 
Gene Bertoncini, guitar, with Akira Tana, drums
and Rufus Reid, bass
Gene is a very accomplished musician, and it
is a joy to listen to this CD. He starts off on solo
guitar with "Edelweiss," playing in a
gentle and tender manner. The guitarist segues
into a beautiful introduction to "The Shadow
of Your Smile," and plays the head once again
on solo guitar. Finally, the rhythm section enters.
Rufus Reid bows the melody of the intro in a contemplative
manner, and after 8 bars Akira Tana kicks the tune
into tempo. Reid drops the bow and plays with his
usual finesse. The three of
them continue to have delightful conversations
throughout Gene's CD.
The remaining standards on the album are "Girl
Talk," "Two for the Road," "Gone
with the Wind," "'Round Midnight," "The
Summer Knows/What are You Doing the Rest of your
Life," "Stella by Starlight," "Emily," and "Invitation."
— Lucy Galliher, Jazz
Now, October 2004
© 2004
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