I had to chime in here, since I have no idea what the guy who gave this CD a 1 is talking about. I see no reason to worry about what Wynton says with his mouth, rather I listen to the music. I owned this CD for a few years and sold it when I needed money. Now I have money and bought it again. Haven't listened to it in about 8 years and I still love it. I think it has a lot of different textures and varies it's mood yet it stays together coherently. It is presented as a sequence of songs that flow well. I am into Metheny, Davis, Coltrane, Bela Fleck, African music, Latin music, rock, am all over the board really. I have about 100 jazz CDs and this is among the best of them. Some of Marsalis' music gets to New Orleansy for me, but this one isn't as much so.
This is one of Marsalis' early efforts. I often worry about CD reissues that "remaster" the original using compression. This transfer seems to have left the original dynamic range of the recording in tact.