After
George Coleman
left the
Miles Davis
Quintet, tenor-saxophonist
Sam Rivers
took his place for a short period including a tour of Japan.
Davis
did not care for
Rivers
's avant-garde style (they failed to develop any chemistry) and soon replaced him, but this live LP (originally only issued in Japan) survived to document this brief association. The music (five lengthy versions of standards) is actually of high quality with both
and
in fine form and the young rhythm section (pianist
Herbie Hancock
, bassist
Ron Carter
, and drummer
Tony Williams
) pushing the trumpeter/leader to open up his style. ~ Scott Yanow