On November 15, 1957, a quintet headed by pianist
Red Garland recorded enough material for two records. This CD reissue (whose companion is
Soul Junction) has a 20-minute version of "All Mornin' Long," along with briefer renditions of "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (a mere ten minutes) and
Tadd Dameron's "Our Delight." More important than the material is that, in addition to
Garland, the main soloists are
John Coltrane and trumpeter
Donald Byrd.
Byrd was on his way to getting his sound together, while
Trane, very much in his sheets-of-sound period, was already blazing a new path for jazz to follow. An excellent and often quite colorful jam session-flavored hard bop set. ~ Scott Yanow