After several recordings on her own Bebap label and for a few tiny German companies, organist
Barbara Dennerlein came to the attention of a larger public with the release of this superior effort for Enja. Teamed up with eccentric trombonist
Ray Anderson, fiery guitarist
Mitch Watkins, and drummer
Ronnie Burrage,
Dennerlein performs six of her swinging originals, one apiece by
Anderson and
Burrage plus "Opus de Funk" and "A Night in Tunisia." The colorful voices of these musicians constantly inspire each other, and
Dennerlein (whose sound with the use of MIDI had become quite original) quickly emerged as one of the brightest new stars of the organ in the late '80s. ~ Scott Yanow