THE LASZLO GARDONY QUARTET

Master pianist Laszlo Gardony brings his trio to the Spire center with special guest saxophonist Don Braden for the South Shore jazz event of the season.

Gardony is celebrating the release of his new album Close Connection, 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 section of bassist John Lockwood and drummer Yoron Israel. It’s a mix he calls “New Prog Jazz.”