Peter Leitch, who has an appealing, mellow tone and a boppish style influenced by
Kenny Burrell, appears on this set in a pianoless trio with bassist
Neil Swainson and drummer Mickey Roker, an instrumentation
Burrell helped to popularize in the late 1950s.
Leitch is fairly exploratory on songs by
Tadd Dameron,
Tom McIntosh,
Wayne Shorter, and
Thelonious Monk ("Crepescule with Nellie") plus an original, "Serenata," and a ballad medley of "No More" and "Detour Ahead." Easily recommended to fans of the modern mainstream guitar. ~ Scott Yanow