Jim Rotondi Quintet - New Vistas

Available: May 10, 2004
Jim Rotondi's fifth Criss Cross album frames the trumpeter's golden tone in a new context - to be specific, long-time Criss Cross guitar-organ team Peter Bernstein and Sam Yahel, omniscient drummer Bill Stewart, and protean a new sound tenor saxman Chris Potter.
The program alternates white-hot and mellow feels in equal measure; everything is sustained by the inner flame of swing.

Jim Rotondi (Tp / Flh)
Chris Potter (Ts / Fl)
Peter Bernstein (G)
Sam Yahel (Hammond B3 Organ)
Bill Stewart (D)
    1.    Blues Nouveau (Jim Rotondi)  8:23
    2.    John Force (Jim Rotondi)  7:39
    3.    Firewater (Buster Williams)  6:42
    4.    My Love Waits (Duke Pearson)  7:30
    5.    Autumn Chill (Peter Bernstein)  6:54
    6.    Isn't It A Pity (George Gershwin)  8:40
    7.    Assisi (Chris Potter)  7:10
    8.    Stranger Than Fiction (Jim Rotondi)  6:19
Total Time: 59:23
Recorded November 1, 2003 in Brooklyn, NY, USA by Max Bolleman