In general
Freddie Hubbard's Columbia recordings can be skipped by serious jazz fans because, with the exception of
Super Blue and to a lesser extent this album, they are overtly commercial and rather insincere efforts. This particular record at least uses the trumpeter's regular quintet of the period (with
Hadley Caliman on tenor and flute, the up-and-coming keyboardist
Billy Childs, bassist
Larry Klein and drummer
Carl Burnett) although the title cut has three guests (including keyboardist
George Duke) whose role seemed to be to make the music more funky. With the exception of the standard "Theme from Summer of '42," none of the other songs (all group originals) caught on but
Hubbard takes some good solos during these modern mainstream performances.