The post bop quartet of Chad McCullough/tp-fh, Geof Bradfield/sax, Clark Sommers/b and Kobie Watkins/dr do some impressive work with clever and sophisticate originals. Without a piano as a safety net, the two horns weave in and out of unison like a high wire act, almost but never quite falling over as Sommers keeps things together on “Little Marionette” and “Simple Song.” A hint of “All Blues” supplies the base for a yearning “Meltdown” and Watkins’ brushwork supplies an excellent shuffle on “Camping Lantern.” Bradfield’s tenor is wonderfully breathy on ”Place to Be” and the snappy groovy and funky “You Will Look For Yours On Earth” and McCullogh is clean and conversant on “Haberdasher” and the clippety clopping “ Cowboy Song.” Clever and accessible.
Origin Records