Cassorla spent hours and days slouched over an upright piano in Harlem writing these songs. And now they've been released on the Engine Studios imprint in September 2007. And now here's the music along with the website. It's a culmination of everything he wants music to be—a culmination of sideman work with everyone from Slick Rick to Ben Riley—an outcome of which he's very proud.

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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.