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Off Broadway

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This is not my usual cup of tea. Although I tend to like and appreciate a wide palatte of modern jazz, swing doesn't usually find its way to my vast and growing collection.

I bought this disc primarily because I saw drummer Joe Ascione was on it. I'd heard Ascione once before, and I was completely blown away by his incredible sense of swing. Along with John Goldsby on bass and Sir Roland Hanna on piano, this is surely among the finest swing rhythm sections ever recorded. And they do not disappoint.

Vignola has a very attractive single-note style on guitar, is very fleet-fingured, incorporates spot-on intonation, has a sophisticated rhymthmic sense, and effectively comps where appropriate. All in all, a very accomplished set. Only those who are allergic to swing should avoid it.

WOW! This has to rank right up there as one of the very best straight ahead jazz albums I have ever come across! I have been playing drums semi-professionally for 43 years now and I would have to say that Joe Ascione's playing on this album is simply amazing.... some of the very best I have heard. Frank Vignola's guitar work and all the rest of the musicians on this title are just as incredible! I love to find hidden gems like this. Check out Vignola's equally superb Gershwin album, and Ascione's beautiful brush work, if you like this one.