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Axel Van Looy wrote on February 21, 2008 reportThese recordings from April 1980 were finally reissued by Storyville. Storyville as well as Venus Jazz issued them some while ago. It's amazing Alun Morgan writes in the liner notes that this issue is the first authorized one since Storyville did issue them already. Or did Storyville just reprint the original liner notes?
Well that's the first and last minor point concerning this cd since the music itself is excellent. Originally the recording was made for a Danish radio broadcast during Warne Marsh's two months stay in Denmark (march-april 1980).
It's a real pleasure to listen at Warne Marsh playing some classic bop tunes. The quartet plays really as a solid ensemble although they were just together for two days. The main structure of theme, solo space for each of the musicians is mainly respected.
The opener "I Got A Good One For You" (based on "It's You Or No One") sets the tone: fluent coplaying by all the musicians.
The two Miles Davis compositions "Little Willie Leaps" and "Sippin' At Bells" get a straightforward treatment. No fantasies, just righteous blowing and soloing with a driving Aage Tanggaard.
The tenor sax - piano duo recording of "Every Time We Say Goodbye" is remarkable in that way that it creates an atmosphere à la "Casablanca." It's very fine and almost breakable which makes it very easy to imagine how it is when we say goodbye...
The rendition of "Body And Soul" is special because of the fact that the theme is never played but the musicians play always around and in the spirit of it which works very well.
The faster than usual version of "Softly As In A Morning Sunrise" makes it a very fine closer for the CD and doesn't make you realize it's the more than well known tune made famous by for instance John Coltrane during his Village Vanguard concert in 1961.
Are the first takes of "On Green Dolphin Street" and "Softly As In A Morning Sunrise" lost or in such a bad shape that they were never released? No answer in the liner notes is given. Anyway the music on this CD compensates their omission very well.
