Williams is one of those pro musicians with a wide range of experience—featured performer at Disney World and on Princess Cruises, backing the likes of Robert Goulet and Marilyn McCoo, Johnny Mathis, Merv Griffin, Michael Feinstein. So you know he's familiar with the American Songbook. Indeed, his own composition "The Sentimental Way You Are" is a beautiful song, like a long lost Cole Porter tune, one of those late night, unlucky in love melodies.

On "Wise," Williams shows off his open horn work—he mixes mute and open throughout—with a tangy tone, while piano man John Rangel jabs at the trumpeter's long lines.

Accessible. That's the word that comes to mind with The Bridge. Good, solid, mainstream jazz, with a satisfying complexity and depth to the compositions that suggests classical training in Williams' resume.

All of the tunes are originals, except for the much done classic "Like Someone In Love," which starts out with a spring in its step, the hat worn at a rakish angle, until the band drifts into a reverie, like...well someone in love.

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Track listing: The Gate, Wise Move, Interlude, Glorious!, On the 25th Day, Interlude II, This is This, Bossa Round, Like Someone In Love, Piece of Your Smile, The Sentimental Way You Are.

Personnel: Larry Williams, trumpet; John Rangel, piano; Shelly Berg, piano; Daniel Lutz, bass; Robert Perkins, drums

Style: Mainstream/Bop/Hard Bop/Cool
Published: April 19, 2003

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