Starting in 1977 and continuing into the mid-1980s, guitarist
Doug Raney's career was extensively documented by the SteepleChase label. Influenced by his father
Doug Raney,
Tal Farlow, and
Jim Hall,
Raney pretty much had his style together from the start, so his evolution since the beginning is pretty logical. This quintet outing matches Raney with a European quintet whose best-known members are tenor saxophonist
Bernt Rosengren and bassist
Jesper Lundgaard.
Raney performs two originals (including "Walking the Duck"), "Theme for Ernie" and numbers by
Benny Golson,
John Coltrane and
Sam Rivers ("Beatrice"). Excellent modern mainstream straight-ahead jazz.