Title: Good, classic hard bop
Product review: A good album, with a great lineup. Sonny Clark is a good soloist and even better comping pianist, and Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones are superb as bass and drums respectively. In the horns we have the brilliant Jackie McLean on alto, and Art Farmer on trumpet. This was actually my first recording with Farmer, and he is a capable, steady soloist with some nice lines. McLean, not as razor-sharp as usual, contributes some nice solos, although he's a bit dissapointing on this to me as I've heard him do some much better hard bop. This album is good, but not quite great. Everything swings, but there are no bursts of inspiration that define the great albums of the period. The compositions are standard medium-tempo fare with some very nice moments. Nothing spectacular, but a good Blue Note addition, and and an excellent way to check out Sonny Clark, an underrated and to jazz novices unknown (he died early) pianist.
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