Don't be fooled by the title. Jazz, most notably hard bop, is in control for today. This album, like most of the jazz I've come into, comes from cruising Top 100 lists and so forth. I've sort of exhausted that list, but I've discovered so many artists that I'm not really hurting for ideas anymore. It's more a matter of what I can scrounge from the various public libraries, which (at least around here) have a seemingly inexhaustible supply of jazz and blues (and classical, if you aren't particular about the orchestra or performer).
On this recording Clark borrowed Miles Davis's rhythm section (Chambers and Jones did an absurd amount of sidework) and teamed up with two top-flight horn players (McLean on alto! sax, Farmer on trumpet, making for very bright arrangements). Personnel was a seriously revolving door for Clark's quintet work, as all of these artists would not appear on the next albums save Mr. P.C. This particular album has the dubious distinction of the leader being outlived by all of his sidemen, which is especially dark for any combo featuring Paul Chambers. The jazz life isn't easy!
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