Jerry Bergonzi - Nearly Blue Condition:New for Lucas Niggli to release

for Lucas Niggli to release a solo album

and a small string of live appearances from Brent Amaker and the Rodeo

There was a side of his nature that was quite content to wait rather passively for discovery and publication

Big Bill Bissonette

As drummer for Vanilla Fudge

Jerry Bergonzi - Nearly Blue Condition:New for Lucas Niggli to releaseA fount of harmonic ingenuity, melodic integrity, and rhythmic authority, Jerry Bergonzi has long been a standard bearer of sorts for the jazz community. A prolific composer prone to taking deep dives that put serious theory into profound practice, his discography is filled with smart and imaginative originals that twist and turn in unexpected fashion. But a passion for standard gems of yesteryear, the lingua franca of jazz, also fires his creative