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Quickstep

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This has been one of my favorite CDs for years. I had it and misplaced it. Only recently have I been able to find it again. The texture of this work is butter smooth. Classic traditional jazz at its best. Lacks that rehearsed sound often heard when listening to new cats play standards. Just like the saying goes"save the best for last", and boy did Kenny and band do just that! "Big Girls" gives me goosebumps, I could listen to that cut over and over.

I agree completly with James Hubbards' review. I truly enjoy this group, which may be the best jazz group playing straight ahead jazz on a regular basis during the period 1988-1991. This 1991 studio recording is complemented by another CD, the live recording "Live At Fat Tuesdays" recorded in 1988.(See my review) The musicians are the same, with the exception that bassist David Williams appears on this CD, whereas "Live" has the great Cecil McBee on bass. What a lineup of regular members: John Stubblefield, tenor; Dr. Eddie Henderson, trumpet; Victor Lewis, drums. The leader is among my all-time favorite pianist-Kenny Barron. Think of all the wonderful recordings he's appeared on. This CD gives him a chance to shine as leader. The group made another CD called "What If" with Wallace Roney on trumpet. I will seek out this CD, but meanwhile, enjoy "Quickstep."