This
Max Roach
Riverside
date is notable for featuring the great young trumpeter
Booker Little
and for utilizing
Ray Draper
's tuba as a melody instrument; tenor saxophonist
George Coleman
and bassist
Art Davis
complete the excellent quintet. Highlights include "It's You or No One," "You Stepped Out of a Dream," and
Roach
's unaccompanied drum piece "Conversation." This is fine music from a group that was trying to stretch themselves beyond hard bop. ~ Scott Yanow