Soul Fusion in Bloomington, MN

Pianist
Monty Alexander
had first appeared on a
Milt Jackson
record in 1969. Eight years later the great vibraphonist used
Alexander
's trio (which included bassist
John Clayton
and drummer
Jeff Hamilton
, future
big-band
co-leaders) for this spirited
Pablo
session that was subsequently reissued on CD through
Original Jazz Classics
. Much of the material is obscure (including
Jackson
's three originals), with
Stevie Wonder
's
"Isn't She Lovely"
being the only
standard
. The music, however, is as straight-ahead as one would expect from these fine musicians, and can easily be recommended to their fans. ~ Scott Yanow