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Japanese-only reissue of this 1957 album by two great Jazz tenor players. The Bop-oriented Rouse is best known as a member of Thelonious Monk's Quartet for over a decade as well as playing with Billy Eckstine, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Clifford Brown. Quinichette was known as the Vice Prez, due to his similarity to the great Lester Young, and played with Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday and John Coltrane., This recording blends together the different tenor tones of the two players, who are backed by Wynton Kelly and Hank Jones on piano, bassist Wendell Marshall and drummer Ed Thigpen. Seven tracks including 'You're Cheating Yourself', 'Tender Trap' and Carmen McRae's 'Last Time for Love'. Toshiba. 2006.