A musthave with a fantastic swing all around, special solos from Bobby Watson with a talented Italian jazz trio

In the competent liner notes edited by Mark Gilbert, the deputy editor of the English Jazz Journal International, the emphasis is placed among other things on the flawless integration of the components of the Open Form Trio "greater than the sum of their individual talents." The maturity achieved by the three, individually and especially collectively, allows Watson to deploy all his saxophone artistry, which is indebted (and how could it be otherwise?) to the immortal lesson of Parker, but which through Jackie McLean and Cannonball, and generally the post-coltranian, reinvents a language that is somewhat archetypal.

Track Listing

• Appointment In Milano
• Ballando – Dancing
• If Bird Could See Me Now
• Watson’s Blues
• (I’m) Always Missing You
• Funcalypso