This disc is most notable in that veteran swing pianist
John Bunch welcomes two up-and-coming players to his quintet: tenor saxophonist
Scott Hamilton and trumpeter
Warren Vache. Both
Hamilton and
Vache had recently been discovered and they are full of fire, inspiring the trio of
Bunch, bassist
Michael Moore, and drummer
Connie Kay. Another plus is the repertoire which matches standards (including heated versions of "I Would Do Anything for You" and "This Can't Be Love") with obscurities (
Bunch's "I'll Take New York," "Seventh Avenue Scene," and "Ellington '66").
Hamilton and
Vache would soon be recording regularly for Concord, so it is a treat hearing them at the beginning of their productive careers, interacting with the
Teddy Wilson-inspired piano of
John Bunch.