Tenor saxophonist
Teddy Edwards
and trumpeter
Howard McGhee
had played together regularly from 1945 to 1947. For their recorded reunion, they are assisted by the masterful pianist
Phineas Newborn
, bassist
Ray Brown
and drummer
Ed Thigpen
.
Edwards
,
McGhee
, and
Brown
contributed one new song apiece which alternates with a trio of standards ("You Stepped Out of a Dream," "Misty" and
Charlie Parker
's "Perhaps"). The trumpeter was having a short-lived comeback at the time and he had largely regained his earlier form.
sounds as strong as ever and
Newborn
was an up-and-coming talent. Their collaboration for this boppish date is generally quite memorable. ~ Scott Yanow