This cd is kinda like the "Before Kenny Garrett was Kenny Garrett". He even has an afro on it. It has woody shaw (the most under appriecated trumpeter of all time). This cd isnt something that I would readily listen like songbook or triology, it just cool to listen to one of his other "sounds". I dont know if people had noticed but from about early 80's to about 92 when Black Hope came out his sound is very "choked" and kid like, from then to 97 it seems that someone had loosened the collar, and from then to present his sound is very mature and thick. Maybe its just the way the cd's where recorded, but nothing beats the live sound. This cd featured some tunes that are on his later albums. This is a good cd.