Jerry Bergonzi - Extra Extra (2023) [Hi-Res]

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Title: Extra Extra
Year Of Release: 2023
Label: Savant
Genre: Jazz
Quality: Mp3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-96kHz FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 50:00
Total Size: 116 / 325 MB / 1.05 GB
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Tracklist:

1. Loudzee (6:28)
2. Extra Extra (5:50)
3. Double Billed (7:52)
4. Czech Mate (5:25)
5. The Truth (6:28)
6. Obama (6:06)
7. Separated (7:05)
8. They Knew (4:49)

Boston doesn't get enough credit as a jazz town, from the days of the Storyville club and Cambridge-based Transition label to the star factory that is Berklee College of Music, the city stands tall against more celebrated places like Chicago and Detroit. One big part of that high level of creative output is Jerry Bergonzi who, for this date, leads his most Bostonian band in recent memory, reuniting with trumpeter pal Phil Grenadier and drummer Luther Gray. Bassist Harvie S came up from New York for the gig and it was he who suggested guitarist Sheryl Bailey for the album. She completes the Boston connection with her position as the Assistant Chair of Berklee's legendary Guitar Department.

"To work with Jerry and study and perform his music is the definition of a dream come true," says Bailey who has played with artists ranging from Ken Peplowski to Shingo Okudaira. Here, Bergonzi has convened a fine band for a compelling album, another feather in Boston's tricorn hat.

Jerry Bergonzi: tenor saxophone
Sheryl Bailey: guitar
Phil Grenadier: trumpet (tracks 1, 4 & 8)
Harvie S: bass
Luther Gray: drums