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Recorded live at DC's fabled State Of The Union club, You St. by the Peter Fraize Quintet was the inaugural release of Union Records. The quintet is an expanded version of Fraize's chord-less jam session trio at the time, with the horn line augmented by the wonderfully lyrical Rob Holmes on tenor sax and bass clarinet, and ex-Airmen of Note lead trombonist Rick Lillard. Aaron Clay holds down most of the bass duties, contributing a remarkable unaccompanied solo on Plain Folk, while the great Leland Nakamura drives it all home. Bassist Steve Zerlin and drummer Francis Thompson sit in on the cool-inflected Nana, and Zerlin also provides the edgy pulse of the title cut. The tunes on this date are also more expansive, with a mix of dense arranging and free blowing. Paradiso has shades of Mingus and Michelle is a Coltrane-tribute take on the Beatles classic. This CD was released in 1996 on Union Records and is packaged in a standard jewel case with a four-page booklet. Total run-time is 64 minutes.