This record is in my top ten. Lacy is the best soprano saxophonist I've yet heard. Mystery Song is a strange Duke Ellington song that I've never heard before, but Lacy and crew really jam on it.
This record is in the "Hey Ornette, I'm stealing your band" category. Billy Higgins and Don Cherry obviously were a huge part of the Ornette Coleman 4tet, and they really give this record it's attitude. Nice Bass playing from Carl Brown (I've never heard of him... is it a pseudonym?)
2 Duke songs, the rest are Lacy playing Monk, which he was wont to do on occasion.
Highly recommended, especially if you like Ornette circa 1959 (this album came out in 1961)
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