Lester Young's
influence on younger tenor players was at its height in the early-to-mid-'50s. This enjoyable session matches together the three tenors of
Al Cohn
,
Bill Perkins
and
Richie Kamuca
but good luck telling them apart! Backed by pianist
Hank Jones
, either
Barry Galbraith
or
Jimmy Raney
(who used the pseudonym on this date of Sam Beethoven) on guitar, bassist
John Beal
and drummer
Chuck Flores
, the tenors play concise versions of originals by
Cohn
Perkins
Nat Pierce
Bill Potts
Bob Brookmeyer
in addition to the lone standard
"Blue Skies."
The music is fun and swinging if not all that original or distinctive. [The disc was issued by Mosaic in 2006 with the addition of four bonus tracks.] ~ Scott Yanow