Old Places Old Faces in Bloomington, MN

Pianist
Joe Sample
's
Warner Bros
. session mostly features relaxed acoustic music.
Sample
emphasizes his original melodies during his improvisations and is backed quite ably by bassist
Jay Anderson
, drummer
Ralph Penland
and an occasional percussionist. Most notable is that tenor saxophonist
Charles Lloyd
guests on three tracks, playing in his usual mellow version of
John Coltrane
. But in general this is a relaxing trio set, not overly memorable but relatively quite pleasing. ~ Scott Yanow