If one can overlook
Stan Webb's hyperventilating vocal excesses (which ain't easy), this is a promising debut, especially noteworthy for
Webb's
Freddie King-inspired guitar sting and
Christine Perfect's understated vocals (only two, unfortunately compared to
Webb's six).
Webb does justice to his mentor with two instrumentals,
King's "San-Ho-Zay" and his own "Webbed Feet," and
Perfect proves the ideal counterpart -- one of the few pianists paying homage to
King's longtime collaborator
Sonny Thompson. Nice spare sound, typical of
Mike Vernon's Blue Horizon label. ~ Dan Forte, All Music Guide
