Latest Release
- 24 MAY 2024
- 9 Songs
- Inside Out · 1989
- Inside Out · 1989
- Inside Out · 1989
- Inside Out · 1989
- Inside Out · 1989
- Inside Out · 1989
- Lineage (feat. Mulgrew Miller, Dave Santoro & Adam Nussbaum) · 1990
- Together Again for the First Time · 1998
- Together Again for the First Time · 1998
- 2024
- 2023
- 2021
Singles & EPs
Live Albums
Compilations
- Maurizio Carugno 4th
- Bob Kaufman 5Tet
- Brooke Sofferman
About Jerry Bergonzi
Jerry Bergonzi is a tenor saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and author. His meaty tone is influenced by John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins. He is a master of harmony and chromaticism with profound, innate lyricism and an unshakeable rhythmic sensibility. Bergonzi has a commanding grasp of the entire jazz tradition, but his preference leans toward post-bop and blues. After releasing 1988's Gonz, he established a strong underground following in the Boston area. By the time he issued 1991's Lineage (with pianist Mulgrew Miller), jazz critics in the U.S., Italy, and Asia were writing about him. He's since released more than 70 albums in myriad musical settings on numerous labels. These range from 1993's Open Architecture with Daniel Humair and J.F. Jenny-Clark to 1996's Within, as a sideman to Guido Manusardi. They also include 2004's speculative duo outing Intuition with pianist Andy LaVerne, 2014's Intersecting Lines, 2020's Nearly Blue, and 2023's Extra Extra.
- HOMETOWN
- Boston, MA, United States
- BORN
- 21 October 1947
- GENRE
- Jazz