This 1957 date matches
Fuller with bluesy, fervent alto sax wailer
Sonny Red Kyner. They make both a tight ensemble pair and an excellent contrasting frontline, with
Kyner's spewing, flailing delivery featured on such cuts as "Blue Lawson" and "Namely You" operating against
Fuller's equally intense, but lighter and smoother trombone lines. With
Hank Jones operating as the rhythm section's harmonic link on piano, bassist
Doug Watkins and drummer
Louis Hayes mesh underneath effectively. These undiluted, straight-ahead bop and blues numbers are still par for the course.