On A Boston Night
It is rare when a band plays urgent bop with the same elan as ballads. Credit that versatility to bassist Lello Molinari whose skilled quintet pushes the envelope harmonically. On a Boston Night showcases high quality players - drummer Bob Gullotti, Guitarist Rick Peckham, and alto saxphonist Doug Yates - who ply their trade in the shadow of the jazz Sorbonne, Boston's Berklee School of Music. Tenor and soprano saxphonist George Garzone, who wrote four of the six tunes, proves to be devastating. He's a fluid composer and player, fluent at both flaming out or evoking a spiritual mood.
- K.S.
