Cassorla

Cassorla's album is filled with musical emotion
—Kenny Burrell
Review of:
Birdland, New York City
January 27, 2007
Ben Riley: drums; Don Sickler: trumpet, arranger; Bruce Williams: alto saxophone; Wayne Escoffery: tenor saxophone; Jay Brandford: baritone saxophone; Ben Cassorla: guitar; Kiyoshi Kitagawa: bass.
The studio version of this group, Memories Of T, which landed on many Best of 2006 lists, has most of the same players. While I have not heard the record (yet), the energy that was being fed between the players and the audience during this live club set was palpable…
Of course, a syncopated background needs something to bounce off of, and this is where Riley, Kitagawa and Cassorla come in. …He and Kitagawa were locked solid and provided a platform for the rest of the music. Cassorla had but one solo…but his comping was just perfect.
—Budd Kopman