Pianist
Cedar Walton
heads a medium-size group on this 1986 Delos CD, a rhythm section with bassist
Ron Carter
and drummer
Billy Higgins
plus a five piece horn section: trumpeter
Don Sickler
, altoist
Kenny Garrett
, the obscure tenor
Lou Orensteen
, baritonist
Charles Davis
and trombonist
Steve Turre
. Unfortunately the horns mostly stick to ensemblework (except for an extended version of
Benny Golson's
"Out of the Past"
) but
Walton
and his trio are in top form on such numbers as
Bud Powell's
"Halluncinations," a lengthy rendition of
Cole Porter's
"So in Love,"
Nellie Lutcher's
"He's a Real Gone Guy" and the leader's "Something in Common." ~ Scott Yanow