Jim Rotondi - New Vistas

Jim Rotondi's fifth Criss Cross album frames the trumpeter's golden tone in a new context. Long-time Criss Cross guitar-organ team Peter Bernstein and Sam Yahel, sublime drummer Bill Stewart, and new tenor saxman Chris Potter join the venerable horn player.The program alternates white-hot and mellow feels in equal measure; everything is sustained by the inner flame of swing.