A hot night of hard bopping was happening Sept 7, 2023, with trumpeter and leader Dwyane Clemons blowing heat with Amanda Sedgwick/as, Aaron Johnson/ts, JinJoo Yoo/p, Paul Gill/b and Taro Okamoto/dr mixing standards with originals. Clemons and company are bright and bold on Barry Harris’ “Burgundy” and the leader glistens on the old chestnut “When I Grow To Old To Dream”. Yoo is having a blast as he toys with Monk’s “Hornin’ In” and strides right on “Honeysuckle Rose” while Okamoto and Johnson go mano a mano on a biceps flexing “Hey George”, and someone is on clarinet for a cozy “Smoke Rings”. Get this guy a ticket to So Cal!