Released for the first time on this 1983 LP, the music on the set features guitarist
Kenny Burrell in quartet/quintets with either tenor great
Illinois Jacquet, trombonist
Eddie Bert or altoist
Leo Wright and either pianist
Hank Jones or organist
Jack McDuff. It is odd that Columbia did not issue any of the straightahead music at the time, considering
McDuff's popularity, for the results, even with a few dated numbers such as "Mambo Twist," are excellent. After a short while, this LP went out of print and it took many years to appear on CD.