New, Unplayed 1982 Japanese Black & Gold Stereo Label Reissue With Obi. Recorded In 1976. “…..By The Time These Sides Were Made In 1976, Any Residual Coolness Had Been Displaced By Hot Emotionalism And An Almost Manic Intensity. The Lessons Of John Coltrane Had Clearly Been Absorbed, Harmonically And Otherwise; Not Only Was Pepper More Assertive Than Ever, But He Also Took More Chances. Polish Is For Shoes And Fingernails: By The Late '70s Pepper Was Rough, Raw, And Nakedly Vulnerable. Every Solo This Late In His Career Was An Adventure. On This Record The Adventure Is Joined By Ex-Coltrane Drummer Elvin Jones, Who Doesn't Interact With Pepper As Much As One Might Expect, But Nevertheless Puts Down The Hard Grooves The Altoist Needed To Be At His Best. There's A Bit Of A Tentative Cast To Much Of This Record, Almost As If The Musicians Were Not Yet Completely Comfortable With One Another. Pepper's Playing Is First-Rate, However: His Interpretation Of Michel Legrand's Melody, "The Summer Knows," Is By Itself Worth The Price Of The Album. Given That He Would Not Live Many Years Longer After Its Recording, This One Is A Keeper.” Chris Kelsey, AMG.