An all-star quintet comprised of clarinetist
Buddy DeFranco
, guitarist
Tal Farlow
, pianist
Derek Smith
, bassist
George Duvivier
, and drummer
Ronnie Bedford
performs two obscure
DeFranco
originals,
Jim Gillis
'
"Coasting at the Palisades,"
a couple of
Gershwin
classics, and the title cut.
and
Farlow
made for an appealing team in the mid-'50s when they briefly played together regularly and the old magic (fueled by
's fine swing solos) was still present for this excellent 1977 session. ~ Scott Yanow