Bergonzi,Jerry Simply Put CD

Jerry Bergonzi, a Bostonian who has been plying his trade for more than four decades, has had a notable career as a player/educator that has included quality time with the Dave Brubeck Quartet, among others, and this is the twenty-sixth recording he has made as leader of his own groups. The tourist is a long-established master of extracting maximum artistry with a minimum of fuss, which masks the fact that there is nothing simple about either the contents or the execution of this release. Spurred by a first-class rhythm section, Bergonzi swings through a program of tricky originals and ingeniously harmonized standards with unrelenting plan, deploying a richly textured tone, an authoritative time feel, and a storyteller's sense of how to unfold a narrative arc in notes and tones. Featuring Bruce Barth on piano.

1. Mr. MB 2. Dancing in the Dark 3. Casadiche 4. Come Fly with Me 5. Wipper Snapper 6. Out of Nowhere 7. Crossing the Naeff 8. Transphybian 9. What If? 10. Malaga