Although best known as a flexible and tasteful drummer,
Bob Moses displayed a great deal of talent as a composer and arranger on this exciting project. He utilized a particularly colorful cast of characters, including altoist
David Gross,
Jim Pepper on tenor, cornetist
Terumasa Hino, trombonist
Barry Rogers, flutist
Jeremy Steig, vibraphonist
David Friedman, guitarist
Bill Frisell, keyboardist
Lyle Mays, electric bassist
Steve Swallow,
Howard Johnson on electric contrabass clarinet and tuba, and the voices of
Sheila Jordan and
Jeanne Lee, among many others. Some of the music is quite lyrical and laid-back, and there are tributes to
Miles Davis and
Billy Strayhorn, but it is the rambunctious and hilarious "Everybody Knows You When You're Up and In" (his answer to "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out") that is most memorable. Highly recommended.