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Published saxophone music at Really Good Music site
Charley
Gerard is a composer, saxophonist, author and publisher. Mr. Gerard studied composition and saxophone with Jimmy Giuffre and
conducting with Harold Farberman and David Leibowitz. In addition to Really Good Music, Gerard’s music is published
by Hartelu (Harold Farberman’s publishing company) and Dorn.
Awards include Outstanding Academic Title from Choice Magazine, finalist for the Association
for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) in the category “Best Research in Recorded Folk and Ethnic Music,” and several
ASCAP Standards awards.
Mr. Gerard’s compositions have been performed by musical theatre group Golden Fleece,
Ltd., The Irrelevants (a viola and saxophone duo) and Washington Musica Viva. He is the author of Salsa: The Rhythm of Latin
Music (White Cliffs Media) and Jazz in Black and White: Race, Culture and Identity in the Jazz Community (Praeger) and several
other books on jazz and Latin music, and holds a degree in ethnomusicology from Columbia University.
Salsa! The Rhythm of Latin Music
Jazz in Black and White
Washington Musica Viva
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Reviews of Charley Gerard’s music: “Its mixture of dance and jazz, dissonance and swing was ingratiating.”
Washington Post (2006) “Brilliant music by Gerard” Dance Magazine (1976). "The first half of the program closed
with three Duke Ellington songs, arranged by Charley Gerard for voice with clarinet, violin, and cello. Very interesting choice
of instruments, and the arrangements were superb." jons-show-log.blogspot.com (2006)
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Gerard and Sarzin Publishing Co. which Mr. Gerard and Evan Sarzin started in 1991, has published a variety of books for
jazz musicians and students. Mr. Gerard founded the Broken Reed Saxophone Quartet in 2002. He gave the group its distinctive
name to indicate that the group’s music has a sense of humor.
Broken Reed Saxophone Quartet
Gerard & Sarzin Publishing Co.
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