An interesting if quite diverse set, this album is best remembered for featuring up-and-coming singer
Bobby McFerrin on a few selections.
McFerrin has his moments, as does tenor saxophonist
Chico Freeman and such notable sidemen as altoist
Steve Coleman,
John Purcell on reeds, either
Kenny Werner or
Mark Thompson on piano,
Freeman's longtime bassist
Cecil McBee and drummer
Billy Hart, among others. The material (by
Freeman,
Thompson and
Werner) is actually not that significant, and the date on a whole is less memorable than many of
Chico Freeman's earlier sets, but it has its enjoyable spots. ~ Scott Yanow