The music on this out-of-print Trip LP has been reissued on CD, most notably in a ten-CD set of
Clifford Brown's EmArcy recordings. This particular album features an all-star group with trumpeter
Brown, the altos of
Herb Geller and
Joe Maini,
Walter Benton on tenor, pianist
Kenny Drew, bassist
Curtis Counce and drummer
Max Roach. They perform two lengthy numbers, a medium-tempo blues "Coronado" and the ballad "You Go to My Head." "Coronado" is climaxed by an exciting tradeoff by the four horns that gets down to two beats apiece! "You Go to My Head" has fine solos all around but
Brownie's closing statement cuts everyone. ~ Scott Yanow