Sunday, November 18, 2018

USA: Pat Bianchi - In The Moment (2018) (Savant 2018)

PAT BIANCHI - In the Moment Savant Records SCD 2173 Pat Bianchi, organ Paul Bollenback, guitar • Byron Landham, drums TRACK LINTING & GUEST ARTISTS 1. Humpty Dumpty 3:41 w/ Joe Locke & Carmen Intorre, Jr 2. Blue Gardenia 7:20 w/ Peter Bernstein 3. Don't You Worry ‘Bout a Thing 7:31 4. Mr. PM 3:45 w/ Pat Martino & Carmen Intorre, Jr 5. Barracudas 7:47 6. Crazy 5:24 7. No Expectations 6:52 8. I Want to Talk About You 5:42 w/ Kevin Mahogany 9. Fall 7:10 w/ Joe Locke & Carmen Intorre, Jr 10. Four in One 4:28 w/ Joe Locke & Carmen Intorre, Jr Capable of everything from vibrato-laden intimate murmurings to sermonizing at a roaring volume, the jazz organ can sometimes be strangely dispiriting - like being stuck at a bar with a non-stop talker. PAT BIANCHI will have none of that, eschewing all the clichés and displaying the instrument’s versatility with a setlist that ranges from Chick Corea to Patsy Cline to Monk and Billy Eckstine. For this, Bianchi’s first recording on Savant, the leader has brought along a number of friends and colleagues including PAT MARTINO, JOE LOCKE, CARMEN INTORRE, JR. the late, lamented KEVIN MAHOGANY and others making for an extra-special debut recording.