ROBERTO GATTO “Mr. Jones” | JOSHUA REDMAN Quartet

JAZZ AT THE DONIZETTI

Set I
ROBERTO GATTO “Mr. Jones”

Javier Vercher on tenor saxophone
Doug Weiss on double bass
Roberto Gatto on drums

Set II
JOSHUA REDMAN Quartet

Joshua Redman tenor saxophone
Paul Cornish piano
Philip Norris double bass
Nazir Ebo drums

Set 1ROBERTO GATTO “Mr. Jones” JAVIER VERCHER tenor saxophone DOUG WEISS double bassROBERTO GATTO drums Roberto Gatto, Italy’s most versatile drummer and a veteran of countless battles behind the cymbals and drums, is a regular at Bergamo Jazz, where he has performed on numerous occasions both as a sideman and as a bandleader. Now, he returns to the Festival with a project conceived specifically to pay a fitting tribute to the centenary of the birth of one of the greatest jazz drummers of all time: Elvin Jones, the rhythmic driving force behind John Coltrane’s Classic Quartet and much more besides….