»Here Waldron and Pepper are tête à tête, alone with each other, and their dialogue burns with intensity and overwhelming beauty«
H. Wagner, Stereoplay, November 1989
»A high-carat saxophone-piano-duo which in no way takes second place to the grand duets of Mal and Steve Lacy«
W. Gschwendtner, Jazzpodium, November 1989
Tracks
01. Ticket to Tokyo (Mal Waldron)
02. Ruby, My Dear (Thelonious Monk)
03. Bathing Beauties (Jim Pepper)
04. Over the Rainbow (Harold Arlen / E.Y. “Yip” Harburg)
05. Over the Rainbow (Arlen / Harburg)
06. Spinning at Trixi (Mal Waldron)
07. Good Bait (Count Basie / Tadd Dameron)
08. You’re No Bunny Unless Some Bunny Loves You (Jim Pepper / Mal Waldron)
09. A Pepper Poem, Pt. 1 (Jim Pepper)
10. A Pepper Poem, Pt. 2 (Jim Pepper)
11. Willy’sBlue (Jim Pepper)
12. What Is This Thing Called Love? (Cole Porter)
13. How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin / Ira Greshwin)
14. Indian Water (Jim Pepper)
JIM PEPPER tenor & soprano saxophone
MAL WALDRON piano
Recorded April 5th, 1988
TUTU CD 888 106