Although drummer
Pete Magadini
is the leader of this set (which was reissued on CD in 1996 with a previously unreleased second version of
"Freddie Freeloader"
added), it is tenor saxophonist
Don Menza
who really dominates the music.
Menza
(along with
Magadini
, pianist
Wray Downes
and bassist
Dave Young
) stretches out on such numbers as "Old Devil Moon," "Solar" and his own "Bones Blues," tearing into the music but also showing senstivity on the ballads.
should really be recorded much more often. ~ Scott Yanow