The drawing on the cover and the liner notes, such as they are, are rather silly, but the music on this brief, but enjoyable, CD reissue (subtitled 'For People Who Hate Jazz') features some fine playing from a variety of top West Coast-based musicians. Pianist
Jimmy Rowles
is the leader and is assisted by guitarist
Barney Kessel
, bassist
Red Mitchell
, drummer
Mel Lewis
, sometimes vibraphonist
Larry Bunker
and tenor saxophonist
Harold Land,
or trumpeter
Pete Candoli
. They perform six standards, three takes on
"The Blues"
and three originals by
Rowles
. It's a program of tasteful and lightly swinging mainstream jazz. ~ Scott Yanow