Criss Cross Jazz 1298 CD

Gary Versace

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No New York area organist of the present day is more in demand than Gary Versace, who makes his Criss Cross debut with a quartet comprised of Criss Cross veterans: tenor saxophonist Donny McCaslin (Give and Go, Criss 1277), guitarist Adam Rogers (Art of the Invisible, Criss 1223; Allegory, Criss 1242; Apparitions, Criss 1263, and Time and the Infinite, Criss 1286), and drummer Clarence Penn (Penn's Landing, Criss 1134; Play-Penn, Criss 1201).

Versace guides his group of New York cutting-edgers through a program of eight originals with strong melodies, challenging harmonic structures, and intoxicating grooves.

1. Dangerous Land (Gary Versace)
2. The Grand Inquisitor (Gary Versace)
3. Blue Soup (Gary Versace)
4. Now Is Then (Gary Versace)
5. Poster Boy (Gary Versace)
6. Pinwheel (Gary Versace)
7. A Thousand Words (Gary Versace)
8. Many Places (Gary Versace)

Total Time: 59:33
Recorded April 11, 2007 in Brooklyn, NY, USA by Max Bolleman

Gary Versace (Hammond B3 Organ)
Donny McCaslin (Ts / Ss)
Adam Rogers (G)
Clarence Penn (D)