“ROSETTA“: KELLSO, MUNISTERI, O’LEARY, JOHN / BILL ALLRED, TIBBS, CODINA, BLEIFUSS, MOEZINIA ()

Another of the improvisatory wonders at The Ear Out (326 Spring Street, Soho, New York City) that so uplifted our hearts from May - October 2021: in F, the key of love, ROSETTA (credited to Earl Hines) from the EarRegulars’ All-Stars Big Band: Jon-Erik Kellso, trumpet; Matt Munisteri, guitar; Pat O’Leary, string bass; John Allred, Bill Allred, Harvey Tibbs, Joan Codina, Steve Bleifuss, trombone; Adam Moezinia, guitar. The roadmap: ensemble with Kellso leading, John Allred, Codina, Bleifuss, Bill Allred, Yibbs, then trades in approximately the same order, Moezinia, Munisteri, then trades, Kellso, a riff from TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT, O’Leary, and a Kellso-led final ensemble. Performed on October 17, 2021, and recorded with delight by Michael Steinman for JAZZ LIVES ().