This CD serves as a perfect introduction to the memorable but always underrated trumpeter
Woody Shaw, who tragically had only three years left to live. Sticking to jazz standards (including "There Will Never Be Another You," a ten-minute rendition of "It Might as Well Be Spring," and a surprisingly effective up-tempo romp through "The Woody Woodpecker Song"),
Shaw is heard in a quartet with pianist
Kenny Barron, bassist
Neil Swainson, and drummer
Victor Jones, leading a quintet on two numbers with the up-and-coming altoist
Kenny Garrett, and welcoming guest guitarist
Peter Leitch to a sextet rendition of
Sonny Rollins' "Solid." A gem. ~ Scott Yanow