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Gary Schwartz teaches jazz ensembles, improvisation, theory and guitar lessons in the Music Department of Concordia University, Montréal. He has worked in organ trios, big bands, pop, blues, ethnic and funk bands and with James Brown. He has played and recorded in many different styles with his own groups, LETTINGO – The Music and Influence of Ornette Coleman, Public Transport Project, Between The Lines, Inside/Out, Dualism, Trios and as well as with Kim Richardson, Thom Gossage/Other Voices, Tim Brady, Muhammed Abdul Al Khabir/Time Capsule, The Montreal Symphony and McGill Chamber Orchestras and all the Canadian Jazz festivals. Schwartz has also worked at all the major television and radio stations in Montréal and has played in international productions of Les Misérables, Chicago, Showboat and Evita to name a few.
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Gary Schwartz - Lettingo: The music and influence of Ornette Coleman as performed by guitarist Gary Schwartz and his 10-piece band
Montreal guitarist Gary Schwartz and his band celebrate jazz master Ornette Coleman with Lettingo, winner of the Opus Concert of the Year in the Jazz Category. The performance is a tribute to the saxophonist, trumpeter and composer who is regarded as a founding father of the free jazz movement of the 1950s and 60s. Schwartz will bring together 11 prolific musicians in the Montreal jazz community of music inspired by Coleman to interpret the often-complicated musical style of the legendary musician. Joining Schwartz will be his former students Josh Zubot (violin) and Claude Lavergne (drums/percussion), along with Ron Di Lauro (trumpet/flugelhorn), Alexandre Côté (tenor/soprano saxophones), Eric Hove (alto saxophone), Frank Lozano (tenor saxophone/bass clarinet), David Ryshpan (keyboard), Jonathan Cayer (keyboard), Nicolas Caloia (bass), and Evan Tighe (drums/ percussion).
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