Although the title and even the cover photo have been changed, this CD reissue has the same music as was earlier issued as
Counceltation
; the "bonus cut"
"Woody 'n You"
has also been reissued on
Sonority
. In any case, the program features the underrated but talented
Curtis Counce Quintet
of 1956-1957, a group consisting of the bassist/leader, trumpeter
Jack Sheldon
, tenor saxophonist
Harold Land
, pianist
Carl Perkins
, and drummer
Frank Butler
.
Counce
contributed two originals but otherwise the band sticks to
jazz
standards
, with some of the best moments being on
"Too Close for Comfort,"
"Mean to Me,"
and
Charlie Parker
's
"Big Foot."
~ Scott Yanow