For his second album as a leader, pianist
Benny Green is showcased in a trio with bassist
Buster Wiliams and drummer
Lewis Nash. Nearing the end of his two-year stint with
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers,
Green had mixed together elements of
Bobby Timmons and
Oscar Peterson in his own impressive style. He performs two numbers apiece by
Buster Williams and
Bud Powell (including "I'll Keep Lovin' You"), the standard "What Is There to Say,"
Thelonious Monk's complex "Trinkle Tinkle," and his own "Dealin' With a Feelin'" on a well-rounded and consistently swinging outing. ~ Scott Yanow