had a special opportunity to record with one of his idols, fellow tenor , on this quartet session with bassist and drummer . , a powerful player himself, blends in well with and the results are both complementary and competitive. Two CDs' worth of material resulted from the one night's work. As was usual with and his teacher, , the "originals" were all based on the chord changes of standard songs and most of the song titles (such as and ) give away the original sources. This stimulating music is easily recommended to fans of straight-ahead and the school; not only held his own with , but clearly inspired him. ~ Scott Yanow