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About Hal Galper. Jazz pianist, composer, and educator Hal Galper is among the finest post-bop performers, known for his fluid solo performances and work with icons like Chet Baker, Phil Woods, and the Brecker Brothers. An East Coast native, Galper first came to the public's attention playing with Baker's quartet in the mid-'60s before ...
3 de feb. de 2018 · Count pianist Hal Galper as another veteran rising like the brightest of stars into a compelling late career zenith. An alumni of saxophone great Phil Woods ' 1980s group, Galper found his inspiration of late with an exploration of the Rubato Style of playing, with its flexible approach to tempo and the disassembling of melodies and putting them, slightly askew, back together again, somewhat ...
Galper is internationally known as an educator. His theoretical and practical articles have appeared in six of Down Beat editions. His scholarly article on the psychology of stage fright, originally published in the Jazz Educators Journal, has subsequently been reprinted in four other publications. He is on the faculty of Purchase College and ...
The adventurousness and technical brilliance of Hal Galper’s artistry have made him one of the busiest and most admired pianists in modern jazz. New Hal Galper Quartet Release Culminating his decade-long innovative exploration of ‘Rubato’ playing, the album features the compositions of bassist Jeff Johnson and Hal’s old friend and saxophone titan Jerry Bergonzi.
20 de oct. de 2020 · Galper knew, in terms of the rubato concept and his career as a whole, that his vision had come to complete fruition with the release of Cubist (Origin, 2018). Adding tenor saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi to the mix added a new dimension, the quartet format created a new dimension to the rubato feel of the band.
30 de abr. de 2023 · He is on Baker’s Baby Breeze (Verve) and The Most Important Jazz Album Of 1964-65 (Roulette). The 26-year-old pianist was launched. “I learned a lot from Chet,” Hal says, “about dynamics, restraint, listening and how to play a ballad, but the parting of the ways came when I wanted to play more modern stuff.
With his focus on 'the art of the trio' since moving on from the Phil Woods Quintet in the late '80s - the last decade incorporating his innovative development of trio 'Rubato' playing into 7 albums on Origin Records - pianist Hal Galper made a major, personal musical statement in adding his old friend and saxophone titan Jerry Bergonzi to a late 2016 tour and live recording.
