This superb Lp has fortunately been reissued in full on
Dick Wellstood's Chiaroscuro CD And His Orchestra Featuring Kenny Davern. With drummer
Bobby Rosengarden rounding out the trio, clarinetist
Davern and
Wellstood are heard at the peak of their powers and they consistenly inspire each other on a set of dixieland standards which are not usually heard in this type of intimate setting (such as "Original Dixieland One-Step," "Tiger Rag" and "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone") plus
Thelonious Monk's fairly basic "Blue Monk" and the hot stomp "Oh Peter." Since the CD also contains a duo set by
Wellstood and
Davern from 1973, get it.
–
Scott Yanow, Rovi