Gary Wofsey

Gary Wofsey & His Jazz Orchestra: In Stereo

by Jack Bowers
December 1, 2001

The cover photo on this album depicts leader Gary Wofsey, eyes closed and obviously concentrating hard, trumpet in his right hand, flugelhorn in the left, playing them simultaneously, which he does on three of its ten selections. Whether something so out of the ordinary should be looked upon as an aesthetic concept or merely a gimmick depends, we suppose, on the outcome; in other words, on how well the enterprise is carried out. Using that definition as a yardstick, one ...