Release Date: 14 October 2016
Label: Savant Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 633842215822
Genres: Jazz  Modern Postbebop  
Release Date: 14 October 2016
Label: Savant Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 633842215822
Genres: Jazz  Modern Postbebop  
Description
On tenor saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi's Savant recording 'Spotlight on Standards' 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.
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.
Personnel: Jerry Bergonzi (tenor saxophone), Renato Chicco (B-3 organ), Andrea Michelutti (drums)
Tracklisting
Alan Broadbent Trio
Jim Snidero
Denise Donatelli
Conrad Herwig
Bill O'Connell
Mike LeDonne
JD Allen
Louis Hayes
Jerry Bergonzi
Jerry Bergonzi
Jerry Bergonzi
Jerry Bergonzi, Jacek Kochan & Piotr Lemanczyk
Hal Galper Quartet, John Bishop, Jeff Johnson, Hal Galper, Jerry Bergonzi
Jerry Bergonzi
Jerry Bergonzi