Charlie Rouse & Red Rodney: Social Call

How can you go wrong with a hard bop session that stars Thelonious Monks longtime tenor saxophonist and a former Charlie Parker trumpet man? It might be possible, but Social Call more than meets its high expectations. Bolstered by a seasoned, compatible rhythm section, the two veteran boppers glide through Don Sicklers arrangement of Gigi Gryces lyrical up-tempo melody and follow up with gently swinging solos. Pianist Albert Dailey has a chorus of his own before the horn men engage in a series of friendly exchanges.