MUSIC REVIEW BY George W Harris, Jazz Weekly
Warm toned trumpeter Anthony Stanco delivers mainstream hard bop on this album with Randy Napoleon/g, Xavier Davis/p, Rodney Whitaker/b Joe Farnsworth/dr and guest Walter Blanding/ts. In the quintet settings, the leader swings easy on "Showtime" and glows with Davis on " If You Could See Me Now". On a pair of duets, Stanco does a rapid run over Farnsworth's brushes on "Dig" and is cozy with Napoleon on "Ask Me Now". Blandings adds a beefy tenor to Stanco's muted horn on a hip "Do Nothing till You Hear From Me" and grooves alongside to the shuffling "Worth the Time", bebopping the blues on "Now's the Time". Clean brass.
