The new release by Holland’s sparkling quintet.
Dave Bailey (drums), Ben Tucker (bass), Bill Hardman (trumpet), Billy Gardner (piano), Frank Haynes (tenor sax).
Peck Morrison, Horace Parlan, Charlie Rouse, Curtis Fuller and Clark Terry. 1961.
Hats off every time to the founding father of New Orleans rhythm and blues. DB holds the master recipe for soul-ska-rhumba-blues gumbo. Just check the tracklisting for a sense of his achievement. Don.
With Steve Coleman, Julian Priester, Marvin Smitty Smith and Kenny Wheeler.