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) 6:49 | |
2. | The Grand Inquisitor (Gary Versace) 7:26 | |
3. | Blue Soup (Gary Versace) 7:45 | |
4. | Now Is Then (Gary Versace) 7:24 | |
5. | Poster Boy (Gary Versace) 7:17 | |
6. | Pinwheel (Gary Versace) 7:47 | |
7. | A Thousand Words (Gary Versace) 6:50 | |
8. | Many Places (Gary Versace) 8:09 |
Total Time: 59:33
Recorded
April 11, 2007
in
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Engineer:
Max Bolleman &
The Masters (mastering)
Producer:
Gerry Teekens