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For those unaware, while Tucson-born, Los Angeles-based Brian Bromberg has been equally conversant and downright virtuosic on both electric and upright basses, he sticks strictly to the latter on his latest offering, LaFaro.

A tribute to the legendary jazz bassist whose revolutionary contributions to the classic Bill Evans Trio still reverberate to this day, Bromberg’s 28th as a leader shows him in an unadulterated swinging trio setting in the company of pianist Tom Zink and drummer Charles Ruggiero.

LaFaro will be released on April 5th on CD, LP and digital formats on Bromberg’s own Be Squared Productions label.

1. Blue in Green
2. My Foolish Heart
3. Alice in Wonderland
4. Gloria’s Step
5. What is This Thing Called Love
6. Danny Boy
7. Waltz for Debby
8. Israel
9. Nardis
10. Milestones
11. Jade Visions
12. Scotty’s Song

Bromberg’s heartfelt homage to the legendary bassist on this wholesome new recording opens on the _________ of Recorded live May 1st and 2nd, 2023 at Ming Dynasty Recording Studios, Long Beach, California, it continues onward with the ____________ of Following sideman stints with pianist/vibraphonist Victor Feldman and pianist Hampton Hawes, trumpeter Chet Baker and bandleader Stan Kenton, Scott LaFaro joined the Bill Evans Trio in 1959 and for the next two years broke new ground on the instrument, developing a counter-melodic style of accompaniment rather than playing traditional walking basslines. And his virtuosity as a soloist unmatched by any of his contemporaries.

Evans, LaFaro, and drummer Paul Motian were committed to the idea of three equal voices in the trio, working together for a singular musical idea and often without any musician explicitly keeping time. Perhaps their most famous recordings were two albums recorded in June of 1961 — Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debby. LaFaro died tragically in an automobile accident a month later, on July 5, 1961, in Seneca, New York at the tender age of 25.

Line-up/Musicians:
Brian Bromberg (acoustic bass)
Tom Zink (piano, except 06)
Charles Ruggiero (drums, except 06)
Unknown (electric guitar on 12)

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