The final recording by
Lee Morgan
, this double LP has its moments but is somewhat erratic with some modal-oriented selections that ramble on too long and a forgettable debut (on
"Croquet Ballet"
) for the trumpeter's discovery, flutist
Bobbi Humphrey
.
Morgan
(who was still just 33) is in generally good form and his band (with
Billy Harper
on tenor, keyboardist
Harold Mabern
,
Jymie Merritt
or
Reggie Workman
on bass and drummer
Freddie Waits
) is quite stimulating but the music has an uncomfortable and incomplete feel to it. It does leave one wondering what
would have done next had he lived. ~ Scott Yanow