Jerry Bergonzi - 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.

Track List:

Disc: 1

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