Title: An Underrated Compilation
Product review: I bought this on a whim because , well, it was cheap. What a find, though. Navarro is accompanied by Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis on several of the cuts here. Who knew? The combination of Navarro, polished and sophisticated, with Davis, earthy and virile, works amazingly well here. Navarro never plays a dull or indifferent solo. There's always a lot of fire and precision. His playing embodies the elite bebop trumpet styles of Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Dorham, and Clifford Brown. On the other hand, Davis is the perfect foil for Navarro. He plays athletically in the lower registers, evoking the honkers and screamers of the bar walking tradition. It sounds like these two styles couldn't possibly work together, but magically they do. The contrast is exactly what makes this work. Even though I love bebop, I always considered it kind of cerebral and oddly remote. But when I hear Navarro and Davis work together, I'm thinking, who knew mainstream bebop could be so soulful.
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