Quiet Now
Quiet Now
Label: Ambient Records
Year: 2005
Gene Bertoncini, guitar
Track list
Lush Life Isfahan / My One And Only Love / Giant Steps / On a Misty Night / Traumerei / So In Love The More I See You / Olha Maria / Quiet Now / Nessun Dorma / Waltz For Debbie / Very Early / Theme From Bang The Drum Slowly
“It's important to note that Quiet Now has exceptional clarity as well as warmth… the serene purity of Quiet Now offers a perfect antidote to the day's jangly information overload.”
—Dr. Judith Schlesinger
Quiet Now represents an artist at the peak of his powers. In addition to the title track this album contains a wide range of beautiful melodies, masterfully performed by Mr. Bertoncini: "LUSH LIFE," "ISFAHAN," "MY ONE AND ONLY LOVE," "GIANT STEPS," "ON A MISTY NIGHT," "TRAUMEREI," "SO IN LOVE," "THE MORE I SEE YOU," "OLHA MARIA," "QUIET NOW," "NESSUN DORMA," "WALTZ FOR DEBBIE," "VERY EARLY," THEME FROM "BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY." Each title ingeniously arranged for the guitar by Gene Bertoncini in a unique and challenging way.
In the liner notes, Fred Hersch shares: "Guitarist Gene Bertoncini is a consummate virtuoso instrumentalist and a musician who possesses an extraordinary ability to emotionally connect to every composition he performs. Widely known and admired for more than four decades as an accompanist, an ensemble player, a jazz artist, a duo collaborator and as a studio musician, on this CD "Quiet Now," we are given a chance to hear Gene do what he does best: unique solo interpretations of a wide range of songs that really mean something to him."