South Florida Jazz Orchestra: Cheap Thrills-The Music of Rick Margitza
Bassist and band leader Chuck Bergeron takes tunes penned by Miles Davis alumnus and saxist Rick Margitza and delivers them with an all star team that includes trumpeters John Daversa and Brian Lynch. Margitza brings some nice soling of his own, riding the pulse with guitarist John Hart on “Cheap Thrills” and weaving through the drama with extra percussion on “Widow’s Walk”. The orchestra displays its funky soul for Greg Gisbert’s trumpet on “”Walls” while Lynch rides the backbeat along with the tenor titan on “ 45 Pound Hound”. The charts get tropical on “Brace Yourself” and richly impressionistic for a nice read of “Embraceable You”. Nice winds blowing off the Gulf of Mexico.