This out-of-print LP (part of which has been reissued on CD by the collector's label Jazz Connoisseur) features trumpeter
Ruby Braff playing mainstream jazz. The music ranges from swing (with touches of Dixieland) to cool and is notable for showcasing the obscure but talented tenor
Sam Margolis (who often recalls late-period
Lester Young) and trombonist
Billy Byers (who is better-known as an arranger); the fine rhythm section consists of pianist
Marty Napoleon, bassist
Milt Hinton and drummer
Jo Jones.
Braff is not as forceful on the set as usual but he is in generally fine form on such numbers as the ad-lib "Only a Blues," "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree," "I'm Shooting High" and "Love Me or Leave Me."