John D'Earth - Restoration Comedy

Trumpeter's new quintet recording is an all-star tour de force featuring Jerry Bergonzi, Mulgrew Miller, Mike Richmond & Howard Curtis - the record opens with a hard driving "In Medias Res," which sets the tone for a musical odyssey of epic proportions; the 8 originals & 2 highly idiosyncratic standard treatments run the gamut from ferocious swing to introspective lyricism.