Produced by Grammy Award winner Jack Kreisberg and established
big band leader and arranger Bill Warfield.
Gene Ludwig has been called the country’s most passionate exponent
of the jazz organ. In a career that has lasted over forty years, he has
cemented a place for himself in the first rank of Hammond organ
masters.
A dynamic and innovative composer, clinician, and educator, Bill
Warfield has energized audiences, performers, and writers for more
than two decades. He has performed with many well-known artists
including Ornette Coleman, Mel Lewis, Paul Anka, Mel Torme,
and more.
Featured Artists
Gene Ludwig: organ
Bob Devos: guitar
Bill Warfield: trumpet
Press Quotes
“There is a consistency in Gene Ludwig’s work that merits mention …
arguably his crowning achievement.” — All About Jazz
“Warfield’s score is typical of the band’s recorded output in using
the ensemble in a strikingly flexible way, with frequent changes of
pace, emphasis, texture. This is to say that the arrangements are very
demanding, but the band, which on this showing has few evident
weaknesses, plays them with fire and accuracy.” — The Wire
“Warfield’s kind of music is a mixture of adventurous modernistic
pieces, jazz tinged salsa, and post-bop hipness … as an arranger,
trumpeter Warfield is a top-rate craftsman, perhaps one of the best on
the scene.” — JazzTimes