Worrell, Bernie
Scufflin Records, 2011, CD
Instrument: Piano
Issue: 17.3
Jazz Ruler Type: Classic
Performance: 4
Sound: 3
Score: 
O’s Notes: Bernie lives! The masterful keyboard player with Parliament/Funkadelic bands from the 1970s continues to produce winners, this time applying his genius to Standards. The program contains eight popular, Latin and jazz classics all recast in a modern fusion light. The creative improvisations are generous allowing personalization of the music without destroying the original themes. Smokey Hormel (g), Melvin Gibbs (b), JT Lewis (d) and Darryl Dixon (sax) are among the cast of musicians accompanying Worrell. He opens with a jovial mixed tempo piano solo on “Take The ‘A’ Train”. The rest of the band joins in for a funky arrangement of “Take Five”, then a pleasing version of “çgua De Beber”. They wrap up the set with a laid back version of “Moon River”. Welcome back Mr. Worrell.
Publicist: NoiseNY
