15 Facts About Laszlo Gardony

Laszlo Gardony was born on 1956 and is a Hungarian-born American jazz pianist and composer.

Laszlo Gardony is a featured sideman with several other groups.

Laszlo Gardony studied at the Bela Bartok Conservatory in Budapest, graduating in 1979.

Laszlo Gardony holds a Masters of Education in Mathematics and Physics from Eotvos Lorand University.

Laszlo Gardony was the first student in the school's history to be offered a teaching position upon graduation.

Laszlo Gardony has been a full Professor of Piano at Berklee for nearly two decades.

Laszlo Gardony soon formed his first trio with Froman and Miroslav Vitous with whom he recorded The Secret for Antilles Records.

Laszlo Gardony's first album for Sunnyside Records was a critically acclaimed solo piano disc, Changing Standards.

Laszlo Gardony returned to Sunnyside in 2001 with a trio recording, Behind Open Doors which featured Jamey Haddad and John Lockwood.

Subsequently, Laszlo Gardony has recorded four albums with bassist John Lockwood and drummer Yoron Israel, his working trio of nine years: Ever Before Ever After in 2003, Natural Instinct in 2006, Dig Deep in 2008 and Signature Time in 2011 Signature Time features multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, Stan Strickland on a few tracks as well as drummer Yoron Israel on the vibraphone.

Laszlo Gardony has performed with the Wayfaring Strangers at numerous venues and festivals, including Symphony Hall with the Boston Pops, with the Utah Symphony in Salt Lake City, and at Merlefest in North Carolina.

Laszlo Gardony has performed with David "Fathead" Newman at several festivals, and with Eddie Gomez's Per Sempre Quintet.

Laszlo Gardony is a featured soloist on New York-based flutist Christian Artmann's 2018 CD, "Our Story" and on his 2023 album, "The Middle of Life".

Laszlo Gardony's composition, "Meeting You There" was featured on Chihiro Yamanaka's Blue Note album, "Guilty Pleasure".

Laszlo Gardony has been praised for his "fluid pianism" in The New York Times and for his "uniformly high quality of compositions", harmonic complexity and emotional content which All About Jazz found to be comparable with Bill Evans'.