This out-of-print LP finds
Herman's Third Herd in its prime. Rather than just revisiting his celebrated past, he and his orchestra primarily perform then-recent material, much of it arranged by
Ralph Burns. Highlights include a big-band version of
Horace Silver's "Opus De Funk,"
Burns's "Cool Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "I Remember Duke" and
Bill Holman's reworking of "Where or When." With tenors
Richie Kamuca and
Dick Hafer, trumpeter
Dick Collins and bass trumpeter
Cy Touff as the main soloists,
The Third Herd had developed into a particularly strong unit by the mid-'50s.