While veteran jazz pianist John Bunch has always been of the swing era, he readily embraces bebop, the music of Duke Ellington and Dave Brubeck, and great show tunes. With a trio of guitarist Frank Vignola and bassist John Webber and no drummer, Bunch envisioned this combo ten years prior, recorded but did not release a session with them, and he revisits this format in 2009 with a wonderful result. Vignola fits perfectly with Bunch's highly melodic ideas, and gets him to improvise or accompany more than most "leaders," while they swim effortlessly through these timeless and full-bodied melodies of familiar mainstream jazz tunes and ballads. You might not expect Bunch to be adept at boogie-woogie, but there it is on the opening track, his original John's Bunch, nor might you expect him to do a note-for-note perfect version of Charlie Parker's Anthropology in lockstep with Vignola. He unearths the title track, an Ellington blues/ballad, and pristinely interprets Come Sunday, while versions of Four and Doxy are as laid-back and simplified as a relaxing day at the beach. There's absolutely no forced movement on Do Not Disturb, but rather an effortless swing and good feelings between these three excellent musicians, a testament to Bunch's long-lasting viability in authentic and substantive jazz modes. ~ Michael G. Nastos, Rovi

1		John's Bunch
2		Doxy
3		Bill
4		Do Not Disturb
5		My Ideal
6		Anthropology
7		I've Just Seen Her
8		Four
9		My Man's Gone Now
10		In Your Own Sweet Way
11		Come Sunday
12		You're My Everything
13		Get Out of Town

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