Recorded just four months before bassist
Red Mitchell
's unexpected death, this set of duets with pianist
George Cables
is full of joy, virtuosity, wit, solid swing, and constant creativity.
Cables
and
Mitchell
run through five familiar
standards
, with
doing a humorous voice-with-bass vocal on his
blues
"Big'n the Bear."
Mitchell has nearly as much solo space on some of these numbers as
, but there are no slow moments for he was a colorful bass soloist. This previously unreleased live set is a delight. ~ Scott Yanow