Jerry Bergonzi - Spotlight on Standards

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2016
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:19
Size: 145,6 MB
Art: Front

(8:54)  1. Witchcraft
(7:01)  2. Bi-Solar
(8:24)  3. Blue Cube
(6:33)  4. First Lady
(6:42)  5. Gabriella
(6:02)  6. Dancing in the Dark
(6:17)  7. Out of Nowhere
(6:01)  8. Come Rain or Come Shine
(7:20)  9. Stella by Starlight

There's an old saying that a great jazz musician never plays a song the same way once. That could certainly be said of Jerry Bergonzi. He is an intellectual artist of uncompromising integrity and a bold, original composer. On Jerry's new Savant recording he returns to the organ-tenor trio format after a long hiatus from it. From the opening track, Cy Coleman's “Witchcraft” with its hypnotic organ vamp and “bewitching” chord substitutions Jerry gives to the first 8 bars, you know this isn't going to be your parents' organ-tenor gig. Bergonzi and his discmates, Renato Chicco on organ and Andrea Michelutti on drums, take these standards down new harmonic paths and use them as a launching pad for fertile and impressive improvisation. The playing is always intense and distinctive, fresh and spontaneous. ~ Editorial Reviews https://www.amazon.com/Spotlight-Standards-Jerry-Bergonzi/dp/B01GFZ4BDU

Personnel: Jerry Bergonzi (tenor saxophone); Renato Chicco (organ); Andrea Michelutti (drums).

Spotlight on Standards

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