I love this ish in an early 2000, everything-is-awesome, musky dorm room type of way... and I love it in a grown-n-sexy, get me a cheap shiraz, and some Sportscenter type of way. Idris getting double-double animal style on Kool & The Gang cover "Let The Music Take Your Mind"? Is that one of the best jazz funk covers ever? Or how about the belly rubbing, pork belly delicious "Down Here On The Ground," famously sampled by Michael Rappaport, I mean A Tribe Called Quest? "Sookie Sookie" has famously been commercialized, but you can't deny the majestic sheen. If you're in a loungey, contemplative mood, check the 11 minute plus "Time To Remember," and give remembrance to that burrito you just killed. Highly recommended.

• 180g black vinyl pressing
  
• all-analog remaster cut from the original tapes
  
• limited edition
• featuring Grant Green (g), Claude Bartee (t. sax), Ronnie Foster (organ), Earl Neal Creque (organ), Idris Muhammad (d), Joseph Armstrong (perc)
• music label: Blue Note Records 2021

reviewed by the mgmnt 07/2011