TOM TALLITSCH/Gratitude:

Loaded with music borne of several personal situations that are life changing, Tallitsch finds his voice in a new place and takes his impressive past to a new level of the game.  With an up and coming murderer’s row of next gen jazz hitters behind him, this thoughtfully swinging set leaps off the disc and shows you just how much variety still lives in the spaces between the eight basic notes.  There is smoking jazz alive and well beyond the corporate world and this is a shining example of it.  Well done.