It is not too surprising that this is a very successful soul-jazz/hard bop outing, for it teams organist
Brother Jack McDuff with the great tenor
Gene Ammons. The quintet (which also includes the notable
Harold Vick on second tenor, guitarist
Eddie Diehl and drummer
Joe Dukes) performs three basic
McDuff tunes,
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson's "Mr. Clean,"
Horace Silver's "Strollin'," and the still-viable swing standard "Christopher Columbus."
Ammons, whose every note was always full of passion, fits in perfectly with
McDuff's group; this accessible set has been reissued on CD.