This CD reissue not only brings back the six songs from the LP of the same name, but adds "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear," a previously unreleased alternate take of "'Round Midnight" from the guitarist's earlier session with baritonist
Pepper Adams, and three 1988 unaccompanied guitar solos (a medley of "Lush Life" and "Daydream," "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You," and
Charlie Parker's "Quasimodo"). The bulk of the set matches
Leitch in 1985 with pianist
Kirk Lightsey, bassist
Ray Drummond, and drummer
Marvin "Smitty" Smith. The CD as a whole finds the guitarist in prime form playing superior tunes -- including "My One and Only Love,"
Wayne Shorter's "Speak No Evil,"
Thelonious Monk's "Off Minor," and two of
Leitch's own straight-ahead originals -- and is his definitive release. ~ Scott Yanow