His third album has, for trivia buffs, his second-favorite cover.
Colon
was 20 at the time, and this is still the funky, riotous, sometimes mildly ragged and chaotic sound of his early days. The hallmarks are exuberance, humor, innovation, lots of
compositions and, as a bonus, the fine piano of the band's African-American pianist,
Mark Diamond
. ~ John Storm Roberts