This is an all-star summit that works quite well. Pianist
Michel Petrucciani, a major jazz musician who had already led 11 record dates by this time (despite still being only 23), teams up with guitarist
Jim Hall at the 1986 Montreux Jazz Festival for two lyrical duets: the altered blues "Careful," in which they comp exquisitely behind each other's solos, and "In a Sentimental Mood."
Petrucciani and
Hall are joined by
Wayne Shorter on soprano and tenor for "Limbo," "Morning Blues," and the calypso "Bimini," and these songs feature some of
Shorter's finest jazz playing of the era. Highly recommended. [A video/DVD was also released.] ~ Scott Yanow