Most widely known as a first call sideman with the likes of the late Michael Brecker and Chris Potter, guitarist Adam Rogers is himself a composer of note, as he's documented on four prior Criss Cross recordings.
On his fifth outing for the label, Rogers offers a crackling set of standards in triologue with world-class partners John Patitucci and Clarence Penn, placing his formidable technique at the service of musical imperatives and swinging all the way.
1. | Sight (Adam Rogers) 6:40 | |
2. | I Hear A Rhapsody (Jack Baker / George Fragos / Dick Gasparre) 6:16 | |
3. | Kaleidoscope (Adam Rogers) 5:00 | |
4. | Yesterdays (Jerome Kern) 7:26 | |
5. | Memory's Translucence (Adam Rogers) 5:13 | |
6. | Let's Cool One (Thelonious Monk) 7:40 | |
7. | Hourglass (Adam Rogers) 4:34 | |
8. | The Moontrane (Woody Shaw) 7:03 | |
9. | Beautiful Love (Haven Gillespie / Wayne King / Egbert Van Alstyne / Victor Young) 5:30 | |
10. | Dexterity (Charlie Parker) 6:28 |
Total Time: 61:56
Recorded
December 19, 2008
in
Brooklyn, NY, USA
by
Michael Marciano