Anthony Ferrara

Another debut album by a New York-based young and upcoming tenor saxophonist Anthony Ferrara. Ferrara while still studying at NYU in Steinhard’s Jazz Studies Program participated in the veteran bassist and his teacher Ron McClure’s highly acclaimed 2019 recording session ( Lucky Sunday SLC-157641).

He was invited to record his own album for SteepleChase and the recording session was scheduled April 14, 2020. Then the pandemic hit NY and the world. The session materialized finally November 21. Ferrara used the pandemic downtime to prepare this outstanding first leader release.

PERSONNEL:

• Anthony Ferrara - tenor saxophone
• Gary Versace - piano
• Jay Anderson - bass
• Billy Drummond - drums

Recorded November 2020

TRACKS:

• 01 EARLY SPRING
• 02 WIND-UP BLUES
• 03 BELLE DAZE
• 04 MIND STUTTER
• 05 SITTING IN KARMA
• 06 TOUCHING VEIL
• 07 EMILY
• 08 FLIGHT WARNING
• 09 UNATTENDED FLAME
• 10 OLD YORK MAZE
• 11 SLITHER IN SLITHER OUT

• TOTAL TIME: 74:56 min.