Music Review:

There was a definitive appearance of cool, refreshing jazz last week in Glendale, courtesy of accomplished valve trombonist Barry Mosley. It was a long, rewarding night of invigorating music, the kind of sound perfect for an evening of effortless escape.

I rarely mention details from my personal life in entertainment reviews, but the night of the tribute came after a long, tedious workday. Irritable and tense when I arrived, my mood changed the instant I heard the dulcet strains of a trombone wafting down from the jazz band’s lofty perch inside Glendale’s Left Coast Wine Bar and Gallery. As my friend and I bounded upstairs, our ears were greeted by the bass pounding and the tenor saxophone bleating. Our emotions were immediately uplifted.

Barry Mosley and his “cool jazz trio” have a steady gig at Vitello’s restaurant in Studio City, but this Glendale event was a special tribute — along with saxman Dennis Lapron — to the beautiful duets of valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer and tenor saxophonist Stan Getz as recorded in the 1960s. Most of the tunes were beloved standards everyone knows, the next choice more welcome to the ears than the last.

Mosley and Lapron have obviously been enormously influenced by the lyrical musical output of Brookmeyer and Getz. By the way, they have also both performed with legendary West Coast cool jazz trumpeter Chet Baker. But their set for this tribute was effortless and magical. They even had musicians grabbing trombones from their cars by the end of the night to join in on some curfew-endangering requests.

Joining Mosley and Lapron was guitarist Barry Zweig and Mike Flick on bass. You might have seen Flick playing for traveling ghost bands of Glenn Miller, Harry James or Jimmy Dorsey. They both subtly complemented the focus of the night, which mainly was an overabundance of trombone and sax. A treat for fans of those instruments, their omnipresence did veer close to overkill by hour three.

But by then the group was getting to the part of the set including undeniable standards like “Summertime” and “Anything Goes.”

About the writer JAMES PETRILLO is an actor and screenwriter from Los Angeles.