The follow-up to clarinetist
Tony Scott's Golden Moments (both of which were released for the first time on Muse albums of the mid-1980s) uses the same group (a quartet with pianist
Bill Evans, bassist
Jimmy Garrison and drummer
Pete LaRoca) and almost reaches the same heights.
Scott was one of the finest clarinetists of the late 1950s before deciding to become a sketchily documented world traveler. This live date has lengthy versions of "Stella By Starlight," "I'll Remember April," "A Night In Tunisia" and the blues "Garrison's Raiders." The boppish music hints at future developments and both this album and
Golden Moments (which gets the edge) are highly recommended. [
I'll Remember was reissued as part of 32 Jazz's double-disc set,
At Last, in 1999.]