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Anthony Ortega Trio

Scattered Clouds

By Anthony Ortega Trio

Label: Hat Hut Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: 1) Alone Together 2) Body and Soul 3) Scattered Clouds 4) What's New (Take 1) 5) Night and Day 6) Island of Trolls 7) All or Nothing At All 8) What's New (Take 2) 9) Hot House

Anthony Ortega Trio: Scattered Clouds

by Glenn Astarita
January 1, 2001

Alto saxophonist Anthony Ortega has swerved in and out of the spotlight for many years whether performing with the Lionel Hampton and Maynard Ferguson big bands or recording a series of solo albums during the 50's. Yet like so many of his fellow jazz brethren, steady work was hard to come by during the somewhat dormant ...

Anthony Ortega Trio: Scattered Clouds

by Robert Spencer
January 1, 2001

Here is unsung reedman Anthony Ortega in the most stripped-down of contexts: in contrast to the nonet that he recorded with on 1994's Neuf, and even to earlier quartet recordings, here he appears in a bare trio setting. There is a piano and drums but no bassist, and one is not missed: Mike Wofford's piano playing ...