This album is for those who love all genres of jazz.
has played with many jazz groups and on various recordings, but on March 10, he'll finally release his own debut album,Bernot came to Denver in 2012 to study jazz saxophone at the University of Denver; he and some friends created a jazz group, Disquietude, that played at Dazzle and other venues."I knew that performing was something I wanted to do, so I was getting out to every opportunity I could, finding a couple gigs here and there," he says.
During the pandemic, while he was studying for his master's degree at the University of Colorado Boulder, students were offered free studio time rather than a typical recital. That inspired him to finally start the David Bernot Quintet."I used that as a jumping board to get my album recorded and hire some of my favorite musicians, some of my mentors and friends, to play with me," he says.
Pianist Tom Amend, a University of Northern Colorado grad, had been on Bernot's radar for a while."I would hear things about him for years, and then he moved down to Denver and was immediately the on-the-scene piano player," Bernot notes. Bernot pulled inspiration for other songs from different jazz musicians"'Melody for Wayne' is one where I was listening to Wayne Shorter. Normally, my writing tends to sit in 4/4 signature, but I wanted to write a waltz, and I always enjoyed listening to Wayne Shorter's waltzes," he says."So that particular song, I was trying to channel some of his compositions I really enjoy playing and listening to.