Guitarist
Herb Ellis considers this is his favorite personal album and it is easy to see why. With trumpeter
Roy Eldridge and tenor saxophonist
Stan Getz contributing contrasting but equally rewarding solos and lots of inspired riffing while bassist
Ray Brown and drummer
Stan Levey join
Ellis in the pianoless rhythm section, these performances have plenty of color and drive.
Ellis does indeed stick to the blues during the original eight selections yet there is also a surprising amount of variety. This CD reissue has been augmented by four numbers from 1958 originally recorded for a European soundtrack.
Getz,
Eldridge, and
Coleman Hawkins all have their features but
Dizzy Gillespie fares best. ~ Scott Yanow