Tenor Saxophone legend Jerry Bergonzi featured in Faculty Jazz Concert

Faculty Jazz Ensemble performance with Jerry Bergonzi
Faculty Jazz Ensemble performance with Jerry Bergonzi

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Jazz Studies Area in the Glenn Korff School of Music is proud to welcome to campus a living legend of the tenor saxophone Jerry Bergonzi.

Thanks to a generous support of Chateau Development, LLC we are pleased to welcome Bergonzi for a clinic on February 2, 2017 at 4:30 p.m. and a featured concert with the faculty rhythm section (Eric Hitt, Tom Larson and Dave Hall) Friday, February 3, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. in Westbrook Recital Hall. Bergonzi has performed throughout the world at all the major jazz festivals and jazz venues, with his own ensembles as well as with numerous jazz greats. His music is renowned for its innovation, mastery, and integrity. His discography includes more than 60 recordings, notably Standard Gonz with the Jerry Bergonzi Quartet on the Blue Note label; he also has 60 recorded song titles registered with ASCAP.

As a clinician Bergonzi has taught at conservatories and music schools throughout the U.S. and Europe. He is the author of a series of instructional books with play-along CDs and videos, entitled Inside Improvisation, published by Advance Music (seven volumes: Melodic Structures, Pentatonics, Jazz Line, Melodic Rhythms, Thesaurus of Intervallic Melodies, Developing a Jazz Language, and Hexatonics), as well as the book/CD set Sound Advice. The Inside Improvisation series is now available in French, German, and Italian translations.

Bergonzi is a three-time NEA grant recipient. He has his B.A., music education, from University of Lowell. He is the Founder of Not Fat records (six releases to date) and had recordings on Blue Note, Red, Not Fat, Concord, Atlantic, Label Bleu, Enja, Columbia, Deux Z, Denon, Canyon, Cadence, Musidisc, Ram, Ninety One, Freelance. He is also a sought after private instruction of 30 years.

All events are free and open to the public.