad Jamal (“It’s Magic” -
LD of the Day - "Freddie
Hubbard: Live at the Vill...
Dreyfus); 2º Chick Corea; 3º Danilo Perez; 4º Keith Jarrett; 5º Dave
Brubeck
Piano elétrico/Electric Piano: 1º Chick Corea (“The Boston Three
Party” – Stretch); 2º Jaume Vilaseca; 3º Dawn Clement; 4º Alberto
Bonomi; 5º Koichi Sato
Órgão/Organ: 1º Barbara Dennerlein (“Spiritual Movement No. 2” Bebab); 2º Larry Goldings; 3º Chris Foreman; 4º Joey DeFrancesco;
Book of the Day - "Freddie
Hubbard: Jazz Giants"
DVD of the Day - "Freddie
Hubbard: All Blues"
Freddie Hubbard memorabilia DownBeat 1974 Poll
Teclados/Keyboards: 1° Hans-Peter Pfammatter (“Nu-Gara” com
New Year's Eve Party at the Jazz
Bakery in LA!
Scope – Veto); 2º Chick Corea; 3º Alex Maguire; 4º Yumi Hara
Jazz Talk: Jews, Blacks and Jazz
Cawkwell; 5º Lelo Nazario
Joao Gilberto's concerts in Italy
are cancelled
5º Tony Monaco
Contrabaixo/Acoustic Bass: 1º Ron Carter (“Jazz & Bossa” –
EMI); 2º Eddie Gomez; 3º Dave Holland; 4º James Cammack; 5º
Avery Sharpe
Baixo Elétrico/Electric Bass: 1º Stanley Clarke (“Returns” com
Return To Forever - Eagle); 2º Steve Swallow; 3º Marcus Miller; 4º
Richard Bona; 5º Nathan East
EP of the Day - "Bill Evans, Earl
Klugh & Regina C...
Norah Jones live with W.
Nelson & W. Marsalis
Bateria/Drums: 1º Airto Moreira (“The Boston Three Party” com
CD of the Day - "Pat Thomas:
Desafinado"
Chick Corea & Eddie Gomez – Stretch); 2º Idris Muhammad; 3º
R.I.P.:Eartha Kitt
Lenny White; 4º Steve Gadd; 5º Bill Stewart
Percussão/Percussion: 1º Airto Moreira (“The Boston Three
Party” – Stretch); 2º Marilyn Mazur; 3º Anant Sivamani; 4º Manolo
Badrena; 5º Steve Berrios
Vibrafone/Vibes: 1º Gary Burton (“The New Crystal Silence” com
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Nate Harasim & Darren Rahn to
perform for Presiden...
Arnaldo DeSouteiro's "Jazz
Rock" in Korea
EP of the Day - "Eliane Elias:
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Chick Corea – Stretch); 2º Joe Locke; 3º Stefon Harris; 4º Steve
Nelson; 5º Mike Mainieri
Diversos/Miscellaneous Instruments: 1° Daniel Smith – fagote
(“Blue Bassoon” – DS); 2º Niladri Kumar – cítara elétrica; 3º Bela
Fleck - banjo; 4º Rabih Abou-Khalil – oud; 5º Xie Tao- gusheng
Violão/Acoustic Guitar: 1º Gene Bertoncini (“Concerti” –
Ambient); 2º Toninho Horta; 3º Al DiMeola; 4º Felipe Avila; 5º Ralph
Towner
Guitarra/Electric Guitar: 1º John McLaughlin (“Floating Point” Abstract Logix); 2º Al DiMeola; 3º Larry Coryell; 4° Pat Metheny; 5º
Kenny Burrell
Violino/Violin: 1º Christian Howes (“Heartfelt” – Resonance); 2º
Jenny Scheimann; 3º John Blake; 4º Didier Lockwood; 5º Billy Bang
Flauta/Flute: 1° Jamie Baum (“Solace” – Sunnyside); 2º Nicole
Mitchell; 3º James Moody; 4º Charles Lloyd; 5º Yusef Lateef
Clarinete-Clarone/Clarinet-Bass Clarinet: 1º Lucien Dubuis
(“Nu-Gara” com Scope – Veta); 2° Klaus Gesing; 3º John Ruocco; 4º
George Garzone; 5º Buddy DeFranco
Runnin"
Greg Cerrone tomorrow, Dec 27,
@ Bypass
Quincy's "Summer in the City"
on Lesen
Best jazz choices for New Years'
Eve - NYT
Arnaldo DeSouteiro on
Myyearbook00’s Blog
"Fashion Organic Girl"
tomorrow @ Bypass!
"Summer in the City", a bestseller in Korea, on D...
EP of the Day - "Stanley
Turrentine: Disco Dancing...
Marsalis to lead "A Celebration
of America"
2º Randy Brecker; 3º Lew Soloff; 4º Arturo Sandoval; 5º David Weiss
"Summer in the City" in
Switzerland @ City Disc
Flugelhorn: 1º Marvin Stamm (“Fantasy” com The Inventions Trio -
R.I.P.: Page Cavanaugh
Palmetto); 2º Till Bronner; 3º Tom Harrell; 4º Kenny Wheeler; 5º
NY State Budget - Severe Cuts
for Funding Music
Trompete/Trumpet: 1º Tim Hagans (“Alone Together” - Pirouet);
Freddie Hubbard
Trombone: 1º Raul de Souza (“Soul & Creation” – PAO); 2º Gary
Valente; 3º Sam Burtis; 4º Steve Turre; 5º Conrad Herwig
Sax Soprano: 1º Jane Ira Bloom (“Mental Weather” – Outline); 2º
Dave Liebman; 3º Klaus Gesing; 4º Jan Garbarek; 5º Graeme Blevins
Sax Alto: 1º Kenny Garrett (“Sketches of MD” – Mack Avenue); 2º
Phil Woods; 3º Bud Shank; 4º Wolfgang Puschnig; 5º Lee Konitz
Sax Tenor: 1º Sonny Rollins (“Road Shows Vol. 1“ – Doxy); 2º Andy
Sheppard; 3º JD Allen; 4º Joe Lovano; 5º Houston Person
Sax Barítono: 1º James Carter (“Present Tense” – EmArcy); 2º Joe
Temperley; 3º Julian Arguelles; 4º Chris Caldwell; 5º Ronnie Cuber
Cantor/Male Singer: 1º Tony Bennett (“A Swingin’ Christmas” Sony); 2º Al Jarreau; 3º Boris Savoldelli; 4º Ed Reed; 5º Kurt Elling
Cantora/Female Singer: 1º Norma Winstone (“Distances” - ECM);
2º Cassandra Wilson; 3º Dianne Reeves; 4º Diane Hubka; 5º Judi
Silvano
Grupo Instrumental/Instrumental Group: 1º Return To
Forever (“Returns” – Eagle); 2º Manhattan Jazz Quintet; 3º The Marty
Sheller Ensemble; 4º Soft Machine Legacy; 5º Scope
Grupo Vocal/Vocal Group: Take 6 (“The Standard” - Heads Up);
2º Manhattan Transfer; 3º New York Voices; 4º Moss; 5º Hendricks
and Company
Banda/Big Band: 1º Carla Bley (“Appearing Nightly” - WATT); 2º
NDR Big Band; 3º Bob Mintzer Big Band; 4º The Vanguard Jazz
Orchestra; 5º WDR Big Band
Compositor/Composer: 1º Gene Perla (“Bill’s Waltz” – PM); 2º
Carla Bley; 3º Marty Sheller; 4º Maria Schneider; 5º Chick Corea
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CD of the Day - "Quintet of the
Americas: Sounds o...
"Summer in the City" @
YES.FM
"Jazz Improv" - New Year
Subscription Offer
CD of the Day - "Judy Roderick:
When IM Gone"
David Foster & Arnaldo
DeSouteiro on
"Wherehouse.c...
"Do It Again" available @ BIG
W Entertainment
R.I.P.: Kenn Cox
Maceo Parker live at Jazz Café
in 2009
Teddy Thompson brings you a
special Christmas song...
Ed Neumeister Jazz Orchestra
debuts, tonight, in L...
CD of the Day - "Dave Brubeck:
Classical Brubeck"
Vinyl of the Day - "Esta É A
Turma de Samba"
Peter Delano returns to NY
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Sea” com Danilo Perez – Decca); 2º Carla Bley; 3º Gene Perla; 4º
CD-Single of the Day - "Eliane
Elias: Movin' Me On...
Carlos Franzetti; 5º Marty Sheller
R.I.P.: Derek Moore
Engenheiro de som/Engineer: 1º Mark Conese (“Concerti” com
Gene Bertoncini - Ambient); 2º Al Schmitt; 3º Rudi Grosser; 4º Jim
Single of the Day - "Esther
Phillips: For All We K...
Anderson; 5º Rudy Van Gelder
Creed Taylor on "Zune"
Revelação/New Talent: 1º Pablo Held – piano/compositor
R.I.P.: Buddy Charles
(“Forest of Oblivion” – Pirouet); 2º Lauren Sevian – sax barítono; 3º
"Party Time" tomorrow @
Bypass!
Arranjador/Arranger: 1º Claus Ogerman (“Across The Crystal
Hadrien Feraud – baixo elétrico; 4º Richie Barshay –
bateria/percussão; 5º Xie Tao - gusheng
Produtor/Producer: Tommy LiPuma ("Across The Crystal Sea" Decca)
Artista do ano/Artist of the Year: Chick Corea – pela reunião do
“Return To Forever”, que gerou uma coletânea retrospectiva, dois CDs
e um DVD (a ser lançado em 2009); pela monumental caixa “Five
Trios Box” que incluiu o espetacular CD “The Boston Three Party”; e
Swing in the New Year at Dizzy's
Club in NY!
Win tickets to The Fly's New
Year's Eve
CD of the Day - "Selected 2008
Classics & Jazz"
ainda pelos novos projetos com Hiromi e Gary Burton.
Box Set of the Day - "To Be
Free: The Nina Simone ...
Os 10 melhores CDs instrumentais
Single of the Day - "Grover
Washington,Jr.: Master...
The Best 10 Jazz Instrumental CDs
Danilo Perez & Claus Ogerman: “Across the crystal sea” (Decca)
Gene Perla, Elvin Jones & Don Alias: “Bill’s Waltz” (PM)
Carla Bley Big Band: “Appearing nightly” (WATT)
Sonny Rollins: “Road Shows Vol. 1” (Doxy)
Gene Bertoncini: “Concerti” (Ambient)
Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez & Airto Moreira: “The Boston Three Party”
(Stretch)
EP of the Day - "ET & Deodato"
April Hall lights up Scullers in
January
Kristin Korb trio live in LA,
tomorrow!
Ingrid Powell live @ Sheraton
LA on Friday
Tim Hagans: “Alone Together” (Pirouet)
Monterey Jazz Festival awarded
Delta Saxophone Quartet: “Dedicated to you - The music of Soft
Machine” (MoonJune)
CD of the Day - "Hubert Laws:
Say It With Silence"...
Bill Mays & The Inventions Trio: “Fantasy” (Palmetto)
R.I.P.: Frances Lynne
John Stein: “Encounterpoint” (Whaling City Sound)
Give the gift of Jazz at Lincoln
Center
What you're saying
Sock and awe
Larry Coryell's "Vera Cruz"
video
"Opus Samba" in Austria at TMobile Jukebox
CD of the Day - "Deanna
Witkowski: Length of Days"...
Vinyl of the Day - "Azymuth:
Butterfly"
EP of the Day - "Raul de
Souza/Maze"
R.I.P.: Davy Graham
Anna Ly on MSN Music
Anna Ly - Digestivo Cultural
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JAZZ JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION
promoting the interests of journalists covering jazz
http://www.JazzJournalists.org
http://www.Jazzhouse.org
May 1, 2009
Dear Gene Bertoncini,
Congratulations! It’s my pleasure to inform you that you've been nominated as a finalist for a 2009 Jazz
Journalists Association Jazz Award in the categories of: Guitarist of the Year.
Professional members of the JJA are currently voting on nominees in 42 categories celebrating excellence
in jazz music, production, presentation and digital, print, broadcast and photographic journalism. The
representative honorees – “winners” -- will be announced at a JJA event on Tuesday, June 16th, from 3 to
6 PM at The Jazz Standard, 116 E. 27th St. The JJA's annual "A Team" list of activists, advocates,
altruists, aiders and abettors of jazz will also be announced shortly.
I hope you're pleased that your works are being celebrated by the 400+ member JJA, a non-profit
501(c)(3) professional organization, which has promoted excellence in an Awards format for the past 12
years. For information on previous Jazz Awards, go to the www.Jazzhouse.org website of the Jazz
Journalists Association.
You are invited to attend....
Jazz Journalists Association's Jazz Awards 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
at The Jazz Standard
116 E. 27th St., NYC
3 to 6 PM
If you plan to attend please reserve your seat ASAP as seating is limited.
You must reserve your seat and you may purchase plus-one ticket at the new site:
http://www.JazzJournalists.org
Each nominee is invited to attend free of charge; one additional nominee guest ticket price is $65 (more
than one, $100 per person in advance, $150 at the door based on availability). Ticket price includes
buffet, soft drinks, some beverages, musical entertainment by the Charles Tolliver Big Band, Jane
Bunnett and Spirits of Havana, pianist Marian Petrescu and guitarist Andreas Öberg and other special
guests.
Please RSVP to Jim Eigo [email protected]
Best Regards,
Howard Mandel, JJA President 212 533 9495/[email protected]
Jim Eigo 845-986-1677 / [email protected]
Jazz Awards Notification Committee
Gene Bertoncini Discography
Solo Albums
Gene Bertoncini
Gene Bertoncini
Gene
Gene
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Bertoncini
Bertoncini
Bertoncini
Bertoncini
Album Artist
Skitch Henderson & The
Tonight Show Orchestra
Various Artists
Ahmad Jamal
Clark Terry
Clark Terry
Bob Hammer
Rufus Jones
Morgana King
Monty Alexander
Lalo Schifrin
Various Artists
Doc Severinsen
Tony Mottola
Tony Mottola
Herbie Mann
Earl Coleman
Toots Thielemans
Paul Winter
Heavy Vibrations
Paul Winter
Tony Bennett
Gene Bertoncini
Paul Desmond
Luiz Bonfá
Hubert Laws
Wayne Shorter
Grover Washington, Jr.
Charles McPherson
Bobbi Humphrey
Bobby Hutcherson
Hubert Laws
Marlena Shaw
Hubert Laws
Jane Harvey
Title
Label
Evolution
Catalog #
3001
Year
197?
Paddle Wheel Rec
KICJ 155
1993
Chiaroscuro
Ambient Records
Ambient Record
Ambient Record
Cr (D) 343
CD-001
CD-005
CD-007
1996
1999
2005
2008
Title
Label
Catalog #
Year
Skitch --- Tonight!
Sylvania....Listen And
Compare
Macanudo
More
Tread Ye Lightly
Beatlejazz!
Five On Eight
Miss Morgana King
Spunky
The Dissection And
Reconstruction Of Music From
The Past As Performed By The
Inmates of Lalo Schifrin's
Demented Ensemble As A
Tribute To The Memory of The
Introducing The Passion
Guitars
The Great Arrival
Guitar U.S.A
A Latin Love-In
Columbia
CS 9167
196?
Evolution
Argo
Cameo
Cameo
ABC-Paramount
Cameo
Mainstream
Pacific Jazz
AD-7132-00
LPS 712
C-1064
C-1071
ABC 497
C-1076
56052
ST-20094
196?
1963
1963
1963
1964
1964
1965
1965
Verve
V-8654
1966
Solid State
Command
Command
Project 3
SM 17007
RS 927 SD
RS 908 SD
PR 5010 SD
1966
1967
1967
1967
SD 1490
SD 8172
RS 930 SD
SP 4170
1969
1968
1968
1968
1968
SP-4207
CS 9882
3001
SP 3032
LSP-4376
CTI 6006
BST 84363
KU-07
MRL 329
APBL 2308
BST-84416
CTI 6025
BN-LA143-F
CTX 3+3
LPL1 5030
1969
1969
197?
1970
1970
1971
1971
1972
1972
1972
1972
1973
1973
1974
1974
Evolution!
Acoustic Romance
Jobim_ Someone To Light Up
My Life
Body & Soul
Quiet Now
Concerti
The Herbie Mann String Album
Atlantic
Love Songs
Atlantic
Toots!
Command
The Winter Consort
A&M
Verve
V6-5075
The Winter Consort:
Something In The Wind
A&M
I've Gotta Be Me
Columbia
Evolution!
Evolution
Bridge Over Troubled Water
A&M
The New Face Of Bonfá
RCA Victor
Afro-Classic
CTI
Odyssey Of Iska
Blue Note
All The King's Horses
Kudu
Charles McPherson
Mainstream
Flute - In
Applause Records
Natural Illusions
Blue Note Records
Carnegie Hall
CTI
From The Depths Of My Soul
Blue Note
In The Beginning
CTI
Jane Harvey
RCA
Album Artist
Title
New York Mary
A Piece of the Apple
Lonnie Liston Smith and The
Cosmic Echos
Renaissance
Gene Bertoncini & Michael
Moore
Bridges
The Mysterious Flying
Orchestra
The Mysterious Flying
Orchestra
Astrud Gilberto
That Girl From Ipanema
Ron Odrich
Blackstick
Astrud Gilberto
Gilberto With Turrentine
Ron Odrich
Wood On Wood
Tasha Thomas
Midnight Rendezvous
Michal Urbaniak
Jam At Sandy's
Bob Kindred
That Kindred Spirit
Mark Murphy
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Stanley Turrentine
Use The Stairs
Bobbi Rogers & Gene
Bertoncini
Crystal & Velvet
The Sonny Costanzo Big
Band
The Gift
Jay Berliner, Gene
Bertoncini, Richard
Resnicoff, Toots Thielmans
The Guitar Session
Eastman School Of
Music Faculty Members
Mark Murphy
Dolly Dawn
Michal Urbaniak
Michel Legrand
Gene Bertoncini &
Michael Moore
Peggy King
Sonny Costanzo &
Glenn Zottola
Peggy King
Susannah McCorkle
Gene Bertoncini & Michael
Moore
Ron Carter
Susannah McCorkle
Hubert Laws
Gene Bertoncini & Michael
Moore
Sandra King & Richard
Rodney Bennett
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Nancy Wilson
Margaret Whiting
Luiz Bonfá
Gene Bertoncini & Michael
Moore
Harvie Swartz
Bette Midler
Gladys "Havana" Carbo
Label
Arista/Freedom
Catalog #
Al 1035
Year
1976
RCA
APL1-1822
1976
GJB Music
GJB-3333
1977
RCA
APL1-2137
1977
Image
Classic Jazz
CTI (JAP)
Famous Solos
Atlantic
JAM
Conawago
Muse Records
Fantasy
IM 305
CJ 35
LAX 3179
MMO 675
K 50572
5004
1002
MR 5215
F-9604
1977
1978
1978
1978
1979
198?
198?
1980
1980
Focus
FS338
1981
Golden Crest
CRDG 4209
1981
Inner City
IC 6050
1981
Alec Wilder: Octets And Other
Chamber Music
The Artistry Of Mark Murphy
Memories of You
My One And Only Love
After The Rain
Close Ties
Pantheon
PFN-2031
1982
Muse
Dawn Records
SteepleChase
Pablo Today
Omnisound
MR 5286
D.D.I. 2001
SCS 1159
2312-139
GJB 3334
1982
1982
1982
1983
1984
Oh What A Memory We Made
Only Trust Your Heart
Stash
Mimo
ST-238
MLP 10005
1984
1984
Peggy King Sings Jerome Kern
- Till The Clouds Roll By
Stash
ST-246
1985
How Do You Keep The Music Pla
Pausa
PR-7195
1986
Stash
Columbia
Pausa
Epic
ST-258
ZK 40691
PR-7208
EPC 450563 2
1986
1987
1987
1987
Stash
ST-272
1987
Audiophile
RCA Bluebird
Capitol Jazz
Audiophile
Chesky
AP-222
6463-2-RB
CDP 7 92868 2
ACD-207
JD 29
1988
1988
1989
1989
1989
Chiaroscuro
Bluemoon
Atlantic
Soul Note
CR(D) 308
R2 79153
7 82129-2
121197-2
1989
1990
1990
1990
O Grande Amor
Blues Farm
Dream
The Rite Of Spring
Strollin'
The Magic Window
Save Your Love For Me
But Beautiful
The Lady's In Love With You
Non-Stop To Brazil
Two In Time
In A Different Light
Some People's Lives
Street Cries
Album Artist
Title
Harumi Kaneko & Ron Carter I'm Walkin'
Irwin Bazelon - Music of Irwin
Bazelon
Irwin Bazelon
Nnenna Freelon
Nnenna Freelon
Bob Kindred
Playin' In The Yard
Project G-7: Tribute To Wes
Montgomery - Volume 1
Various Artists
Project G-7: Tribute To Wes
Montgomery- Volume 11
Various Artists
Label
Catalog #
Year
EmArcy
836 367-2
1991
CRI
Columbia
JazzMania
Paddle Wheel
Records
Paddle Wheel
Records
CD 623
CK 48981
JCD-6006
1992
1992
1992
KICJ 112
1992
KICJ 131
1992
Roger Kellaway, Gene
bertoncini & Michael Moore
Trudy Desmond
Gene Bertoncini
Luiz Bonfá
Warren Chiasson
Johnny Frigo
Roger Kellaway Meets The
Duo
Chiaroscuro
CR(D) 315
Tailor Made
Jazz Alliance
TJA-10015
Acoustic Romance
addle Wheel Record
KICJ 155
The Bonfá Magic
Milestone
MCD-9202-2
Good Vibes For Kurt Weill
Audiophile
ACD-236
Debut Of A Legend
Chesky
JD119
Duke Ellington: Black, Brown
Louie Bellson And His Orchest& Beige
Jazz Heritage
513633L
Ronny Whyte
Soft Whyte
Audiophile
ACD-204
Jackie & Roy
Music Masters Jazz 0612-65128-2
Forever
Sylvia Syms
Wesla Whitfield
David Amram
Ronnie Foster
Richard Stoltzman
The Canadian Brass
Various Artists
Sylvia Syms
Gene Bertoncini
Charles Haynes & Nicole
Pasternak
John Pisano
Fred Haas & Gene Bertoncini
Linda Eder
Jiggs Whigham & Gene
Bertoncini
Meredith D'Ambrosio
Paul Desmond
Gene Bertoncini &
Kenny Poole
Gene Bertoncini
Tom Knific
Ethel Ennis
Sarah Partridge
Bucky, John, Martin
Pizzarelli & Gene Bertoncini
Gene Bertoncini
Larry Carr
Napua Davoy
Duke Pearson
Various Artists
Jazz Portrait Of Johnny Mercer
DRG
DRG 91433
Nice Work...
Landmark
LCD-1544-2
On The Waterfront - On
Broadway
Varese Sarabande
VSD-5638
Two Headed Freap
Blue Note
CDP 7243 8 3208
Visions
RCA Victor
09026-68072-2
Swingtime
RCA Victor
09026-68315-2
Bending Towards the Light...
A Jazz Nativity
Milan
35770-2
For Once in My Life
Original Jazz Classic OJCCD-897-2
Jobim-Someone To Light Up
My Life
Chiaroscuro
CR(D)343
Paris/Rio Express
Conversation Pieces
1992
1992
1993
1993
1993
1994
1994
1994
1995
1995
1995
1995
1995
1995
1995
1996
1996
1996
Visionwind Musik
CD-0496
1996
Pablo
PACD-2310-963-2 1997
Interplay
It's Time
JazzToons
Atlantic
JT-1001
82977-2
1997
1997
Jiggs & Gene
Silent Passion
Skylark
East Meets Midwest
Azica
Sunnyside
CTI
J Curve
AJD-72204
SSC 1075D
ZK 65133
JCR 298
1997
1997
1997
1998
Chiaroscuro
Jazzheads
Savoy Jazz
USA Music
CR(D) 354
JH-9509
CY-18088
USACD-1055
1998
1998
1998
1998
Groove Jams
Ambient Records
Audiophile
Brave Cool World
Koch
J Curve
GJ97003
CD-001
ACD-223
BCW0001
KOC CD 8532
JCR 1008
1998
1999
1999
1999
1999
1999
Gene Bertoncini With Bill
Charlap & Sean Smith
Home Bass
If Women Ruled The World
I'll Be Easy To Find
Passion Guitars
Body And Soul
Fit As A Fiddle
A Little Time For Me
Prairie Dog
We Remember Tal
Album Artist
Various Artists
The Flying Pisanos
Gene Bertoncini & Jack
Wilkins
Gene Bertoncini
Gene Bertoncini
Jiggs Whigham & Gene
Bertoncini
Herbie Mann
Rebecca Kilgore
Skitch Henderson
Chuck Redd
Cindy Miller
Gene Bertoncini & Frank
Vignola
Diane Hubka
Sarah Partridge
Linda Eder
Mark Flugge
Lynn DiMenna
Fred Haas
Royce Campbell & Gene
Bertoncini
Renata Artman Knific
Gerry Niewood
Tom Knific
Michel LeGrand
Gene Bertoncini, John
Harmon & Janet Planet
Marilyn Zavidow
Gene Bertoncini
Barbara Brussell
Shaynee Rainbolt
Chuck Redd
Gladys "Havana" Carbo
Tom Wolfe & Gene
Phil Bodner
Gene Bertoncini
Carol Hall & Various Artists
Title
The Art Of Solo Guitar
Ensemble
Label
addle Wheel Record
String Jazz
Catalog #
KICJ 396
SRJCD1011
Year
2000
2000
Chiaroscuro
North Twelve
CR(D)362
NORTH 12-2
2000
2001
Noteworthy Jazz
TNC Jazz
NW73799
CD-1710
2001
2001
Collectables
COL-CD-6829
2001
Jump
Arbors
Arbors
Edelweiss Music
JCD 12-24
ARCD 19252
ARCD 19257
N/A
2001
2001
2002
2002
Azica Records
Vsojaz
Nagel Heyer
Atlantic
Cojazz
LDM Records
JazzToons
AJD72220
83707 51732
CD 092
83580-2
CJ-1027
LDMSAS0301
JT-1005
2002
2002
2003
2003
2003
2003
2003
Jardis
Sea Breeze
Native Language
Sea Breeze
JRCD 20347
SB 3063
NLM-0937-2
SB-3069
2003
2003
2004
2004
Twenty Songs Of The Century
BMG (Japan)
BVCM-37465
2004
Just Above A Whisper
Love Is....
Quiet Now
Lerner in Love
At Home
Remembers Barney Kessel:
Happy All The Time
Through a Window.....Like a
Dream
Floating On The Silence
Once More With Feeling
Concerti
Hallways: the Songs of Carol
Hall
Stellar
Marilyn Zavidow
Ambient Records
LML Music
33 Jazz
STL 1019
N/A
CD-005
LML CD-193
33JAZZ132
2005
2005
2005
2005
2006
Arbors
ARCD 19314
2006
MODLmusic
Summit Records
Arbors
ambient
MODL 2225
DCD 479
ARCD 19347
CD-007
2006
2007
2007
2008
LML Music
LML CD-225
2008
Motema
P-Vine Records
MTM-00018
PCD-93067
2008
2008
Just The Two Of Us
Gene With Greene
The Good Stuff - A Tribute To
Charlie Byrd
The Heart & Soul of Hoagy
Carmichael
Plays The Roar Of The
Greasepaint-The Smell of the
Rebecca Kilgore And The Keith
Ingham Sextet
Swinging With Strings
All This And Heaven Too
Love You Madly
Meeting Of The Grooves
You Inspire Me
Blame It On My Youth
Broadway My Way
Familiarity
Sweet & Swing
Telling Stories
A Tribute To Charlie Byrd
West of Everywhere
Facets
Siena
Gene Bertoncini & Roni Ben HSmile
Sonny Stitt
When Sonny Blows Blue