Close Connection: The Laszlo Gardony Trio Celebrates Its New Album
Laszlo Gardony Trio
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Pianist and composer Laszlo Gardony celebrates his new trio album, Close Connection (Sunnyside Records), along with bassist John Lockwood and drummer Yoron Israel. Renowned jazz journalist Bill Milkowski describes the music on Close Connection as such: “It’s a confluence of musical styles in a highly interactive trio setting, where Laszlo’s Central European folk roots come to the fore, alongside his lifelong love of jazz standards and his youthful infatuation with ’70s prog-rock. It’s where Bartok meets Monk and King Crimson, filtered through Gardony’s unique prism and expertly interpreted by his longtime, simpatico rhythm tandem of bassist John Lockwood and drummer Yoron Israel. And he calls it New Prog Jazz.”