Steve Gadd/Eddie Gomez/Ronnie Cuber/The WDR Big Band: Center Stage! Ronnie Cuber’s bluff baritone make this an enjoyable, bluesy, post bop run out with a funk edge as per the opening Wonder-tune ‘Signed, Sealed, Delivered’. And of course the WDR aren’t only a passive platform for the imported ‘talent’: under Michael Abene’s baton Bruno Muller gets to do his BB King thang on the good time shuffle of ‘Watching the River Flow’, and although Gomez goes for the limelight on ‘Che Ore So’ it’s Ludwig Nuss’s sweet trombone that steals the show. Gadd himself plays distinctly within himself but evidently enjoys the session. https://jazzbluesnews.com/2022/10/04/cd-review-steve-gadd-eddie-gomez-ronnie-cuber-wdr-big-band-center-stage-2022-video-cd-cover/ #gaddgang #stevegadd #ronniecuber #eddiegomez #jazz #bigband