by Scott Yanow
Tenor saxophonist Stan Getz found a perfect accompanist in pianist Kenny Barron, who would regularly play in his group for his last five years. This out-of-print Black Hawk LP finds the pair, along with bassist George Mraz and drummer Victor Lewis, performing two standards and four more recent pieces, including two (&Dreams& and &Voyage&) by Barron. The music is difficult to classify (modern bop?) but relatively easy to understand; Getz never coasts.