by Scott Yanow
The choice of some offbeat material uplifts this otherwise fairly typical offering by tenor saxophonist Scott Hamilton's mid-1980s quintet, a group also including pianist John Bunch, guitarist Chris Flory, bassist Phil Flanigan and drummer Chuck Riggs. &Sleep,& &If I Love Again,& Hoagy Carmichael's &Eventide& and even Cole Porter's &All Through the Night& are not performed all that often, and one does not mind hearing additional versions of &Just In Time& and &Skylark&; the date is rounded out by a pair of Hamilton's originals. Everyone swings as usual, and Hamilton (who has yet to make an inferior recording) is in fine form.