In contrast to his rather commercial Columbia albums of the period, this live double LP from Japanese Sony finds trumpeter
Freddie Hubbard really digging into the material, even on such songs as "Put It in the Pocket," "Midnight at the Oasis" and a memorable version of the
Stevie Wonder-associated "Too High."
Hubbard and his working group of the time (which consisted of tenor-saxophonist
Carl Randall, keyboardist
George Cables, bassist
Henry Franklin, drummer
Carl Burnett and Buck Clark on congas) are in particularly creative form, especially on "Kuntu" and "Spirits of Trane."