friday, march 4th, 2022, 7:30pm – at Monks
thursday, april 28, 2022, 9:00pm – at The Elephant Room
more about the band…
the band, co-lead by Ponder East (tenor sax) and Andre Hayward (trombone), features music from the Hal Crook & Jerry Bergonzi album Conjunction, plus more Bergonzi originals, the Dexter Gordon albums Doin’ Allright, Go!, Gettin’ Around, and A Swingin’ Affair, with a touch of Barry Harris too.
- “Conjunction” by Bergonzi (on the Crook & Bergonzi album Conjunction)
- “Red’s Blues” by Bergonzi (Conjunction)
- “Geraldine” by Bergonzi (Conjunction)
- “Conclusive Evidence” by Jerry Bergonzi (Etc. Plus One)
- “Con Brio” by Bergonzi (Now and Then)
- “Dexter” by Bergonzi (on the Joey Calderazzo album To Know One)
- “Bob Berg” by Bergonzi (Tenor of the Times)
- “For Regulars Only” by Dexter Gordon (Doin’ Allright)
- “I Was Doin’ Alright” by Gerorge Gershwin (Doin’ Allright)
- “Society Red” by Gordon (Doin’ Allright)
- “You’ve Changed” by Carl Fischer (Doin’ Allright)
- “Manha De Carnaval” by Luis Bonfa (Gettin’ Around, arr. by Harris)
- “McSplivens” by Gordon (A Swingin’ Affair)
- “The Backbone” by Gordon (A Swingin’ Affair)
- “Cheesecake” by Gordon (Go!)
- “Nascimento” by Barry Harris (Bird of Red and Gold)
- “New Country” by Ponder East
Ponder East 