Quintessential Philadelphia-style Jazz
Jan R. Klincewicz | Philly | 11/03/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Philly is a cradle of hard bop. This group, which spans generations truly represents the best Philadelphia has to offer. Swana is one of the most unsung trumpet heroes in the world !!
Hearing Bootsie Barnes and Larry McKenna inspire one another to new heights is like giants making each other bigger. It's incredible how two tenor men with radically different approaches play off one another playfully trading licks until one begins to sound like the other.
Everyone on this CD smokes, but as the only CD (to my knowledge)of Bootsie and Larry trading off, that alone is worth the price of admission."