MUSIC REVIEW BY George W Harris, Jazz Weekly
Once the rhythm section for Gerry Mulligan, the team of Ron Vincent/dr, Bill Mays/p and Dean Johnson/g reunite and bring in Steve Cardenas/g, Dave Brandom/fl-as-cl, Tim Armacost/fl-bcl-ts and Matt Garrison/fl-ts for a classy collection of standards and originals.
Due to the allegiance to Mulligan, California Cool is never far away, son a read of "Wee" has the trio gliding around Cardenas' guitar", while the saxes croon and caress a rich take of "Dear Old Stokholm", and Duke Pearson's "Is That So" is a Malibu breezy bopper. The reeds are rapturous on the hip title track, the flutes float on Mays' "Still Life", Mays charms the heck out of "New Moon" and Vincent lays down a gorgeous pulse on "Angelica". State of the art.
Due to the allegiance to Mulligan, California Cool is never far away, son a read of "Wee" has the trio gliding around Cardenas' guitar", while the saxes croon and caress a rich take of "Dear Old Stokholm", and Duke Pearson's "Is That So" is a Malibu breezy bopper. The reeds are rapturous on the hip title track, the flutes float on Mays' "Still Life", Mays charms the heck out of "New Moon" and Vincent lays down a gorgeous pulse on "Angelica". State of the art.