The New York City based duo of guitarist Tom Dempsey and bassist Tim Furguson hae been playing and recording together for close to 20 years. While they have performed together in various formats from trio to sextet, including Dempsey’s 1988 recording Blues in the Slope and their co-led 2002 Quartet CD Perspectives, the foundation of this musical relationshiphas always been playing duo.

For their new recording What’s going on?, Tom and Tim return to this unique format for a collection of stellar performances.The CD features a rich array of compositions from some of the jazz world’s best loved composers, as well as two originals penned by Dempsey and one by Furguson.

“What a marvelous duo! Great tunes, terrific solos and careful listening to each other. Tom Dempsey and Tim Ferguson do it all and SWING!”
- Jim Hall

With all of these years behind them it’s obvious that the two have a unique identity as a duo. From a standard like Stardust, to Strayhorn’s Isfahan and Marvin Gaye’s anthem What’s going On? each performance is approached with insight, sensitivity and a lot of swing. Just how I like it.

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