This quartet session features the compositions of bassist Paolino Dalla Porta and pianist Stefano Battaglia, along with Kenny Wheeler's trumpet and flugelhorn solos and drummer Bill Elgart's rhythmic support. While Porta has solid technique and excellent tone, and Battaglia offers a reasonable approximation of Keith Jarrett's playing style, this date doesn't quite manage to inspire. That's mostly due to Wheeler, whose playing wavers and occasionally falters. His flugelhorn solos are more mellow, better executed and successful, but as the principal soloist outside the rhythm section, he's not always up to the task on this date. There's nothing here that's disturbing, just little that's either inspiring or memorable. - Ron Wynn
Tracks
01. Night Breath
02. Kandinsky
03. Lullaby for Ugo
04. A Place to Sing (S. Battaglia)
05. Il Piccolo Principe
06. Mbira
07. Tenzin
08. Vocal (S. Battaglia)
KENNY WHEELER trumpet, flugelhorn
STEFANO BATTAGLIA piano
PAOLINO DALLA PORTA bass
BILL ELGART drums
All music composed by Paolino Dalla Porta, except (4) and (8) by Stefano Battaglia
Recorded May 28 & 29, 1993, Milan
Soul Note SN 121244-2 (Italy)