Larry Young who like most organists originally sounded close to
Jimmy Smith, took a big step away from the organ's dominant influence on this adventurous and colorful set, which was his debut as a leader for Blue Note. Performing with a quartet also including tenor saxophonist
Sam Rivers, guitarist
Grant Green and drummer
Elvin Jones,
Young performs four of his originals plus
Green's "Plaza de Toros." Other than the blues "Backup," the music is fairly complex, grooving in its own fashion and showing that
Young was quite aware of
John Coltrane's modal excursions. ~ Scott Yanow