This obscure
Horace Silver LP features two separate sessions by the pianist/composer. On three selections he is joined by trumpeter
Randy Brecker, tenor great
Michael Brecker,
Bob Cranshaw on electric bass and drummer
Mickey Roker. The other four numbers feature vibraphonist
David Friedman in a quartet with
Silver, Cranshaw and Roker, a very unusual sound for a
Horace Silver set. But no matter what the instrumentation, the style is pure
Silver, hard-driving and melodic hard bop with a strong dose of funky soul. ~ Scott Yanow