U.S.A., Israel
“Music is an expression of the soul and I always try to speak through my horn,” says legendary saxophonist Greg Tardy. “I once heard an older musician say: ‘It is better to be felt than to be heard.’ I never forgot that. That is my approach to playing any style of music.” Tardy lives up to these values in his shows, playing with total honesty and deep sensitivity and giving the audience an extrasensory experience.
Tardy began his musical career in the 1990s. He was a member of Omer Avital’s sextet, Jason Lindner’s big band, and bands led by Andrew Hill, a prominent jazz pianist of the 1960s. At the same time, Tardy continued studying jazz. His first instrument was classical clarinet. Later on, he became acquainted with the music of John Coltrane and the history of jazz and has added his own unique voice to the music ever since. He plays all over the world, and teaches at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Tardy will be playing at the Festival with an Israeli trio — Eden Ladin on piano, Gilad Avro on bass, and Shai Zalman on drums — in a show that will be brimming with soul.