Jimmy Heath, Barry Harris, George Tucker, Roger Humphries, May 8, 1965.
Can't say that I've ever heard a Carmel Jones record that was less than top-shelf, but I only recently paid attention to this one, and it's gotten its hooks into me under my skin, repeats and repeats in my ear and in my changer.
A treat to hear Barry Harris give up a Son-Of-Sidewinder solo on the title tune, which itself is a treat as a boogaloo which rather severely downplays the drums, sometimes to the point of having them remain tacit.
All in all though, it's just five guys who speak the same language conversating in a very high level of comfort and confidence.
Laton was talking about how sometimes he like to listen to a record just for the comp, well, here one is with which you can do that all day long, for real.
It's Real Deal Time with this one, yes, yes yes.