Art Taylor, one of the finest drummers in jazz, was a frequent visitor to the recording studios in the 1950s - both as a sideman and as a leader. This album is a fine example of the boppy modern jazz recordings for which the Prestige label was noted around this period. The front line of the quintet comprised tenor saxophonists Charlie Rouse (who, by this time, had already been in the business for 15 years and worked for a host of leaders including Dizzy Gillespie, Tadd Dameron, Ellington, Basie, Clifford Brown and Oscar Pettiford, and was about to begin his 11-year stint with Thelonious Monk) and Frank Foster (who at this time was midway through his 11-year stint with Count Basie). With Walter Davis Jr on piano and Sam Jones on bass completing a strong team, they play half a dozen numbers including a couple of Monk's best-known pieces and originals by Messrs Taylor, Rouse and Davis.
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