This set, also available on the Timeless label, was Benny Golson's first album (other than a dismal commercial affair for Columbia) since 1964; he had spent the interim writing full-time for the studios. For this celebratory occasion, Golson reunites with trombonist Curtis Fuller in a septet also including trumpeter Oscar Brashear, trombonist Thurman Green and pianist Bill Mays. The music (seven Golson compositions, including his older "hits" "Blues March," "Whisper Not" and "I Remember Clifford") is not as surprising as his new sound, which had discarded his former roots in Don Byas and Lucky Thompson for a gruffness closer to Archie Shepp.