by James Williams, Bill Pierce, and Charles Fambrough Price:$11.99
Pianist James Williams' second of three Concord recordings once again uses two of his fellow sidemen with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers (tenor saxophonist Bill Pierce and bassist Charles Fambrough) plus drummer Carl Burnette. He mixes together five standards (including an unaccompanied version of "You Go to My Head") with three of his better originals and the result is a high-quality set of modern hard bop.