This CD reissue matches together trumpeter
Clark Terry
(before he switched to flugelhorn) with tenor saxophonist
Johnny Griffin
, pianist
Wynton Kelly
, bassist
Paul Chambers
and drummer
Philly Joe Jones
. Most notable about the music is that
Terry
wrote five of the eight selections (including the colorful title cut which pays tribute to life on the road with
Duke Ellington
); the other numbers are
"Donna Lee,"
a pretty version of
"Stardust"
and a slightly Latinized
"That Old Black Magic."
and
Griffin
were a potent team, making one regret that they did not record together much through the years. This set contains excellent straightahead jazz performed with plenty of spirit. ~ Scott Yanow