This CD reissues a session that teams together three "super" players: pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Red Mitchell and drummer Elvin Jones. On two of Flanagan's better originals ("Minor Perhaps" and "Rachel's Rondo") and four jazz standards (including "Django" and "Things Ain't What They Used to Be"), the musicians communicate quite well (Flanagan and Jones had played together back in the mid-'50s in Detroit) and often think as one. Fine straight-ahead music. - Scott Yanow
Tracks
1. Django (John Lewis)
2. Minor Perhaps (Tommy Flanagan)
3. Too Late Now (Burton Lane)
4. I Love You (Cole Porter)
5. Rachel's Rondo (Tommy Flanagan)
6. Things Ain't What They Used To Be (Duke Ellington/Johnny Mercer)
TOMMY FLANAGAN piano
RED MITCHELL bass
ELVIN JONES drums
Recorded February 4, 1980 at Sound Ideas Studios
Enja Records - 28MJ 3001