Jerry Bergonzi Band

Jerry Bergonzi with Boston’s Luther Grey on drums and bassist Harvie S up from New York to produce the session. On Bergonzi’s oldie “Loudzee,” floating guitar and a sunny bossa nova beat set up the leader for some Stan Getzy (ph) paragliding. But Bergonzi has his own voice with its own cry. He’s nimble, approaching a beat or chord from any direction. He gets a consistent tone from tenors top to bottom that still has a softness to it, a vulnerability. And even when he’s revved up, he leaves space in a solo to let pretty phrases sink in.