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Pop-Culture Blues is the newest release by the Michael Treni Big Band with an all-star cast that features tenor saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi. The music performed on this CD is a Suite in 10 parts that presents the development of the blues within the jazz idiom by utilizing the changing compositional styles prevalent from the late 1950s to today. Each movement was written to reflect the compositional style of an influential jazz composer or band leader of that period. Trombonist Michael Treni is a well-traveled composer who has reemerged in recent years as one of the most resourceful arrangers on the jazz scene. Pop-Culture Blues follows his other critically acclaimed albums; Detour, (2007) Turnaround (2009), and Boys Night Out (2012).