This quartet session features the compositions of bassist
Paolino Dalla Porta and pianist
Stefano Battaglia, along with
Kenny Wheeler's trumpet and flugelhorn solos and drummer
Bill Elgart's rhythmic support. While
Porta has solid technique and excellent tone, and
Battaglia offers a reasonable approximation of
Keith Jarrett's playing style, this date doesn't quite manage to inspire. That's mostly due to
Wheeler, whose playing wavers and occasionally falters. His flugelhorn solos are more mellow, better executed and successful, but as the principal soloist outside the rhythm section, he's not always up to the task on this date. There's nothing here that's disturbing, just little that's either inspiring or memorable. ~ Ron Wynn