Tenor saxophonist
Al Cohn did some of his finest playing during his period (1975-80) with Xanadu. For this quartet set,
Cohn is ably backed by the great bop pianist
Barry Harris, bassist Larry Ridley and drummer
Alan Dawson.
Cohn, who had spent much of his career as a successful arranger/composer, contributed only one of the six numbers ("Play It Now") on the album and was content to jam spiritedly on such tunes as "Lover," "Irresistible You" and "It's Sand, Man." ~ Scott Yanow