Marcello Carelli; First Impressions

Drummer Marcello Carelli leads an energetic quartet through eight cool originals and one etched in stone jazz classic. His colleagues on the session include two veterans in tenor titan Bob Mintzer and former fusion fanatic, pianist Russell Ferrante. They are joined by bassist Mike Gurrola. The foursome plays a varied menu with samplings of bop, ballads, funk, and very straight ahead, “together”, well conceived, in the pocket jazz. By the way, that one classic is Joe Henderson's forever tune “Recordo Me”. All told, this is by any stretch a finely honed quartet playing in the heart of the jazz tradition. I's just that good.

Cellar Music Group; 2025; appx. 55 min.