I normally don't take a second glance at Lionel Hampton records when I come across them, but this cover caught my eye for a couple of obvious reasons, first off it appeared to be a vintage Verve pressing and the sidemen he was playing with were all jazz legends. This session is excitingly different from any notion I had of Hampton's work, a quartet session with three amazing improvisers who made an exciting record that fits in great with the direction the jazz world in 1956.